Faith Huss, who served in the U.S. Army for 10 years prior to attending USC, will use her nutrition and dietetics expertise to serve patients at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Long Beach, where she also interned.
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.
Beverly Gianna, MAG, is a former communications professional and current long-term care ombudsman for Louisiana. She advocates for residents of nursing homes.
Nicholas Kim, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering and minoring in geroscience, led the landmark study with hopes that it could one day help improve the treatment of dementia and other brain disorders.