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Read about our Doctoral Programs at the Spatial Science Institute, USC Dornsife. For more information, call 213-7400-5910.

Introducing our Fall 2022 PHP PhD cohort

The Spatial Sciences Institute is pleased to announce the incoming 2022 cohort to the Population, Health and Place Ph.D. program. Please join us in welcoming these five outstanding students to the Trojan Family! Jacob Gizamba BS Wildlife Health, Makerere University, Uganda (2019) MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2022) Jacob has…
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Jingyi Fang

Graduate Certificate in Spatial Analytics
Jingyi is a third year Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Her research ranges from development, applied economics, macro-development and migration. Jingyi believes that the knowledge of spatial analysis and the use of Geographic Information Science (GIS) could help us understand the role and impact of…
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Ian Kim

Ian Kim, student in the Department of Preventive Medicine
Ian Kim is a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a MFA in New Media and a MS Minor in Kinesiology focusing on health informatics and exercise psychology. His research has focused on modeling associations between emotion, motivation…
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Rebecca Smith

Graduate Certificate in Spatial Analytics
I am a first year Ph.D. student in Public Policy and Management at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. Prior to attending USC, I received my undergraduate degree in economics and French from the Georgia Institute of Technology. I went on to receive a Masters in Economics from Sciences Po in Paris. My…
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