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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

By Vincent Lim
Dilip Jeste, an expert in the field of aging, discussed his ongoing research on the criteria and determinants of successful aging Jan. 27 as part of the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics Seminar Series.

By Sharon Brock
“We are the change agents. With health care reform, we need to improve outreach programs and restructure our research to promote change. Our research costs a lot of money; it needs to make a difference.”
That was

By Vincent Lim
At an international conference organized by the World Psychiatric Association, William A. Vega, executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, discussed the mental health challenges facing Latinos

By Cortney Fielding
USC Provost Professor William Vega, one of the nation’s leading experts on health disparities affecting ethnic minority groups, has received the 2010 Research and Advocacy Award from the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health.
Vega, the

By Vincent Lim
William A. Vega, executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, gave the keynote presentation at the 2010 International Conference on Aging in the Americas.
The conference was

By Vincent Lim
William A. Vega, executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, discussed the U.S. health care system and health disparities in low-income communities of color at the Congressional

By Meaghan Hardy
Leading scholars from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States convened May 6-7 on the USC campus to discuss the changing role of filial relationships in elder care as a result of the one-child policy’s effects