Assistant Professor Bérénice Benayoun named to Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences, which includes a four-year research grant for her project investigating sex differences in aging.
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AARP quoted Distinguished Scholar in Residence Paul Irving in an article about how teleworking opportunities benefit older workers: “The world will look much older in the decades to come, and employers must adapt to this demographic shift.”
Los Angeles Times quoted Reginald Tucker-Seeley of the USC Leonard Davis School on how the COVID-19 pandemic is not affecting everyone equally.
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School on the need for physical contact among humans. “We’re social creatures, and as social animals, we can’t survive without each other,” she said.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences quoted University Professor Caleb Finch on his research regarding how air pollution harms the brain. The EPA doesn’t cite the impact of air pollution on the brain, nor do US regulations such as the 2015 Clean Power Plan; “We’ve almost entirely ignored the brain,” says Finch.
Chemical & Engineering News mentioned research led by Caleb Finch on how air pollution can harm the brain.
Understanding the rate of mutation in the virus’ genes could help create a more widely effective vaccine, says Assistant Professor Marc Vermulst.
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Vox quoted Jessica Ho on why the real number of COVID-19 deaths may be higher than the government’s official totals. “It‘s possible that emergency response teams, hospitals, and nursing home facilities overburdened with coronavirus have been unable to effectively prevent deaths from other causes they would ordinarily have been able to,” Ho said.
Los Angeles Daily News featured Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School on keeping older adults at assisted living facilities in good health. “Next to medical services, it’s generally agreed upon that daily physical activity and cognitively stimulating social activities are the most important thing,” she said.
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Professor Sean Curran was awarded the 2020 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research.
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