Led by health promotion, education, and behavior (HPEB) professor Daniela Friedman, 26 researchers representing 16 departments came together to integrate their knowledge and insights related to Alzheimer’s disease research in the Palmetto State.
The National Institutes of Health has selected one of the university's foremost aging and health communication researchers, Daniela Friedman, as the recipient of a National Institute on Aging K07 Academic Leadership Career Award.
Visit their sharp new website for resources to support patients and caregivers, the latest updates on their work, a sneak peek at the forthcoming USC Brain Health Center and more.
USC's Brain Health Clinic partners with Prisma Health Toumey to open their second clinic in Sumter, SC. The clinic will provide care for underserved patients who may not have the opportunity to seek care anywhere else.
The USC Brain Health Network is partnering with health systems to establish a statewide network of clinics, focusing on meeting the needs of patients and caregivers in rural and underserved areas of the state. Clinics in Winnsboro, SC and Sumter, SC will provide specialized expertise in brain health to screen people for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
View the recording of Dr. Crystal Glover’s Arnold Aging Lecture titled Equitable Study Design in Aging and Dementia Research: Purpose, Process and Outcomes.
The College of Social Work, Arnold School of Public Health, and the Office for the Study of Aging are partnering for a two-day event that will promote collaborative and statewide research, programming, and partnerships in aging and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
In the coming decades, older adults will reach record numbers in our state and nation. This growing population presents unique opportunities and challenges in both healthcare and long-term care. The OSA has long recognized the importance of and is committed to furthering information, education, and research on related aging issues, such as disease, frailty, dependence, and caregiving.
The M.D.-Ph.D. neurologist will serve as the Clinical Director for USC’s new Rural Brain Health Network and Senior Associate Dean for Research at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia.
Daniela Friedman grew up watching her mother suffer with cancer and struggle to make sense of the complicated information she received about her diagnosis and treatment plan. Today, that experience drives Friedman’s efforts to improve how health information is communicated to older and diverse populations.
As South Carolina’s flagship university, we are spearheading an unprecedented new opportunity to vastly improve care for South Carolinians experiencing symptoms related to memory and cognitive decline.
The Aging Brain Cohort (ABC) study’s mission is to discover how brain health is related to the problems that coincide with aging. With your help, we hope to identify risk factors for a host of age-related problems (e.g. cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, etc.).
The CCADMR is a National Institute on Aging-funded center dedicated to increasing the capacity of Underrepresented and minority (URM) scholars to advance the science on the sociocultural, behavioral, and environmental factors that influence Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD) outcomes in order to reduce ADRD-related disparities, with a focus on African Americans; and advancing the science of ADRD research focused on population health and determinants of ADRD disparities throughresearch education in population-based, secondary data analysis, interdisciplinary co-mentoring teams, well-established strategies for recruitment of AD-RCMAR Scientists, and education on Health Disparities and Minority Aging Research.