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

  • Does Malpractice Risk Deter Medical Students From Pursuing Obstetrics and Gynecology? Cureus. 2025 Apr; 17(4):e82710. Thai A, Huynh K, Pickering T , Maron A, Wang L, Stohl H . . View in PubMed
  • Evaluation of housing status within an EMS-led leave-behind naloxone program: A retrospective analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Aug; 94:232-234.. View in PubMed
  • Religiousness, sexual orientation, and depression among emerging adults in U.S. higher education: Findings from the Healthy Minds Study. PLOS Ment Health. 2025; 2(3):e0000004.. View in PubMed
  • Prenatal Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is Associated with Greater Pre-pubertal BMI Growth and Faster Post-pubertal Cortical Thinning During Peri-adolescence. medRxiv. 2025 Mar 26.. View in PubMed
  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1-Alpha Gene Polymorphisms Impact Risk of Severespectrum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study. Reprod Sci. 2025 04; 32(4):993-1002.. View in PubMed
  • Impaired Dietary Decision-Making in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Horm Res Paediatr. 2026; 99(5):695-704.. View in PubMed
  • An Analysis of Child Abuse Detected by Skeletal Surveys Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatr Discov. 2025 Mar; 3(1):e2526.. View in PubMed
  • The Unhoused Burn Population: An Alarming Increase of Leaving Against Medical Advice. J Burn Care Res. 2025 01 24; 46(1):48-52.. View in PubMed
  • FireSync EMS: A Novel Mobile Application for Burn Surface Area Calculation. J Burn Care Res. 2025 01 24; 46(1):101-106.. View in PubMed
  • Social Networks, Health Support, and Dietary Intake in Mothers Receiving Home Visiting Services. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 04; 13(2):737-748.. View in PubMed