The USC Leonard Davis School provides 21st-century solutions through research, advocacy and education around:
Research & Development
Geroscience
Drug discovery
Biodemography
Memory & Brain Health
Translation
Age-Tech
Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Nutrition for Longevity
Arts & Healthy Aging
Policy & Service
Equity in Aging
Caregiving
Economic Security
Senior Living
Education
17
Institutes, Centers, and Research Cores
including the Ney Center for Healthspan Science, the Family Caregiver Support Center and the Arts and Healthy Aging Center
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World’s Largest Selection of Gerontology Programs
including pioneering programs in nutrition, hospitality and geroscience
Students
600+
Students
Tripled over the last 12 years
3000+
Alumni
making a global impact in health care, policy and senior living
$1.5M
Scholarships
given to students annually
Tripled over the last decade
Faculty
100+
Scientists
including 27 tenured and tenure-track faculty members
Doubled since 2012
$25M/yr
Research Funding
including 100+ active grants (federal and private funding sources); promising research has led to multiple biotech companies developing disease interventions
Quadrupled over the last 12 years
Faculty Awards and Honors
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows:
Pinchas Cohen, Eileen Crimmins, Caleb Finch
Member, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts & Sciences:
Eileen Crimmins
Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors:
Pinchas Cohen
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awardee:
Pinchas Cohen
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Irving S. Wright Awardees:
Pinchas Cohen, Caleb Finch
AFAR Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Awardees:
Bérénice Benayoun, Sean Curran, Valter Longo
Glenn Awards for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging:
Pinchas Cohen, Sean Curran, Valter Longo
Time Magazine’s 50 Most Influential People in Health Care:
Valter Longo
20 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Fellows
GSA Nathan Shock New Investigator Awardees:
Bérénice Benayoun, Sean Curran, Cristal Hill
Renowned Partners
such as AARP, American Society on Aging, Milken Institute and Bank of America Merrill Lynch
We’re Making Life Better
Established in 1975, USC Leonard Davis is the world’s only school solely dedicated to the study of aging across the lifespan. Our research, education and practices lead to healthier aging for all.
