Susan Enguidanos, the Hanson Family Trust Assistant Professor of Gerontology and an assistant professor of social work at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, received the Junior Faculty Career Development Award from the National Palliative Care Research Center. She was honored for her research on transitioning from hospital to home among palliative care patients. The award includes two years of financial support for her research.
Dr. Enguidanos obtained a bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles. She holds a master’s degree in public health from California State University, Long Beach and a doctoral degree in social work from the University of Southern California.