Behavioral Economics Studio
Partnering with organizations to conduct behavioral experiments and leverage insights from behavioral economics that improve stakeholder outcomes.
Behavioral and Health Genomics Center
Applying cutting-edge methods from genomics to study behavior, understand genetic architecture, enhance social science research, and more.
Brain Health Observatory @ USC
Making research and data on brain disorder available and accessible.
Center for Applied Research in Education
Conducting research and evaluations designed to increase understanding of how educational policies affect students, teachers, and schools, and whether interventions are effective, for whom, and under what conditions.
Center for Health and Labor Economics
Exploring how health affects work capacity and labor supply, as well as how job demands and working conditions affect labor supply, compensation, and health.
Center for Self-Report Science
Improving our understanding about how people answer questions about themselves and to develop innovative methods that provide accurate, reliable, and ecologically valid self-reports.
Center for the Study of Human Capital
Supporting, disseminating and communicating research focused on health and human capital, and their relationship with socio-economic outcomes.
Food Systems Institute
Generating actionable scientific insights to help to build food systems that support human health, planetary health, and fairness.
IGEMS: The Interplay of Genes and Environment Across Multiple Studies
A collaboration involving over fifteen longitudinal twin studies of adult development and aging with the aim to understand why early life adversity and social factors are associated with diverse outcomes.
LABarometer
Conducting basic and applied social science research on issues affecting Los Angeles County residents, with the aim of informing academic research, public discourse, and policy.
Program for Children and Families
Conducting theoretical and empirical research on the determinants and consequences of children’s health, educational and developmental outcomes starting from birth through young adulthood.
Program on Global Aging, Health, and Policy
Enhancing the understanding of older adults’ health and well-being and to contribute to evidence-based policy formulation.
SCRAP Lab: Section on Clinical Research in Aging and Psychology
Conducting research that addresses the mental health of older adults.