Experts share how tech advances, including new AI models and biomedical innovation, can transform aging research, care delivery, and health systems – but must be deployed responsibly, effectively, and at scale.
“Living Memory Home for Dementia Care Pairs” web tool helps people with mild to moderate dementia share memories and journal with their caregivers. Clinical trial results show reduced feelings of pre-death grief as well as the potential for improvements in relationship quality.
Cutting-edge technologies developed by USC researchers are changing not just the pace of Alzheimer’s disease discoveries but also the ways scientists make those discoveries.
The Arnold M. Whitman Aging and Technology Initiative Fund supports the USC Leonard Davis School’s exploration of how tech solutions can improve the lives of older people.
As the first graduate of the Master of Science in Applied Technology and Aging program, Dorice Redman feels prepared to write a new chapter in her career.
As the global population ages and technology advances faster than ever, the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology leads the exploration of how cutting-edge tech—paired with gerontology expertise—can address aging’s biggest challenges.
The first-of-its-kind tool can non-invasively track the pace of brain changes using MRI scans; faster brain aging closely correlates with a higher risk of cognitive impairment.
Bachman completed her PhD in May 2022 and started working at VivoSense as a research scientist shortly after. VivoSense develops digital measures from wearable sensor data for use in clinical trials.
USC faculty, students, staff, and experts in gerontology, technology, and entrepreneurship gathered on September 8 for the inaugural Aging is Now | Aging is the Future: Entrepreneurship Symposium, jointly hosted by Marshall and Leonard Davis.