Trevor Pickering, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

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Overview

Dr. Trevor Pickering is an Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences, co-directs the SC-CTSI Biostatistics Team, and directs the MS Programs in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health Data Science. He has over 20 years of experience with study design and analysis and has worked on projects in areas including community health assessment, behavioral health interventions (including nutrition, exercise, and substance use), suicide prevention, and improving the effectiveness of health-related interventions. He frequently collaborates with investigators on aspects of research ranging from study design to grant and manuscript completion. He has experience in regression methods, longitudinal analysis, social network analysis, and latent variable methods such as factor analysis and structural equation modeling.

Education and Training

  • Unviersity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA — PhD — 12/2018 — Preventive Medicine
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA — MS — 8/2010 — Biostatistics
  • Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA — BS — 5/2005 — Mathematical Biology

Publications

  • Family Income and Recovery Outcomes in Pediatric Burn Survivors: A Burn Model System National Database Study Assessing Functional and Psychosocial Differences. J Burn Care Res. 2026 09 08; 47(5):1373-1379.. View in PubMed
  • Residential Air Pollution, Inhalation Injury, and Burn Recovery: A Burn Model System Study. J Burn Care Res. 2026 Jul 20.. View in PubMed
  • Sample sizes for randomized controlled trials utilizing Bayesian response adaptive randomization for continuous outcomes. J Biopharm Stat. 2026 Jun 11; 1.. View in PubMed
  • Changes in access to basic needs among people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Los Angeles County during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a large-scale repeated cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health. 2026 05 20; 26(1).. View in PubMed
  • Fixing the Leaky Pipeline of Burn Nurses. Am J Nurs. 2026 05 01; 126(5):36-41.. View in PubMed
  • Eligibility criteria and study phase limit racial/ethnic enrollment in oncology clinical trials. BMC Cancer. 2026 Apr 17; 26(1).. View in PubMed
  • Decreased Gross Motor, Working Memory, and Adaptive Behavior in Children with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Horm Res Paediatr. 2026 Feb 16; 1.. View in PubMed
  • Assessing the quality of lactation accommodation policies in California’s higher education system. Transl Behav Med. 2026 Jan 07; 16(1).. View in PubMed
  • Correction: Religiousness, sexual orientation, and depression among emerging adults in U.S. higher education: Findings from the Healthy Minds Study. PLOS Ment Health. 2025; 2(12):e0000521.. View in PubMed
  • Predictors for Latent Musculoskeletal Fitness Profile in the National Youth Fitness Survey Sample. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2026 May 01; 38(2):185-193.. View in PubMed