Research Contracts

Short Term Training Program for 31 Tsinghua University Extension

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Principal Investigator: Joanna Yu
Sponsor: Gweat Enterprises/Tsinghua University
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

Evaluation of Long Term Effects of Medicare Payment Cuts

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Principal Investigator: Dan Wei
Sponsor: DHHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Amount Awarded: $ 119,949.00

China Climate Change Policy Capacity Building

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Principal Investigator: Dan Wei
Sponsor: Center for Climate Strategies, Inc
Amount Awarded: $ 14,995.35

Macroeconomic Impacts of Climate Action Planning

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Principal Investigator: Dan Wei
Sponsor: Center for Climate Strategies, Inc
Amount Awarded: $ 89,500.00

Strengthening Qualitative Research Through Methodological

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Principal Investigator: Christopher Weare
Sponsor: NSF
Amount Awarded: $ 43,779.00

Center for Risk and Economic Effects of Terrorism Events (Create - Yr 4)

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Principal Investigator: Detlof von Winterfeldt
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
Amount Awarded: $ 1,314,249.95

The Evaluation of Naturalization Programs

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Principal Investigator: Richard Sundeen
Sponsor: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Amount Awarded: $ 47,500.00

Learning By Giving Foundation Grants for Academic Year 2011-12

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Principal Investigator: Richard Sundeen
Sponsor: Learning By Giving Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Principal Investigator: David Suarez
Sponsor: National Academy of Education
Amount Awarded: $ 55,174.80

Gang Prevention and Intervention Intake and Progress Assessment

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Principal Investigator: David Sloane
Sponsor: City of Los Angeles
Amount Awarded: $ 62,155.99

Implementation and Development of the YSET Gang Risk Assessment

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Principal Investigator: David Sloane
Sponsor: City of L.A. Mayor's Office.
Amount Awarded: $ 24,608.97

Advancing Public Health Practices and Policies Solutions

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Principal Investigator: David Sloane
Sponsor: Community Health Councils, Inc.
Amount Awarded: $ 40,000.00

West Adams AHA Food Revoluition Kitchen Program Evaluation

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Principal Investigator: David Sloane
Sponsor: American Heart Association.
Amount Awarded: $ 99,000.00
Principal Investigator: David Sloane
Sponsor: Community Health Councils, Inc.
Amount Awarded: $ 13,562.00

Gang Risk Assessment; Trial Version and Development

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Principal Investigator: David Sloane
Sponsor: Liberty Hill Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 7,444.79

Disseminating Scientific Information On Autism To The Latino

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Principal Investigator: Lisa Schweitzer
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
Amount Awarded: $ 221,168.63
Principal Investigator: Lisa Schweitzer
Sponsor: NSF
Amount Awarded: $ 195,000.00

No-Notice Evacuations, Urban Form & Environmental Injustice

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Principal Investigator: Lisa Schweitzer
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 89,141.30

Does Rail Transit Investment Encourage Retail Activity?

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Principal Investigator: Jenny Schuetz
Sponsor: METRANS
Amount Awarded: $ 89,487.00

Total Regional Economic Losses from Water Supply Disruptions

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Principal Investigator: Adam Rose
Sponsor: Woodbury University
Amount Awarded: $ 55,000.00
Principal Investigator: Adam Rose
Sponsor: Center for Climate Strategies, Inc
Amount Awarded: $ 127,456.01

Macroeconomic Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Option

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Principal Investigator: Adam Rose
Sponsor: New York Energy Research and Development Authority
Amount Awarded: $ 46,000.00
Principal Investigator: Adam Rose
Sponsor: Decision Research / NSF
Amount Awarded: $ 127,078.00

INC - Advances in Modeling Economic Resilience

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Principal Investigator: Adam Rose
Sponsor: Battelle / PNNL
Amount Awarded: $ 731,569.50

CHG Reduction Cost Curves for NY State

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Principal Investigator: Adam Rose
Sponsor: Enterprising Environmental
Amount Awarded: $ 47,667.19

Chemical Supply Chain and Economic Model Review and Verification

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Principal Investigator: Adam Rose
Sponsor: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Amount Awarded: $ 149,612.00

