Honors and Awards Archives

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.

Nov 15

Dean Pinchas Cohen next to Senior Associate Dean Maria Henke holding a frame

Senior Associate Dean Maria Henke Honored for Education Leadership

By Beth Newcomb Academics, Featured, Honors and Awards, School Culture

The Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education Administrative Leadership Honor recognizes extraordinary efforts in advancing gerontology education.

Oct 14

String of illustrated lightbulbs and person touching a lit one to symbolize lightbulb idea

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 12

USC Leonard Davis Assistant Professor Receives Prestigious Investigator-Focused Grant

By Beth Newcomb Faculty, Featured, Honors and Awards, Research

The Maximizing Investigators' Research Award directly supports scientists, providing stability, flexibility and more opportunities for breakthroughs.

Jul 08

Bérénice Benayoun Receives GSA Nathan Shock New Investigator Award

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards

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

Jun 30

Eileen Crimmins wins demography field’s most prestigious award

By Beth Newcomb Demography, Featured, Honors and Awards

The Population Association of America Irene B. Taeuber Award recognizes innovative contributions to the scientific study of population.

Jun 17

Alumna to Receive AFAR Scientific Award of Distinction

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

The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has announced that our 2015 PhD in Gerontology graduate Morgan Levine will receive the Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research.

May 14

USC Leonard Davis Faculty Honored for Mentoring and Teaching

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Honors and Awards

Eileen Crimmins named an outstanding mentor for faculty and postdoctoral scholars; Min-Kyoung Rhee receives USC Dornsife general education teaching award.

Mar 04

Group of individuals standing together in front of a screen for the California Task Force on Family Caregiving

USC Family Caregiver Support Center Wins Innovations in Alzheimer’s Caregiving Award

By Beth Newcomb Caregiving, Featured, Honors and Awards

Honor recognizes impactful public policy work.

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.