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Nov 26

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Kelvin Davies Honored by Asian Universities

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards

Professor Kelvin Davies, the James E. Birren Chair in Gerontology, Dean of Faculty and Research, and Director of the Andrus Gerontology Center at the USC Davis School of Gerontology, was recently recognized with an honorary doctorate from Guangzhou University and honorary professorships from the University of Hong Kong and Shenzhen…

Nov 13

Alzheimer’s Costs Could Hit $1.5 Trillion a Year by 2050

By Jonathan Riggs Featured

As the Baby Boomer population ages, the annual cost of Alzheimer’s disease treatment in the U.S. is expected to nearly quintuple to $1.5 trillion each year, according to a study by Julie Zissimopoulos and Patricia St. Clair of the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and…

Nov 13

New Gift Will Inspire USC Student Innovators to Help Older Adults

By Jonathan Riggs Featured, Students

Just in time for November’s National Entrepreneur Month, entrepreneur Kevin Xu '11 and his wife Leah Yang MASM '13 are announcing a commitment from the Xu family to the USC Davis School of Gerontology to establish the Brighten Award for Entrepreneurial Gerontology.

Nov 11

Helping Caregivers Provide Safe, Healthy Care for Loved Ones

By Jonathan Riggs Featured

The 2014 Caregivers Are Learning More (CALM) Conference and Resource Fair, hosted by the USC Family Caregiver Support Center on November 1, provided valuable education and resources to local community members caring for elderly and/or disabled loved ones.

Nov 06

How and why could a gene that stunts growth also shut down cancer and diabetes?

By Jonathan Riggs Featured

USC biogerontologist Valter Longo and Ecuadorian endocrinologist Jaime Guevara-Aguirre are hoping to find the answer in a study of 30 individuals from Ecuador who visited Los Angeles. The researchers hope the results will lead medicine to pharmaceuticals or controlled diets achieving the same apparent protection from major diseases as Laron…

Nov 06

Leaders and Experts from Across the State Share Ideas for Helping Californians Age in Place

By Jonathan Riggs Featured

The 2014 Morton Kesten Summit, “Designing California’s Future: Aging in Place Innovations,” explored how advances in design, health care, social services, and technology are needed to enable older adults to stay safe and active in the community as they age.

Oct 21

Eat all the sweets you want and maintain the same weight?

By Jonathan Riggs Featured

New research by USC Davis School of Gerontology scientist, Dr. Sean Curran, and his team may have discovered a gene that can suppress the obesity that comes with having a high sugar and fat diet. It yielded positive results in C. Elegans worms and human cell petri dishes. The next…

Sep 19

Two USC Davis Studies Led by Valter Longo Snag Most-Read Spots in Cell Press Journals

By Jonathan Riggs Featured, Honors and Awards

Two studies led by Edna Jones Professor in Gerontology and Professor in Biological Science Valter Longo have been listed as the most-read articles in their respective Cell Press journals. The article in Cell Stem Cell highlighted how fasting cycles induced immune system regeneration, and the Cell Metabolism article examined high-protein…

Sep 19

Research Symposium on Asia’s Aging Population Highlights Both Improvements and Challenges

By Beth Newcomb Featured

The USC Davis School of Gerontology hosted the 2014 Association of Pacific Rim Universities Research Symposium on Aging September 14-17. Research presented by scientists from throughout the region focused on Asia’s rapidly aging population and highlighted the challenges these dramatic demographic swings will pose in the near future.

Sep 10

Professor Edward Schneider Interviewed by NPR about Erectile Dysfunction Drugs and Older Adults

By Jonathan Riggs Featured

16 years ago, the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra was introduced. USC Davis Professor and Dean Emeritus Edward Schneider spoke to National Public Radio’s Ina Jaffe about the impact it and similar drugs have had on the lives of older adults.