Dr. Judith L. Perrigo received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. She is an Assistant Professor
at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Social Welfare Department.
Additionally, she serves as the Research Director for the Data Informed Futures
(DIF) project at the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and
Communities and assumes the role of Social Work Training Director within the
UCLA Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) clinic.
Drawing from over two decades of clinical experience working with children and
families in Los Angeles County, her scholarship and teaching revolve around
prevention and early intervention (PEI) strategies aimed at addressing societal
challenges, particularly those impacting early childhood.
Dr. Ashlesha Datar is a Senior
Economist and Associate Director of the Center for Economic and Social Research
(CESR) at the University of Southern California. She received an MA in
Economics in 1997 from the Delhi School of Economics and a Ph.D. in Policy
Analysis in 2003 from the Pardee-RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Her expertise is in leveraging natural experiments to understand how
neighborhoods and places influence the health and well-being of children and
families, with a special focus on obesity and its related health behaviors.
