The Healthcare Delivery Science (HDS) core group within the SC CTSI advances health system innovations through research awards, training, and collaborations with LA County Department of Health Services and other partners. They support a number of projects through the Health System Innovation Award in partnership with the UCLA CTSI. They also disseminate HDS results and research findings to health systems, researchers, and the community. Click here to learn more about their current and planned projects.
Read out 2025 annual report, which includes awards, grants, educational offerings, symposium info, and much more.
You can also find this report and lots more at the SC HDS Center website.
The HDS core also hosts a training program in which our affiliates present on a variety of topics such as: how to engage in the community in the science of healthcare delivery, funding opportunities for the study of healthcare delivery, and how to use the power of behavioral economics to improve quality and efficiency of patient-centered care.
We have published all of the courses in our Healthcare Delivery Science training program, a multidisciplinary online series of courses covering multiple topics. Students ranging from clinicians to public health students from any institution can receive digital badges for individual courses as well as a Certificate of Completion for finishing all courses. Go to this page on the HDS Center site to find out more.
Amytis Towfighi, MD, HDS Center Director, USC; Wendy J. Mack, Ph.D., Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC; Rachel R. Ceasar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC
| Course | Instructors |
|---|---|
| Introduction to HDS "Health System Innovation Award" award program | Amy Towfighi, MD, Director of SC CTSI Healthcare Delivery Science core and Director of Neurological Services and Innovation for Los Angeles County Department of Health Services |
| Dissemination & Implementation | Barbara Turner, MD, MSED, MACP, and Albert Farias, PhD, MPH, faculty in The USC The Gehr Family Center For Health Systems Science And Innovation, in conjunction with Brian Mittman, PhD, Senior Scientist at Kaiser Permanente with affiliations at USC and UCLA |
| Behavioral Economics | Jason Doctor, PhD, The Norman Topping National Medical Enterprise Chair in Medicine and Public Policy and Professor of Public Policy, University of Southern California |
| Leadership & Management | Dave Logan and Ashleigh Rodriguez from Care4th |
| Quality Improvement | Bob Lloyd, PhD, Director of Performance Improvement for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| Stakeholder Engagement | Jennifer Tsui, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California |
| Research Methods | Amytis Towfighi, MD, HDS Center Director, USC; Wendy J. Mack, PhD, Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC; Rachel R. Ceasar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC |
| Health Systems Engineering | Shinyi Wu, PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work and Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California; David Belson, Director, Mixed Reality Research; Michelle Shin, Ph.D. |
Director
Amytis "Amy" Towfighi, MD
Director, Healthcare Delivery Science
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Team Members
Allison Zumberge Orechwa, PhD, MBA
Institute Executive Director
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