Adding Freight Networks to an Interstate Input-Output Model

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Principal Investigator: Harry W. Richardson
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 81,736.20

Network Accessibility and the Evolution of Urban Employment

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Principal Investigator: Christian L. Redfearn and Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 85,000.00

Reconsidering the Impact of Access to Transit on Local Land Markets

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Principal Investigator: Christian L. Redfearn
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 89,997.00
Principal Investigator: Gary Dean Painter
Sponsor: Russell Sage Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 34,454.66

Spatial Mismatch & Transit Choice Among Immigrants

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Principal Investigator: Gary Dean Painter
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 90,000.00
Principal Investigator: Dowell Myers
Sponsor: SCAG
Amount Awarded: $ 25,000.00

Demographics of Recovery in Post-Crash Los Angeles: Evidence

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Principal Investigator: Dowell Myers
Sponsor: Haynes Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 187,113.00

Discovering the California Island: Can We Foster a More

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Principal Investigator: Dowell Myers
Sponsor: Haynes Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 230,000.00

Study of Advancement and Integration of Immigrants in the US

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Principal Investigator: Dowell Myers
Sponsor: MacArthur Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 100,194.01

Creating A New Voice For Immigrant Integration

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Principal Investigator: Dowell Myers
Sponsor: Irvine (James) Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 18,026.62

Issue Brief & Data on CAs Changing Child Population

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Principal Investigator: Dowell Myers
Sponsor: Packard Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 73,787.00

Impact of Immigration and Assimilation on Public Transit

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Principal Investigator: Dowell Myers
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 87,933.58

Studying Demographic Migration for First 5 LA

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Principal Investigator: Dowell Myers
Sponsor: First 5 LA
Amount Awarded: $ 689,371.00

Community Networks and Corrective Capacity in Los Angeles

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Principal Investigator: Juliet Ann Musso
Sponsor: Congressional Research Service
Amount Awarded: $ 5,300.00

Community Networks and Corrective Capacity in Los Angeles

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Principal Investigator: Juliet Ann Musso
Sponsor: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Amount Awarded: $ 14,600.00
Principal Investigator: Juliet Ann Musso
Sponsor: Haynes Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 172,470.10

Feasibility Study for Assessing Capacity of Agricultural Assets

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Principal Investigator: Leonard Mitchell
Sponsor: Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
Amount Awarded: $ 50,000

Compton Specific Plan - Atkinson Brickyard Site

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Principal Investigator: Leonard Mitchell
Sponsor: City of Compton.
Amount Awarded: $ 230,034.39

General Plan Update for City of Compton

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Principal Investigator: Leonard Mitchell
Sponsor: City of Compton.
Amount Awarded: $ 132,500.00
Principal Investigator: Leonard Mitchell
Sponsor: Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians.
Amount Awarded: $ 102,000.00

Green Valley Initiative Sustainable Economic Development

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Principal Investigator: Leonard Mitchell
Sponsor: Green Institute for Village Empowerment.
Amount Awarded: $ 41,500.00

To Renew Operations of the University of Southern California

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Principal Investigator: Leonard Mitchell
Sponsor: Economic Development Administration.
Amount Awarded: $ 749,521.84

To Renew Operations of the University of Southern California

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Principal Investigator: Leonard Mitchell
Sponsor: Economic Development Administration.
Amount Awarded: $ 300,000.00

Evaluation of the North Vallejo Patient Access Partnership

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Principal Investigator: Glenn Melnick
Sponsor: California HealthCare Foundation.
Amount Awarded: $ 145,468.84

Analyses of Annual Survey Data for the American Hospital Association

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Principal Investigator: Glenn Melnick
Sponsor: American Hospital Association.
Amount Awarded: $ 131,459.26
Principal Investigator: Glenn Melnick
Sponsor: California HealthCare Foundation.
Amount Awarded: $ 39,909.00

Evaluation of the Sacramento Accountable Care Organization

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Principal Investigator: Glenn Melnick
Sponsor: California HealthCare Foundation.
Amount Awarded: $ 229,790.00

