The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology has grown! Meet six of the school’s newest faculty members.
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Alexandra Gleysteen spent a career producing television news stories. With a master’s in gerontology, she’s working to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in women.
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Lauren Brown is an assistant professor at the USC Leonard Davis School. Her research uses publicly available data to uncover the unique difficulties Black Americans face in maintaining physical and psychological well-being as they age. Her lab both challenges the methods used to study older Black adults and strives to…
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Sally Duplantier founded her second company, Zing, and earned a Master of Science in Gerontology in her 60s. Her goal is to help older adults age better.
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In honor of Ageism Awareness Day, we are highlighting some insights from a recent presentation by Instructional Professor Paul Nash to the Los Angeles County Commission on Older Adults.
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USC faculty, students, staff, and experts in gerontology, technology, and entrepreneurship gathered on September 8 for the inaugural Aging is Now | Aging is the Future: Entrepreneurship Symposium, jointly hosted by Marshall and Leonard Davis.
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The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded a five-year, $3.6 million grant to fund USC’s Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR), which supports junior scientists exploring health and economic disparities associated with dementia.
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Forbes mentioned Professor Valter Longo in an article about the 10th annual Aging Research and Drug Discovery (ARDD) meeting, where he presented on “Fasting Mimicking Diets, Multi-System Regeneration, and Longevity.”
Phys.org mentioned Assistant Professor Ryo Sanabria and postdoctoral researcher Gilberto Garcia from The Sanabria Lab about their study on how changes in lipid metabolism affect how cells respond to stress. Tech Explorist also covered the research.
U.S. News & World Report and HealthDay interviewed Professor Kathleen Wilber on the lack of elder care in the United States, particularly concerning those who live alone without the assistance of family, friends, or community networks.
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