Shaun Rushforth MS '08, executive director of the Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens in Fresno, California, says the depth and breadth of his USC education aided in responding to the pandemic as well as ideas for "opening anew."
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While the pandemic may have curtailed summer travels, USC students still have the opportunity to immerse themselves in other cultures online via Maymester and Summer courses.
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Luly Bustamante, a senior studying Human Development and Aging at the USC Leonard Davis School, hopes to spread awareness of the importance of gerontology.
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Science featured Valter Longo on the benefits of fasting-mimicking diets in the treatment of certain cancers. “There are probably 100 papers on this, almost all positive,” he said.
McKnight’s Senior Living featured a discussion on modular senior living and health facilities hosted by the Student Gerontology Association.
MarketWatch quoted Distinguished Scholar in Residence Paul Irving in a column on how the war against ageism will create career opportunities and a better work-life balance. “With the changing nature of the economy to a technology economy, so many things are being displaced. The one thing that may be hardest to displace is wisdom.”
Marc Vermulst, PhD, is an assistant professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School, who focuses on the role of genetic mutations in human aging and disease. He recently spoke to us about how his research into transcription errors, essentially copying mistakes, aims to strengthen vaccines and delay or…
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Speakers from BMarko Structures discussed the potential of modular senior living and skilled nursing facilities with the Student Gerontology Association.
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Mireille Jacobson coauthored a column for STAT on why palliative care hasn't been widely adopted in the U.S. despite its efficacy.
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Forbes featured research by Theresa Andrasfay of the USC Leonard Davis School on how COVID-19 deaths have shortened life expectancy among Black and Latino populations. “COVID-19 is expected to reverse over 10 years of progress made in closing the Black-white gap in life expectancy,” she wrote.
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