Administration
Ruth Wood
Director
Ruth Wood has served as NGP Director since 2023. She is Professor of Integrative Anatomical Sciences in the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
John Monterosso
Associate Director
John Monterosso has served as NGP Associate Director since 2023. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology.
Staff
Dawn Burke
Director of Student Services
Dawn Burke has been with NGP since 2013. Dawn received her doctorate degree in 2018 in Higher Education and Administration.
Charly Viola
Graduate Program Student Services
Charly Viola joined NGP in 2022. She received her master's degree in Higher Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2014.
Alanna Hurd
Student Services Advisor
Alanna Hurd joined NGP in 2024 and loves being a part of this community.
Executive Committee
- Admissions: Natasha LePore (Keck, Pediatrics) and Karen Chang (Keck, Physiology & Neuroscience)
- Curriculum: Nicholas Schweighofer (Ostrow Dentistry, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy)
- Distinguished speaker series: Brian Dias (Keck, Pediatrics)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Rita Barakat (Dornsife, Neurobiology)
- Professional Development Chair: Beth Smith (Keck, Pediatrics)
- Retreat: Andrew Hires (Dornsife, Neurobiology)
- Website: Lindsey Schier (Dornsife, Human Evolutionary Biology) & Teal Eich (Gerontology)
