Cycles of a Fasting-Mimicking Diet Helps Mice Live Longer, Healthier
While many diets have been studied for effectiveness in preventing obesity and heart disease in both mice and humans, research on the effects and benefits of short, periodic cycles of fasting on obesity and heart health are lacking.
Learn More
USC Leonard Davis Assistant Professor Receives Prestigious Investigator-Focused Grant
The Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award directly supports scientists, providing stability, flexibility and more opportunities for breakthroughs.
Learn More
Clean Air Matters for a Healthy Brain
USC researchers say their studies on air pollution and cognitive decline — one involving humans and one with mice — provide evidence that cleaner air may reduce risk for Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Learn More
Immigration boosts U.S. life expectancy, according to USC/Princeton study
The study finds that immigrants are responsible for approximately half of recent U.S. life expectancy gains. Moreover, the gap in life expectancy between foreign-born and native-born residents is growing wider and US life expectancy would steeply decline without immigrants and their children.
Learn More
Register for the The Voices of Young Caregivers in the Digital Age Event
The event will be taking place on October 1, 2021 from 4pm-7pm PDT online and in the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Auditorium.
Learn More
Spanish-language Videos Use First-Person Stories to Increase Awareness of Palliative Care Among Latinx Communities
A video series produced by the Enguídanos Lab offers structured accounts of how a range of individuals have benefited from palliative care.
Learn More
New Book Provides Lessons in Senior Living Leadership
Inspired by a popular class, Paths to Leadership in the Senior Living Industry, edited by Edward Schneider and Matthew Lifschultz MASM ’18, collects the wisdom of top senior living leaders.
Learn MoreApply to the School
Ready to start your journey into the gerontology field? Find out how to apply to USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology academic programs.
Learn MoreExplore our Programs
Wondering what's possible in gerontology? The USC Leonard Davis School offers multiple online and on-site degree programs, gerontology minors and postdoctoral and certificate programs.
Learn MoreSupport our Work
Want to support innovative gerontology education, research, and service? Learn more about ways to contribute to the USC Leonard Davis School.
Learn MoreSpeaker: Charisse Winston, PhD
Lecture: Biomarker and Pathogenetic Potential of Blood-Based Neuronal Exosomes in Alzheimer’s disease
Speaker: Elizabeth Head, PhD
Lecture: Alzheimer disease in Down syndrome – Links between Neuroinflammation and Cerebrovascular Pathology
Kesten Lecture Speaker: Terrie Moffitt, PhD
Lecture: Measuring the human Pace of Aging : Opportunities for prevention
“With its wide range of classes from neuroscience to public policy, the USC Leonard Davis School has helped me develop as a leader.”
Human Development and Aging
