Atu Agawa, MD, MPH, MSCE
Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Dr. Atu Agawu is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC and Children's Hospital Los Angeles, He completed his undergraduate degree from Yale University. He continued to obtain on to receive a doctoral degree in medicine, and Masters degrees in Public Health as well as Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. His KL2 research focuses on health outcomes in children with medical complexity, specifically those with intestinal failure.

Alison Cogan, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Ostrow School of Dentistry

Dr. Alison Cogan is an Assistant Professor in the Mrs. T. H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California. She completed her undergraduate and MEd degrees from Temple University. She continued to receive her MA in Occupational Therapy and PhD in Occupational Science from the University of Southern California. As part of her KL2 research, Dr. Cogan will apply novel approaches to investigating functional recovery trajectories for adults with stroke and developing an in-depth picture of realtime clinical decision making among rehabilitation therapists in an inpatient post-acute care setting.

Albert Han, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine

Dr. Albert Han is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkley and completed both a PhD and medical degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He complete his residency at UCLA's Medical Center and fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. As part of his KL2 research, he will aim to define the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in HPV+ oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma carcinogenesis and progression.

Jeanine Hall, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency and Transport Medicine Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Dr. Jeanine Hall is an Assistant Professor within the Division of Emergency and Transport Medicine through the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California and Children's Hospital Los Angeles. She completed her undergraduate degree at Xavier University of Louisiana, She obtained a medical degree from the University of Missouri, and completed her residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Hall completed her Masters in Public Health from the University of Southern California. She intends to focus on health services research to improve post-emergency department connections to care through the understanding of barriers to access to care and the design and implementation of innovative technologies and process to help ameliorate disparities in access to care.

Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho, MD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine

Dr. Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She completed her undergraduate, Master of Science, and doctoral degrees at the University of Southern California. Her KL2 research will investigate the caregiving practices and cultural beliefs of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) dementia caregivers (many living in cultural enclaves in urban settings), applying these findings to inform the cultural adaptation of an existing caregiver activation and support intervention for use among AAPI dementia caregivers, and assessing intervention efficacy and feasibility through a randomized controlled trial.