In the News

San Francisco Chronicle featured an op-ed cowritten by Paul Irving of the USC Leonard Davis School on the need to ease the affordable housing burden on older Californians. “Many communities will look older in the years ahead, making the struggle to balance the needs of older adults against powerful economic forces even more pronounced,” the authors wrote.

Quartz quoted Elizabeth Zelinski of the USC Leonard Davis School on designing technology for older adults.

Forbes featured a column by Distinguished Scholar in Residence Paul Irving on how Asia is ground zero for the age shift that is impacting societies across the globe.

Forbes quoted Mireille Jacobson of the USC Leonard Davis School on how pharmaceutical insurance coverage decisions are made based on drug efficacy.

CNBC cited a study from John McArdle of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the USC Leonard Davis School on wealthy students earning higher SAT scores.

KABC-TV and USC Annenberg Media covered celebrations hosted by the USC Leonard Davis School for International Day of Older Persons, which included music and dance performances, food, crafts, and a screening of the film The Farewell.

Forbes quoted Jon Pynoos of the USC Leonard Davis School on how minimalism can benefit older adults with dementia.

Duke Blog recently quoted Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School on a study he co-authored about the Alzheimer’s Disease Exposome, a framework that aims to understand how environmental factors can affect the genetic and non-genetic risks of AD and related dementias.

KPCC-FM featured research from Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School on how environmental factors interact with genetic factors to increase or reduce risk for Alzheimer’s disease. “Nobody had pulled this together, and that’s what our contribution is: to get people to recognize and begin to think of environmental factors, many of which can be improved in lifestyle, to reduce the genetic risk of Alzheimer’s,” he said.