MADRES Center for Environmental Health Disparities

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The MADRES Center team includes skilled bilingual research professionals experienced in study coordination, data collection, phlebotomy, imaging, data management, data analytics, biostatistics, and the processing and archiving of biospecimens. The Center is committed to promoting opportunities for training, mentorship and career development in environmental health research, particularly among populations typically underrepresented in the field of environmental health sciences.   

Several of our team members are alumni of our MADRES Eagles-RISE (Research Internship and Service in Environmental health disparities) internship program for first generation college students, jointly sponsored with California State University, Los Angeles. This program was featured by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences in their Partnership for Environmental Public Health Newsletter.  

Study Team

Jennelle Alcaraz
alcarazj@usc.edu
Research Coordinator I
Milena Amadeus
milenalo@usc.edu
Project Director
Andrea Calderon
cald796@usc.edu
Project Manager
Dema Faham
dfaham@usc.edu
Research Associate
Isabella Hernandez
iah@usc.edu
Project Specialist- Administrative
Stephen Howland
showland@usc.edu
Project Manager
Diana Morales
dlm_191@usc.edu
Project Assistant
Marisela Rosales
rosa538@usc.edu
Research Coordinator I
Josie Tadeo
jtadeo@usc.edu
Research Coordinator I
Lisa Valencia
lisavale@usc.edu
Project Specialist- Administrative
Alejandra Valenzuela
av80973@usc.edu
Research Coordinator I
Fiaba Zakarian
fzakaria@usc.edu
Research Coordinator I
Maria Esther Camargo-Diaz
camargod@usc.edu
Research Coordinator
Gabriela Gomez
ggomez27@usc.edu
Project Assistant

Data Team

Xinci Chen
xinciche@usc.edu
Statistician I
Tingyu Yang
tingyuya@usc.edu
Statistician II
Mario Vigil
mariov@usc.edu
Statistician I

Lab Team

Helen Foley, PhD
hfoley@usc.edu
Research Associate, Senior
Bethany Kapanke
kapanke@usc.edu
Research Lab Technician II
Danilo Martinez Guardado
danilom@usc.edu
Research Lab Technician II
Shanyan Xue
sxue@usc.edu
Research Lab Specialist

MADRES Center

1845 N. Soto St. Suite 102
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Email: madres@usc.edu

MADRES Center is a program of
the Division of Environmental Health 
of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC

Supported by:
NIH: P50MD015705; P50ES026086; UH3OD023287
EPA: 83615801

MADRES CLINIC

Participant screening room (2)
height - table
Exam room table
ECHO MRI (2)
blood draw chair
blood draw chair (2)
waiting room (3)
Spirometry (3)
Spirometry (2)

The MADRES Clinic is located on USC’s Soto Campus, which is just a few minutes away from Keck School of Medicine of USC.  At the MADRES Clinic, participants are seen for in-person visits, including survey administration, biospecimens collections and height and weight measurements.  Additional services include imaging, as well as pulmonary function testing.