Featured Archives

Aug 10

New awards support research on reproduction and aging

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Health and Wellness, Honors and Awards, Research

USC Leonard Davis School proposals receive funds to develop a mouse model of menopause and to study how the body’s microbiome affects reproductive function with age.

Jul 30

How to Help Family Caregivers

By Beth Newcomb Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregiving, Featured, Health and Wellness

Donna Benton, research associate professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, says national attention to the needs of family caregivers is long overdue.

Jul 22

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How Mindfulness and Meditation Benefit Older Adults

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Health and Wellness

Professor Ed Schneider shines light on the importance of mindfulness and positive mental health for older adults.

Jul 21

Studies Suggest a Fasting Diet Could Boost Breast Cancer Therapy

By Beth Newcomb Fasting, Featured, Research

A USC-led team of international scientists found that a one-two punch of a fasting diet with hormone therapy may enhance the effects of breast cancer treatment in small clinical trials and mouse studies.

Jul 15

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USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and The Buck Institute for Research on Aging Win $4.6 Million NIA Grant

By Orli Belman Featured

Prestigious award establishes the USC-Buck Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging.

Jul 09

COVID-19: Vaccines and Older Adults

By USC Leonard Davis Communications COVID-19, Faculty, Featured, Research

In this brief video, Dean Pinchas Cohen explains that the response to vaccines is sometimes very ineffective in older adults and is an area of research that will need to be addressed in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Jun 29

Master’s in Gerontology Provides Strong Foundation for Senior Living Leadership

By Beth Newcomb Alumni, Careers in Aging, Featured, Intergenerational, Student Profile

With a rapidly aging population in need of support, "professionals who can develop sound solutions and policies will be critical and in demand," says Sahar Edalati MS '13, associate executive director for The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights in New York.

Jun 25

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USC Leonard Davis School Assistant Professors Receive Hanson-Thorell Research Awards For Promising Research Directions

By Orli Belman Featured, Honors and Awards, Research

Jessica Y. Ho will explore the impact of the opioid epidemic on older adults, and Andrei Irimia will examine risk of cognitive decline after concussions.

Jun 24

Protein in mitochondria appears to regulate health and longevity

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Health and Wellness, Mitochondria, Research

Having greater amounts of the peptide humanin is closely correlated with longer lives and better health in both animals and humans, including lower risk for Alzheimer’s.

Jun 15

New award supports study of why females age differently than males

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards, Research

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.