Faculty

Comprised of some of the world’s most talented minds in gerontology, the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology faculty is a group of intensely talented and passionate researchers and educators. Our faculty members include both the visionaries who pioneered modern aging study and the up-and-coming investigators who take gerontology research and service in exciting new directions.

Instructional Faculty
  • Caroline Cicero, PhD, MSW, MPL

    Instructional Associate Professor of Gerontology

    Expertise: Policy, Housing, Sociology
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    Deborah Fui-Yuen Hoe, PhD

    Instructional Assistant Professor for Gerontology

    Expertise: End-of-life, Palliative care
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    Aaron Hagedorn, PhD

    Instructional Associate Professor of Gerontology

  • Cary Kreutzer, EdD, MPH, RD, FAND

    Instructional Professor of Clinical Gerontology and Pediatrics

    Expertise: Nutrition and diets, Nutrigenomics, Wellness
  • Headshot of Tara Mastro
    Tara Mastro, PhD

    Instructional Assistant Professor of Gerontology

    Expertise: Memory, Neuroscience, Biology
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    Paul Nash, PhD

    Instructional Professor of Gerontology

    Expertise: Ageism and intersectionality, HIV and aging, Stigma and discrimination
  • Min-Kyoung Rhee, PhD

    Instructional Assistant Professor of Gerontology

    Expertise: Social-determinants and disparities, Technology, Translational research
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    Roberto Vicinanza, MD, PhD

    Instructional Associate Professor of Gerontology

    Expertise: Age-related diseases, Nutrition and metabolism, Mental health