Shenzhen Short-Term Training

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Principal Investigator: Glenn Melnick
Sponsor: Shenzhen Manager's College.
Amount Awarded: $ 480,000.00

Masters Degree in Public Policy and Mangement (International Program)

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Principal Investigator: Glenn Melnick
Sponsor: Republic of Indonesia, Ministry of Health.
Amount Awarded: $ 20,055.39

Racial and Ethnic Approaches To Community Health In Targeted Los

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Principal Investigator: LaVonna Lewis
Sponsor: Community Health Councils, Inc.
Amount Awarded: $ 164,152.00

Evaluation of African Americans Building a Legacy of Health

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Principal Investigator: LaVonna Lewis
Sponsor: Community Health Councils, Inc.
Amount Awarded: $ 77,000.00

Capacity Building Through Enhanced Program Assessment and Data

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Principal Investigator: LaVonna Lewis
Sponsor: Center for Community Health and Well-Being
Amount Awarded: $ 9,481.31

USC Training Program in Clinical Social Work and Health

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Principal Investigator: LaVonna Lewis
Sponsor: DHHS/NIH
Amount Awarded: $ 88,190.00

Medical Malpractice, Health Care Costs and Technology Adoption

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Principal Investigator: Darius Lakdawalla
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Amount Awarded: $ 1,279,554.00

Disseminating Haynes-Supported Visual and Aural Documentation

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Principal Investigator: Martin H. Krieger
Sponsor: Haynes Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 21,600.00

Documenting the Geography of an Orthodox Jewish Religious Enclave

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Principal Investigator: Martin H. Krieger
Sponsor: Haynes Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 13,800.00

Documenting Informal Entrepreneurship Among Immigrants

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Principal Investigator: Martin H. Krieger
Sponsor: Kauffman Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 29,941.00

Ten Thousand Eyes on Calfiornias Streets, Roads

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Principal Investigator: Martin H. Krieger
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 79,650.00
Principal Investigator: Martin H. Krieger
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 50,000.00

Non-Traditional Business Models and Market Entry Strategies

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Principal Investigator: Marco D. Huesch
Sponsor: Lockheed Corporation
Amount Awarded: $ 275,000.00

Center for Risk and Economic Effects of Terrorism Events (Create)

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Principal Investigator: Stephen Hora
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
Amount Awarded: $ 537,672.00

Center for Risk & Economic Anaysis of Terrorism Events (Year 7)

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Principal Investigator: Stephen Hora
Sponsor: Department of Defense
Amount Awarded: $ 375,460.00

Center for Risk & Economic Anaysis of Terrorism Events

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Principal Investigator: Stephen Hora
Sponsor: Department of Defense
Amount Awarded: $ 1,289,987.61

Consultant and Traning Services for the Sacramento County

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Principal Investigator: Howard Greenwald
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 47,000.00

Freight Shipments, Greenhouse Gases and Polluting Emission

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Principal Investigator: Peter Gordon
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 89,312.00

Towards Peak-Load Pricing In Metropolitan Areas: Modeling

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Principal Investigator: Peter Gordon
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 87,745.00

Quality and Costs in Hospitals

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: NIH/RAND
Amount Awarded: $ 30,905.81

Trajectories and Palliation Study

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: RAND
Amount Awarded: $ 0.00

Private and Public Transfers and Lifetime Dependency

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: Columbia/MacArthur
Amount Awarded: $ 171,750.00

A Model to Assess the Benefits and Costs of Interventions

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: Columbia University
Amount Awarded: $ 431,623.00

Measuring Quality-of-Life and Productivity From Medical Devices

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: Institute for Health Technology Studies
Amount Awarded: $ 879,808.00

Improving Pharmacy Benefit Design

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Amount Awarded: $ 748,919.05

ROYBAL Center for Health Policy Simulation

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Amount Awarded: $ 388,183.20

The Science of Medicare Reform

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Amount Awarded: $ 5,032,916.00

Use of Behavioral Economics to Improve Treatment of Acute

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Amount Awarded: $ 234,072.11

Obesity Amonth Older Americans

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Amount Awarded: $ 234,072.11

An Economic and Behaviorial Evaluation of Medicare Part D

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Amount Awarded: $ 701,849.00

