Engaging Communities, Advancing Research
By Vincent Lim
Four years ago, Jamiko Bell DPPD ’17 was a doctoral student in the USC Price School of Public Policy’s Doctor of Policy, Planning, and Development program who was still searching for an ideal topic for her dissertation.
By Vincent Lim
America’s aging population is growing rapidly—including in prisons. The number of state and federal prisoners age 55 or older rose 250 percent between 1999 and 2014, according to U.S. Department of Justice data. But prison facilities are
By Iris Chi
Frances Wu, the first Chinese American to receive a Doctor of Social Work from the University of Southern California, philanthropist, and founder of Chinese American Golden Age Association, died Aug. 11 in Monterey Park, California. She was
By Vincent Lim
For Yura Lee, PhD ’17, her research is informed by her clinical experiences in Korea and in Los Angeles, but the major inspiration for her work was her grandfather who had Alzheimer’s disease.
“I had a close
By Vincent Lim
Krystal Hays PhD ’17 connected with a mentor who she could only find at USC.
“It was only because of Dr. Karen Lincoln that I applied to USC,” said Hays, who will join the faculty at California
By Vincent Lim
Ann Nguyen, a former postdoctoral scholar with the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, shares many connections and research interests with her mentor Karen Lincoln.
Lincoln is an associate
For National Minority Mental Health Month, a USC professor shares her insights on depression among older Latino adults.
María Aranda, an associate professor holding joint appointments with the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and the USC Leonard Davis
By Vincent Lim
This story was originally published in Partners, a publication of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
Consumers can now interact with artificially intelligent machines in their homes through Google Home and Amazon Echo, which serve
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and the only cause in the top ten that cannot be cured or reversed. Understanding the symptoms is key to early diagnosis, which can lead to a
By David Satcher and William A. Vega
It’s time to stop side-stepping the obvious: In addition to affecting the lives of virtually all Americans in the coming years, Alzheimer’s disease will devastate communities of color. We must act with urgency and
