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By Vincent Lim
Mexican-American neighborhoods often are characterized as areas with high poverty rates, poor access to health care, and low educational and socioeconomic attainment, but they also seem to offer protective health benefits for the older adults who live

By Vincent Lim
A study by William A. Vega, the executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, and other researchers found that foreign-born Latino patients had a more positive perception

The Lucille and Edward R. Roybal Foundation will award four $5000 scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year to four Master of Social Work (MSW) students at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work who plan to pursue

By Vincent Lim
Provost Professor William Vega, executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, delivered the inaugural lecture for the Immigrant Health Initiative seminar series on Sept. 29 at the

Karen Lincoln, the associate director of the USC Roybal Institute, is the co-author of one of the most highly cited articles in the field of social work in the past decade, according to the British Journal of Social Work. The

Social Security is a critical income source for elderly and disabled Latinos because of their socioeconomic condition, higher rates of disability and longer life expectancy, according to a report published by the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at

By Vincent Lim
Judith Feder, one of the nation’s foremost experts on the U.S. health insurance system, discussed the Affordable Care Act and Medicare on April 14 at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center as part of the 2011 USC Schaeffer

By Vincent Lim
William Vega, executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, delivered the opening plenary lecture at the “Many Faces of Dementia” conference at the Davidson Continuing Education Center

By Vincent Lim
Rep. Karen Bass addressed the potential impact of government budget cuts and health care reform legislation on older adults during the 2011 Roybal Memorial Lecture at USC Town & Gown on Feb. 23.
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By Maya Meinert
The Institute of Medicine has appointed Maria Aranda, an associate professor at the USC School of Social Work, to its Committee on the Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric Populations.
The committee’s goal is to determine the mental