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Vitality Magazine Fall 2020

Staying Apart, Working Together

Important conversations and collaborations unite our school community despite the distance.

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A Red Cross nurse during the 1918 influenza pandemic, and a member of the medical staff in the COVID-19 ward at Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Cairo, Egypt on April 29, 2020.
A century of COVID-19: what history tells us about the long-term effects of a pandemic

A century of COVID-19: what history tells us about the long-term effects of a pandemic

Many hardbound books
Read All About It

Read All About It

Ærtebjerghaven, a senior living community in Odense, Denmark, includes health-promoting design features, including decentralized residential clusters; atriums that provide light, fresh air and safe outdoor access; single-occupancy rooms with private bathrooms; and large, open common spaces that can be reconfigured for physical distancing (photo: Victor Regnier).
Form, function, and fighting disease in senior living

Form, function, and fighting disease in senior living

Lifesaver buoy
Caring for Caregivers

Caring for Caregivers

Having tough intergenerational conversations - illustration by Brian Stauffer 2020
USC Gerontology Experts and Students Promote Intergenerational Understanding

USC Gerontology Experts and Students Promote Intergenerational Understanding

Linda Wong and Lisa Wong ’89
Sisters’ Gifts Support Research in Biology of Aging

Sisters’ Gifts Support Research in Biology of Aging

Kathleen Gilmore portrait
New Biology of Aging Research Fund Provides Immediate Support Over Five Years

New Biology of Aging Research Fund Provides Immediate Support Over Five Years

Abstract art of group of people in a grunge texture
USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health Receives $4.4 Million Renewal

USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health Receives $4.4 Million Renewal

Portrait of Nelson Rubio Argueta
An Unprecedented Internship: Living in a Retirement Community during COVID-19

An Unprecedented Internship: Living in a Retirement Community during COVID-19

Palenquera selling fruits in Cartagena, Colombia
Virtual cultural immersion in Colombia

Virtual cultural immersion in Colombia

Zoom screenshot of Walsh’s students holding up four fingers to represent their course, Gero 414, Neurobiology of Aging.
Online Education with Expertise and Optimism

Online Education with Expertise and Optimism

3d illustration of rotating DNA glowing molecule on blue background
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and The Buck Institute for Research on Aging Win $4.6 Million NIA Grant

USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and The Buck Institute for Research on Aging Win $4.6 Million NIA Grant

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USC Leonard Davis School Assistant Professors Receive Hanson-Thorell Research Awards For Promising Research Directions

USC Leonard Davis School Assistant Professors Receive Hanson-Thorell Research Awards For Promising Research Directions

Tyler Evans smiling with a child
From USC Leonard Davis School undergrad to medical doctor fighting COVID-19

From USC Leonard Davis School undergrad to medical doctor fighting COVID-19