Faculty, alumni and supporters share how the school of Gerontology has shaped the aging field — and continues to lead into the future.
A new Los Angeles research hub will take on one of today’s most pressing challenges: helping people live not just longer, but healthier and more independent lives as they age.
USC, Cedars-Sinai and UCLA receive a $6.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging — part of the National Institutes of Health — to create the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.
USC Dornsife psychologist Duke Han is co-leading the nationwide effort, which is funded by the National Institute on Aging.
USC research finds that Americans with less education are aging faster biologically than their peers with more schooling. The gap has grown over the last 30 years.
The technique reveals how tiny blood vessels in the brain pulse with each heartbeat — changes that may hold clues to aging and diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
A USC Dornsife study finds that for unemployed men, mental health improves significantly after 50 — not because of aging or more leisure time, but because retirement becomes socially acceptable.
Dean Pinchas Cohen and Vice Dean Sean Curran are recognized for extraordinary work in aging by the Gerontological Society of America.
“Biological stochasticity” — random events at the molecular and cellular level — might be one of the biggest, most overlooked drivers of differences in how we age, a USC gerontology expert says.
Research indicates how iron-related oxidative damage and cell death may hasten the development of Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome.
