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Aging Affects Everyone
The USC Leonard Davis School provides 21st-century solutions through research, advocacy and education around:
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Drug discovery
Biodemography
Memory & Brain Health
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Age-Tech
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Nutrition for Longevity
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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
27
World’s Largest Selection of Gerontology Programs
including pioneering programs in nutrition, hospitality and geroscience
Students
600+
Students
Tripled over the last 14 years
3500+
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 25 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 14 years
Faculty Awards and Honors
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows:
Pinchas Cohen, Eileen Crimmins
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 Awardee:
Pinchas Cohen
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
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Robert W. Kleemeier Awardees:
Pinchas Cohen, Eileen Crimmins
GSA Nathan Shock New Investigator Awardees:
Bérénice Benayoun, Sean Curran, Cristal Hill
11 Current and Former Faculty Members Ranked in Top 1% of Cited Scientists Worldwide
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.
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At the USC Leonard Davis School, you can earn an undergraduate gerontology degree, an accelerated five-year undergraduate or graduate degree program, a doctoral degree, or a minor in aging.
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Human Development and Aging (BS)
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Minor in Gerontology: Individuals, Societies, and Aging
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Minor in Geroscience
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Gerontology (MA)
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Senior Living Hospitality (MA)
Aging Biology (MS)
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Foodservice Management and Dietetics (MA)
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