Honors and Awards Archives

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.

Jul 24

Portrait of Cristal M. Hill, PhD outside the USC Leonard Davis School

Cristal Hill Receives GSA Nathan Shock New Investigator Award

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards, School Culture

The distinguished honor is given for outstanding contributions to new knowledge about aging through basic biological research.

May 29

USC Provost Andrew Guzman presents the Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award to Distinguished Professor Kelvin Davies on April 4, 2024.

Kelvin Davies receives USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards

Davies, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Gerontology, Molecular & Computational Biology, and Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, is recognized for decades of service to the university, profession, and community.

May 20

USC Leonard Davis Faculty Member Receives 2024 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star in Aging Research Award

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards

The American Federation for Aging Research recognized Associate Professor Bérénice Benayoun for her exemplary research contributions.

May 09

Mentorship, hard work fuels transformation from “shy and terrified” lab newcomer to award-winning scientist

By Beth Newcomb Alumni, Featured, Honors and Awards, Student Profile, Students

In just two years, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology student Maria Oorloff, a graduating senior in human development and aging, went from having almost no experience with science to being honored for her research and academic achievements.

Apr 18

Pinchas Cohen named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognized Cohen for "distinguished contributions to the fields of aging research and molecular biology, particularly using mitochondrial peptides to study possible therapeutic benefits for diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases related to aging."

Apr 16

USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology PhD Student Awarded Prestigious NSF Fellowship

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards, Students

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students pursuing research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

May 15

Lightbulb low poly design with connecting dots, stars

2023 Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Support New Approaches to Combat Misinformation and Alzheimer’s Disease

By USC Leonard Davis Communications Featured, Honors and Awards, Research

As recipients of the 2023 Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards, Assistant Professors Teal Eich and Ryo Sanabria each received $25,000 for one-year pilot projects to explore these important areas in aging research.

Apr 28

Portrait of Josh Senior at Undergraduate Research Symposium

Josh Senior receives second place at the 2023 USC Undergraduate Symposium

By USC Leonard Davis Communications Honors and Awards, Students

Josh Senior, a GEMSTEM scholar in Mara Mather’s Emotion and Cognition Lab earned second place in the Life Sciences category at the USC Undergraduate Symposium.

Apr 27

Jennifer Ailshire Receives 2023 Provost Mentoring Award

By USC Leonard Davis Communications Faculty, Featured, Honors and Awards

USC Leonard Davis School Associate Professor Jennifer Ailshire has been awarded the 2023 Provost Mentoring Award, which recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding mentorship to USC faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students.

Honors and Awards

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

Cristal Hill Receives GSA Nathan Shock New Investigator Award

Kelvin Davies receives USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award

USC Leonard Davis Faculty Member Receives 2024 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star in Aging Research Award

Mentorship, hard work fuels transformation from “shy and terrified” lab newcomer to award-winning scientist

Pinchas Cohen named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology PhD Student Awarded Prestigious NSF Fellowship

2023 Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Support New Approaches to Combat Misinformation and Alzheimer’s Disease

Josh Senior receives second place at the 2023 USC Undergraduate Symposium

Jennifer Ailshire Receives 2023 Provost Mentoring Award

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