Soeren Mattke, director of the Brain Health Observatory at the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, discusses how a simple blood test could affect how Alzheimer’s is diagnosed.
Emily Rosario directs the Research Institute at Casa Colina in Pomona. Her work helps bring new interventions into clinical practice.
Since its founding in 2023, the Center has been boosted by several grants, including $5 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.
Rats fed a diet full of fat and sugar in adolescence suffered memory impairment, USC researchers found. The study reinforces the important link between the gut and the brain.
The center will focus on research translating genetic, metabolic and molecular insights into interventions that protect those at risk before brain changes set in.
USC research shows how variants of a certain gene may disrupt early development in the brain’s cortex.
That’s troubling news for the 8 million people affected: Early diagnosis is key to delaying the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Through their donation to USC Dornsife, Roberta and Arnold Mahler aim to break down research silos, accelerate treatment progress and bring hope to patients and families.
A USC Dornsife psychology researcher compares brain images of people who are lonely with those of people who are not lonely and discovers significant differences in their brain processing patterns.
In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that everyday air pollution can alter brain development patterns in adolescents.
