Researcher Spotlight
Senior Project Associate
Teryn Mattox is a senior project associate working primarily with RAND Labor and Population and RAND Health, and is the content manager for the Promising Practices Network. Mattox is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Previously, she has served as a strategic management…
Codirector, RAND Drug Policy Research Center
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. She serves as codirector of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. Her research has largely focused on whether state and local public policies are cost-effective and effective…
Senior Policy Analyst
Dana Schultz is a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, with experience in research design, data collection and analysis, and program evaluation. She has led or co-led several projects involving process and outcome evaluation design, implementation, and analysis. Her research focuses on…
Adjunct Researcher
Laura Hickman is an adjunct researcher at the RAND Corporation and a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Portland State University, where she serves as associate director of the Criminal Justice Research Policy Institute. Hickman's research focuses on evaluating and improving…
Associate Behavioral & Social Scientist
Lynsay Ayer is an associate behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her research is focused on stress reactivity, trauma, and related psychopathology (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders). Her work at RAND includes research in areas such as youth violence…
Senior Behavioral Scientist
Terry L. Schell is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. Much of his recent research has focused on post-traumatic stress disorder, among civilian survivors of community violence as well as service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. That research has been published in a…
Senior Behavioral Scientist
Lisa Jaycox is a senior behavioral scientist and clinical psychologist at the RAND Corporation. She has combined clinical and research expertise in the areas of child and adolescent mental health problems, including depression and reactions to violence exposure such as post-traumatic stress…
Associate Behavioral & Social Scientist
Victoria Ngo is a clinical psychologist and associate behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. She has expertise in developing, evaluating, and capacity building for evidence-based treatments for depression, anxiety, and trauma in diverse communities in the U.S. and abroad. She has worked…
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