{"id":1049,"date":"2019-05-28T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cbph\/?page_id=1049"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:32:41","slug":"the-los-angeles-aging-research-alliance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cbph\/","title":{"rendered":"The USC|UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; 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<\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"ns-heading-el\">The USC|UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health<\/h2><p  ><span><br><em>A synergistic research environment devoted to understanding population health<\/em><\/span><\/p><div class=\"buttons\"><div class=\"button solid_color_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='button-wrap'> <a class=\"primary-color\" href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cbph\/#about\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture \"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-desktop-content-width=\"auto\" data-tablet-content-width=\"auto\" data-bg-alignment=\"center\" data-color-scheme=\"light\" data-x-pos=\"left\" data-y-pos=\"middle\" ><div class=\"slide-bg-wrap\"><div class=\"image-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cbph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AdobeStock_Vaccination-scaled.jpeg);\"> &nbsp; <\/div><div class=\"slide-bg-overlay\" style=\"background-color: #232323;\"> &nbsp; <\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"ns-heading-el\">Can Vaccination Influence Biological Aging?<\/h2><p  ><span>In a nationally representative study, Jung Ki Kim, PhD, and Eileen M. Crimmins, PhD find that shingles vaccination is associated with slower epigenetic and transcriptomic aging in older adults.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"buttons\"><div class=\"button solid_color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <a class=\"primary-color\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/gerona\/glag008\">Link to the Paper<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture \"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-desktop-content-width=\"auto\" data-tablet-content-width=\"auto\" data-bg-alignment=\"center\" data-color-scheme=\"light\" data-x-pos=\"left\" data-y-pos=\"middle\" ><div class=\"slide-bg-wrap\"><div class=\"image-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cbph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/big-data-visual-information-background-social-network-concept-connection-vector-background.jpg_s1024x1024wisk20c_PSPRwls8VYHDap6F0sAMzqjK4iz0TsXxRA9X2z5S5E-e1738200673933.jpg);\"> &nbsp; <\/div><div class=\"slide-bg-overlay\" style=\"background-color: #333333;\"> &nbsp; <\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"ns-heading-el\">Call for Pilots<\/h2><p  ><span><br><strong>Submission deadline: May 15, 2026<\/strong>\r\n<br>The USC\/UCLA CBPH invites interested investigators to submit proposals for twelve\/twenty-four month pilot research projects. Projects will begin on September 1st, 2026 and end on August 30th, 2028. <\/span><\/p><div class=\"buttons\"><div class=\"button solid_color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <a class=\"primary-color\" href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cbph\/request-for-pilot-proposals\/\">View request for letter of intent<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"button solid_color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-color\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe-e_zMMDZnms5cbJEQlLWgY5vUmWkd8Pkah9TOQ59oSpBFSg\/viewform?usp=dialog\">Apply<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture \"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-desktop-content-width=\"auto\" data-tablet-content-width=\"auto\" data-bg-alignment=\"center\" data-color-scheme=\"light\" data-x-pos=\"left\" data-y-pos=\"middle\" ><div class=\"slide-bg-wrap\"><div class=\"image-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cbph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-e1738201570287.png);\"> &nbsp; <\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"ns-heading-el\">More Education = Slower Aging<\/h2><p  ><span>New research shows that while Americans are aging biologically slower than before, those with higher education levels are pulling further ahead, widening health disparities.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"buttons\"><div class=\"button solid_color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <a class=\"primary-color\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/demography\/article\/doi\/10.1215\/00703370-12175545\/402044\/Increasing-Educational-Inequality-in-Biological__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!rnb_OV5ErFL1bh9PwEKa-quJCViA_dm4RVGfq-D8N1KorkswQuYyzI38fkeEQjqMrFcetsJrVJ8o$\">Link to Article<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture active_texture\"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-desktop-content-width=\"auto\" data-tablet-content-width=\"auto\" data-bg-alignment=\"center\" data-color-scheme=\"light\" data-x-pos=\"left\" data-y-pos=\"middle\" ><div class=\"slide-bg-wrap\"><div class=\"image-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cbph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Purple-background-2.jpg);\"> &nbsp; <\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"ns-heading-el\">Research Highlights the Impact of Extreme Heat on Aging<\/h2><p  ><span>The New York Times featured an article, \"Extreme Heat Linked to Accelerated Aging in Older Adults, Study Finds,\" discussing groundbreaking research by Eun Young Choi and Jennifer Ailshire. Their study, published in Science Advances, explores the connection between extreme heat exposure and biological aging in older adults.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"buttons\"><div class=\"button solid_color_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='button-wrap'> <a class=\"primary-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/26\/well\/heat-aging-older-people.html\">Read the article<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"button solid_color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adr0616\">Read the full publication<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture active_texture\"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><\/div><a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Previous\" class=\"slider-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\"><\/i> <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Next\" class=\"slider-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i> <\/a><div class=\"container normal-container slider-pagination-wrap\"><div class=\"slider-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-slider-loading \"> <span class=\"loading-icon none\">   <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;2%&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; id=&#8221;about&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578973022094{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2>About the center<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]The USC\/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health (CBPH) is a multisite center located at the Andrus Gerontology Center of the University of Southern California and the Program in Geriatric Medicine in the School of Medicine of the University of California at Los Angeles. It is one of 16 centers in the Demography and Economics of Aging Centers Program sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/research\/dbsr\/centers-demography-and-economics-aging?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">National Institute on Aging (NIA)<\/a>. The overarching goal of CBPH is to enhance understanding of biological processes that contribute to population health at older ages and drive health disparities among disadvantaged sub-populations. Representing a unique and highly successful collaboration between USC and UCLA\u2014two institutions with longstanding excellence in aging research\u2014CBPH is the only NIA Demography of Aging Center focused on advancing the entire field of health demography by developing, validating, and disseminating new biological measures, data resources, and analytic tools for use by all population health researchers. CBPH has been at the forefront of integrating innovative biological measurement into population-based studies through theory-driven approaches, and it remains deeply committed to the ongoing development and validation of biological measurement protocols. 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