ROYBAL Center for Health Policy Simulation

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Principal Investigator: Dana Goldman
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Amount Awarded: $ 492,578.00
Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano, Hilda Blanco, and Deepak Bahl
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation
Amount Awarded: $ 295,273.00

METRANS: National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano, Randolph Hall, Petros Ioannou, and James Elliott Moore II
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 3,910,352.30
Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation / FTA - TERP
Amount Awarded: $ 308,489.00

A Freight Analysis & Planning Model

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: Department of Transportation
Amount Awarded: $ 70,305.46

METRANS: National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: Department of Transportation
Amount Awarded: $ 3,021,683.00

Accessibility, Location and Employment Center Growth

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 89,910.00

A Freight Analysis & Planning Model

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 40,168.58

Addressing Goods Movement Challenges in California

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: Caltrans/CCST/RTAP
Amount Awarded: $ 38,794.23

Scoping for the Freight Mobility Plan

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: CSULB/Caltrans
Amount Awarded: $ 96,300.00

Planning Grant: Establishing a VREF Center of Excellence

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: Volvo Research and Educational Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 45,000.00

Synthesis of Freight Research in Urban Transportation Planning

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: NCFRP
Amount Awarded: $ 50,000.00

RIITS: Archived Data Management System for Regional Integration

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: LACMTA
Amount Awarded: $ 952,468.00

A Freight Analysis & Planning Model

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 71,735.60

Research and Planning for the Public Infrastructure Advisory

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $ 500,000.00

Assessment Support for the San Jose ATN

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: Aerospace Corporation
Amount Awarded: $ 27,631.00

Promoting Employment in Transit Constructions Projects

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: DOT
Amount Awarded: $ 0.00

Eisenhower Fellowship

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Principal Investigator: Genevieve Giuliano
Sponsor: Department of Transportation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,692.76

Encouraging Local Leadership and Unleashing Volunteer Resources

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris and Robert C. Myrtle
Sponsor: Annenberg Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 109,872.06

Los Angeles Leadership Group

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Ahmanson Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

The Los Angeles Leadership Group 2011-2012

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Ahmanson Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

The Los Angeles Leadership Group 2011-2012

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: California Wellness Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00
Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Unihealth Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

Nonprofit Capacity-Building Roundtable

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Annenberg Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 60,398.00

Los Angeles Foundation Leadership Group for 2011-2012

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Weingart Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

The Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy Operating Support

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Ahmanson Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 250,000.00

Los Angeles Foundation Leadership Group 2010-2011

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: The California Wellness Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

Los Angeles Foundation Leadership Group 2010-2011

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Ahmanson Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

Los Angeles Foundations: An Update

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Weingart Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 25,000.00
Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Weingart Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 150,000.00

Los Angeles Foundation Leadership Group 2010-2011

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Principal Investigator: James M. Ferris
Sponsor: Weingart Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 10,000.00

From Structure to Composition: What Influences Network

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Principal Investigator: Nicole E. Esparza
Sponsor: Kresge Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 24,483.00

CMA/USC Leadership Program

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Principal Investigator: Paul Danczyk
Sponsor: CMA
Amount Awarded: $ 68,531.00

Legislative Staff Management Institute, Year 1

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Principal Investigator: Paul Danczyk
Sponsor: National Conference of State Legislatures
Amount Awarded: $ 264,000.00

Evaluating the Exposition Corridor (Expo) Light Rail Line

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Principal Investigator: Marlon Boarnet
Sponsor: Haynes Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 106,208.00

Water Supply Scarcity in Southern California

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Principal Investigator: Hilda Blanco
Sponsor: Haynes Foundation
Amount Awarded: $ 217,117.00

Toward Evidence-Based Sustainable Communities

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Principal Investigator: Hilda Blanco
Sponsor: Urban Institute
Amount Awarded: $ 53,608.29

Shrinking the State: Reforming Arms Length Bodies in an Age

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Principal Investigator: Anthony Bertelli
Sponsor: University of Birmingham
Amount Awarded: $ 72,286.00
Principal Investigator: Deepak Bahl
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation
Amount Awarded: $396,368.00