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Leadership award recognizes USC aging expertise, enables professor to launch training program to diversify research workforce

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.

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USC Brain Health launches new website

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.

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USC’s new Brain Health Clinic in Sumter offers hope to underserved Alzheimer’s patients

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.

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University of South Carolina unveils statewide neurology health network expansion

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.

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2024 Arnold Aging Lecture: Crystal M. Glover, Ph.D.

View the recording of Dr. Crystal Glover’s Arnold Aging Lecture titled Equitable Study Design in Aging and Dementia Research: Purpose, Process and Outcomes.

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The Alzheimer’s Disease Registry Conference

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.

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The ADRC at USC is a partner of multiple research centers and initiatives, including the Office for the Study of Aging

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.

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USC welcomes Leo Bonilha to lead new rural brain health initiative

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.

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Breakthrough Leadership Award winner Daniela Friedman shepherds researchers in Office for the Study of Aging

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.

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USC Brain Health Network

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.

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The Aging Brain Cohort (ABC) Study

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.).

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Carolina Center on Alzheimer’s Disease and Minority Research (CCADMR)

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. 


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