For Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month this June, here's a compilation of this year's research stories on Alzheimer's and brain health.
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Patrick Corbin is an associate professor of practice at the USC Glorya Kaufman School and an internationally renowned dance artist whose career has spanned over 30 years and bridged the worlds of classical ballet, modern and contemporary dance. He recently spoke to us about his work, exploring the positive effects…
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Next Avenue, MarketWatch and MSN featured Instructional Associate Professor of Gerontology and Director of USC Age-Friendly University Initiative, Caroline Cicero, on how companies’ push for fully digital communication might be leaving out older adults.
“I don’t think we should assume that everyone, young or old or middle-aged, is better off using an app to do our banking,” she said. “Companies need to provide humans to talk with. Automation and robots cannot handle questions that may not be pre-written.”
For Travis Iseri, an undergraduate degree in gerontology opened the door to a diverse career in the nonprofit, government agency and senior care sectors.
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The Los Angeles Times featured alumni Gerson Galdamez ’16, PhD ’20 in a story about the Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Eisner Intergenerational Orchestra. Galdamez, a violinist in the orchestra, explained that his interest in gerontology began as a child, when he accompanied his mother, a hospice nurse, to care facilities…
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LAist Radio (KPCC-FM) spoke with Research Associate Professor Donna Benton about caring for individuals with dementia and Alzheimer’s, and on how to make the transition to care facilities easier and more comfortable for older adults.
Los Angeles Times featured the career and university path of USC Ostrow and Leonard Davis student Somkene Okwuego. The columnist also spoke with several faculty members on the importance of gerontology and preparing students to work with older adults.
PsyPost and MSN featured Professor Mara Mather on her work showing breathing exercises could reduce levels of peptides associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
“I was interested in whether inducing slow oscillations in heart rate during slow paced breathing would help increase clearance of amyloid beta from the brain…I hypothesized it could do so as the practice induces some of the features of deep sleep – slow physiological oscillations and low noradrenergic activity – that have been identified as promoting clearance of brain waste” said Professor Mather.
Sacramento Bee recently featured Professor Valter Longo’s research on the benefits of wheat germ.
Longo’s research shows early evidence that the wheat germ compound, spermidine, can replace “old or damaged parts of your cells with new versions.”
LA City View 35 featured an ongoing partnership between the Department of Aging, The Loop Village, and faculty and students from the USC Leonard Davis School. The virtual classes teach seniors the importance of nutrition and how to eat healthier.
- More Than Just Genes: Many Factors Affect How Fast We Age
- A Half-Century of Vision: 50 Years of the USC Leonard Davis School
- Rapid Blood Pressure Fluctuations Linked to Early Signs of Brain Degeneration in Older Adults
- Hanson-Thorell Family Research Award Supports New Study to Improve Dementia Diagnosis for All
- New NIA-Funded Center to Help Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives
