Vitality Magazine Fall 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for international collaboration and effective solutions for challenges posed by aging populations.

Inspired by a popular class, Paths to Leadership in the Senior Living Industry, edited by Edward Schneider and Matthew Lifschultz MAASM ’18, collects the wisdom of top senior living leaders.

To help students stay active and relieve stress, Associate Professor John Walsh brings the exercise routine he led during online lectures to campus.

Mitochondrial peptide MOTS-c regulates the immune system and prevents the self-destruction of cells that create insulin, according to a new study in mice.

USC faculty co-edit publication examining impacts of social and economic factors across the life course.

“Even among a population of Medicaid patients who are similarly economically disadvantaged, Latinos are shouldering an unfair burden of this deadly pandemic,” said study co-author Mireille Jacobson.

How short-lived neutrophils respond to pathogens appears to vary greatly between the sexes and with age, says Bérénice Benayoun.

USC-Buck Geroscience Training Program in the Biology of Aging funds pre- and postdoctoral researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School.

The Population Association of America Irene B. Taeuber Award recognizes innovative contributions to the scientific study of population.

Here’s just some of what we’ve learned by listening to Lessons in Lifespan Health, the podcast produced by the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

Beginning in the fall of 2021, these innovative programs, offered both online and on campus, will provide students with a flexible approach to gaining expertise for in-demand careers in areas of food service management, dietetics, and nutrition across the lifespan.

Students serve their local communities and empower older adults via virtual communication. 

Current literature is not sufficiently inclusive of the issues African-American women face as they attempt to age in place, says Reginald Tucker-Seeley.

The pandemic kept kids home from school and upended the workplace, placing Americans who care for aging family members under even more pressure.

Three students share how their gerontology education empowers them to help older adults become healthier and happier.

During physically distanced ceremonies held twice daily from May 14 through 20, 2021, more than 36,000 diplomas were conferred to USC graduates in the classes of 2020 and 2021, including more than 400 graduates of the USC Leonard Davis School.

According to a new study, the Tsimane people in Bolivia appear to have healthier brains that age more slowly.

Labels present challenges to fighting ageism and promoting intergenerational understanding, say USC experts.

“We are looking forward to experiencing everything in our life together… We believe that aging can be a positive experience, and growing older together is sweet.”

Research Assistant Professors T. Em Arpawong and Sebastian Brandhorst will each receive $25,000 in funding for one-year pilot projects.

The USC Daryl and Irwin Simon Nutrition for Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Research Fund was created to explore the role diet can play in the prevention or delay of Alzheimer’s disease.

Friends of the Leonard Davis School and Dean Emeritus Edward Schneider joined with foundations and companies to endow the new Schneider Scholarship Fund.

Donations provide scholarship support for students pursuing the first-of-its-kind Master of Arts in Senior Living Hospitality, which is designed to prepare senior living professionals to address a growing population and changing consumer demands.

Liebig, who passed away February 24, 2021, was a celebrated gerontology educator and expert on public policy for older adults.