Election 2008: Health Care Experts

March 31, 2008

Experts at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and School of Pharmacy are available to discuss critical national and statewide health care issues.

If you would like to speak with one of USC’s experts, please contact Meghan Lewit or Jennifer Chan at 323-442-2830.

Michael R. Cousineau, Ph.D., associate professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine. Cousineau is an expert on health care policy and reform for the underserved and uninsured. He also serves as a consultant to the Los Angeles Department of Health Services in the area of ambulatory care planning and evaluation, and public health.

David A. Goldstein, M.D., associate professor of medicine and chief of the division of general internal medicine at the Keck School of Medicine. Goldstein is expert on health care reform and medical ethics, including patients’ rights and end-of-life treatment decisions. He is the co-director of the Pacific Center for Health Policy & Ethics.

Joel W. Hay, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmaceutical economics & policy at the USC School of Pharmacy. Hay is an expert on prescription drug costs and health insurance reform.

Steven Chen, Pharm.D., associate professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy. Chen is an expert on the role of clinical pharmacy in community health care and related policy issues. Chen heads the School of Pharmacy’s safety-net clinic program, which delivers clinical pharmacy services to homeless and low-income patients in Los Angeles.

Martin Pera, Ph.D., professor and director of the USC Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine.  Pera has provided extensive advice to state, national and international regulatory authorities on the scientific background to human embryonic stem cell research, and is a founding member of the Hinxton Group and serves on the Steering Group of the International Stem Cell Initiative.

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