The USC Daryl and Irwin Simon Nutrition for Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Research Fund was created to explore the role diet can play in the prevention or delay of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Friends of the Leonard Davis School and Dean Emeritus Edward Schneider joined with foundations and companies to endow the new Schneider Scholarship Fund.
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Kris Brannon wants to level the playing field in long-term care in Black communities. Her experience in women’s tackle football is going to help her do that.
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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.
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Three students share how their gerontology education empowers them to help older adults become healthier and happier.
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Washington Post featured Valter Longo on how recent research points to interventions in diet, exercise and mental outlook that could slow down aging and age-related diseases. A multidisciplinary approach involving evidence-based strategies “could get it all right,” he said. The article also appeared in Anchorage Daily News.
The Maximizing Investigators' Research Award directly supports scientists, providing stability, flexibility and more opportunities for breakthroughs.
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During physically distanced ceremonies held twice daily from May 14 through 20, 2021, more than 36,000 diplomas were conferred to USC graduates in the classes of 2020 and 2021, including more than 400 graduates of the USC Leonard Davis School.
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Los Angeles Daily News and KFI 640 AM featured research by Caleb Finch and Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School on how air free of PM2.5 particle air pollution can lead to a healthier brain. “Our findings underscore the importance of efforts to improve air quality as well as the continued importance of demographic and experimental evaluation of air pollution neurotoxicity,” Finch said. Long Beach Press-Telegram and California News-Times also published the story.
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.
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- Assistant Professor Michelle Keller: Deprescribing and medication management for older adults
- Study: regulators of “jumping genes” could be new targets for aging research and treatment
- Molecules Derived from Sea Sponge Show Promising Effects in Mitochondrial Function and Cancer
- Mentorship, hard work fuels transformation from “shy and terrified” lab newcomer to award-winning scientist
- Master of Science in Gerontology Readies Student for Career in Global Public Health and Research
