Daniel Soto

Daniel W. Soto, Ed.D, MPH, is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. He directs the Center for Population Health (CPH). He has over 20 years of population-based health behavior research experience and seven years of curriculum design and teaching experience with graduate and undergraduate programs in public health. Dr. Soto has led research and evaluation efforts on several longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of acculturation, mental health, diabetes prevention, substance use, addressing health disparities, preventing the spread of infectious disease, and tobacco control. Most recently, Dr. Soto led a team of 20+ graduate students to work on preventing the spread of COVID-19 in K-12 schools in Los Angeles County. He has established effective community engagement, recruitment, and retention methods for populations across the United States. Additionally, Dr. Soto has published over 100 manuscripts on acculturation, cultural stress, nicotine addiction, and substance use prevention in adolescents and young adults.

• University of Southern California, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences: Digital Education Innovator Award, 2023
   – 2024
• University of Southern California, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences: Chair’s Citation on Pedagogical Excellence Award, 2024
   – 2025

• University of California Davis, Davis, CA — BA — 06/2001 — Sociology/Native American Studies
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA — MPH — 06/2010 — Public Health/Biostatistics
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA — EdD — 05/2023 — Educational Psychology

• Unger, Jennifer
• Leventhal, Adam
• Barrington-Trimis, Jessica
• Sussman, Steven
• Jang, Yuri
• Pedersen, Eric