Orli Belman, Author at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

Sep 25

2024 Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Launch New Studies to Improve Alzheimer’s Disease and Sarcopenia Treatments

By Orli Belman Featured, Honors and Awards, Research

As recipients of the 2024 Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards, Assistant Professor Michelle Keller and Research Assistant Professor Hiroshi Kumagai each received $25,000 for one-year pilot projects aiming to improve how Alzheimer's and sarcopenia might be treated and potentially lower the costs for doing so.

Sep 10

Photo of kimono show participants from September 6

Kimono Show Recognizes Japanese Cultural Traditions and Collaboration Between USC Leonard Davis School and Yamano Beauty College

By Orli Belman Events, Featured, Intergenerational, Lifespan Health, School Culture

The USC Leonard Davis School hosted a kimono fashion show from the Yamano Beauty College in Japan that celebrated the over-decade-long partnership between the two schools and the symbolism that the Japanese kimono represents across the lifespan.

Jul 05

Surf, Sun, Support and Sustainability: Costa Rica Course Provides Lessons for a Long and Healthy Life

By Orli Belman Academics, Courses, Featured, Health and Wellness, Study Abroad

Students traveled to Nicoya, Costa Rica to understand why Costa Rica has one of the longest-lived populations in the world.

Nov 16

Illustration of a woman throughout her lifetime, first as a baby and then ending as an old woman

Interventions to Improve Late-Life Health & Longevity Must Begin in Early Life, Says Noted Researcher

By Orli Belman Demography, Events, Featured, Health and Wellness, Honors and Awards

Terrie Moffitt of Duke University delivers the 2021 Esther and Isadore Kesten Memorial Lecture.

Oct 14

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Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Support New Studies on Diet & Exercise

By Orli Belman Giving, Honors and Awards, Research

Research Assistant Professors T. Em Arpawong and Sebastian Brandhorst will each receive $25,000 in funding for one-year pilot projects.

Oct 13

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Gift Supports Senior Living Students

By Orli Belman Featured, Giving, Students

Donations provide scholarship support for students pursuing the first-of-its-kind Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality, which is designed to prepare senior living professionals to address a growing population and changing consumer demands.

Sep 30

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Immigration boosts U.S. life expectancy, according to USC/Princeton study

By Orli Belman Demography, Featured

The study finds that immigrants are responsible for approximately half of recent U.S. life expectancy gains.

Sep 22

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Spanish-language Videos Use First-Person Stories to Increase Awareness of Palliative Care Among Latinx Communities

By Orli Belman Caregiving, Community Service, Diversity, Featured

A video series produced by the Enguídanos Lab offers structured accounts of how a range of individuals have benefited from palliative care.

Jun 24

A colorful assortment of fruits and vegetables neatly displayed on a rustic wooden table

USC Launches Three New Nutrition and Dietetics Master’s Degrees

By Orli Belman Academics, Careers in Aging, Featured, Health and Wellness, Lifespan Health, Media Advisory, Nutrition

Beginning in the fall of 2021, these innovative programs, offered both online and on campus, will provide students with a flexible approach to gaining expertise for in-demand careers in areas of food service management, dietetics, and nutrition across the lifespan.

Jan 08

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New findings help explain how COVID-19 overpowers the immune system

By Orli Belman COVID-19, Featured, Mitochondria, Research

Discovery of unique virus traits offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with diabetes or heart disease can have more severe responses to COVID-19 than others, say USC researchers.

Orli Belman

2024 Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Launch New Studies to Improve Alzheimer’s Disease and Sarcopenia Treatments

Kimono Show Recognizes Japanese Cultural Traditions and Collaboration Between USC Leonard Davis School and Yamano Beauty College

Surf, Sun, Support and Sustainability: Costa Rica Course Provides Lessons for a Long and Healthy Life

Interventions to Improve Late-Life Health & Longevity Must Begin in Early Life, Says Noted Researcher

Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Support New Studies on Diet & Exercise

Gift Supports Senior Living Students

Immigration boosts U.S. life expectancy, according to USC/Princeton study

Spanish-language Videos Use First-Person Stories to Increase Awareness of Palliative Care Among Latinx Communities

USC Launches Three New Nutrition and Dietetics Master’s Degrees

New findings help explain how COVID-19 overpowers the immune system

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