Lama Hassoun Ayoub is a Principal Researcher and seasoned leader in research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects spanning across justice systems, workforce development, education, public health, and other human services sectors.
She combines rigorous mixed methods with community engaged approaches to deliver high-quality insights to foundations, government agencies, and nonprofits.
Dr. Hassoun Ayoub brings a wealth of substantive technical expertise including large multi-site/state studies, randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental designs, and mixed-method studies. Throughout her career, she has focused on community-engaged research that improves opportunity and fairness in systems, while also managing projects and teams through collaborative leadership and participatory research approaches. Dr. Hassoun Ayoub has published in numerous journals, including the Journal of School Violence, Psychology of Violence, and Experimental Criminology, while also prioritizing dissemination that is accessible and meaningful to practitioners and impacted communities.She holds a master’s degree in public health from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is a Ph.D. candidate in developmental psychology at Wayne State University.
To solve their most pressing challenges, organizations turn to Mathematica for deeply integrated expertise. We bring together subject matter and policy experts, data scientists, methodologists, and technologists who work across topics and sectors to help our partners design, improve, and scale evidence-based solutions.
Work With Us