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Category: Lifespan Health
World Alzheimer’s Month: Andrei Irimia discusses brain health and the relationship between concussions and Alzheimer’s
Assistant Professor of Gerontology Andrei Irimia discusses the impacts of brain injury in the most recent episode of the Lessons in Lifespan Health podcast.
Associate Professor Jennifer Ailshire: the impacts of air pollution, location and education on the way we age
Associate Professor of Gerontology and Sociology Jennifer Ailshire joins Professor George Shannon to discuss the impacts of air pollution, global aging and how factors like location and education can influence the way we age.
USC Launches Three New Nutrition and Dietetics Master’s Degrees
Beginning in the fall of 2021, these innovative programs, offered both online and on campus, will provide students with a flexible approach to gaining expertise for in-demand careers in areas of food service management, dietetics, and nutrition across the lifespan.
Associate Professor Julie Zissimopoulos: the impact and economics of Alzheimer’s
Julie Zissimopoulos is an associate professor in the USC Price School of Public Policy and the co-director of the Aging and Cognition Initiative at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, where she’s also a senior fellow and the director of two NIA-funded
Assistant Professor Marc Vermulst: the role of genetic mutations in human aging and disease
Marc Vermulst, PhD, is an assistant professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School, who focuses on the role of genetic mutations in human aging and disease. He recently spoke to us about how his research into transcription errors, essentially copying mistakes, aims to
