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Dr. Duke Han’s Work was highlighted in an AARP Article “15 Warning Signs of Dementia You Shouldn’t Ignore”. A recent study led by researchers at the University of Southern California looked at brain images from 97 adults over the age of 50 and found that people who had brain changes associated with early stages of

Dr. Donna Benton Featured In LAist Brief “Caring For Aging Parents”. “It’s a heavy conversation to have, but I know most parents want to lessen the burden of their kids if they can,” said USC Professor of Gerontology Donna Benton, who also directs the school’s Family Caregiver Support Center.

Dr. Duke Han was featured in an article ‘Falling For Financial Scams? It May Signal Early Alzheimer’s Disease’. Researchers led by Duke Han, professor of psychology and family medicine at USC Dornsife, aimed to better understand the link between early Alzheimer’s disease and financial vulnerability by using high-powered MRI to examine the brains of 97

In a pioneering move to combat elder abuse, Pasadena’s Elderly and Dependent Adult Liaisons team has partnered with the city’s Department of Transportation to display public service announcements on digital bus shelters. The initiative intends to reach a wider audience and encourage reporting of elder abuse incidents, according to Assistant City Manager Nicholas G. Rodriguez.

ACL Awards New Cooperative Agreement to the Keck School of Medicine of USC to Operate the National Center on Elder Abuse The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has awarded the Keck School of Medicine of USC a new cooperative agreement to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). With this funding, the NCEA will continue

Pasadena Elderly and Dependent Adult Liaisons (PEDAL) was featured in a Pasadena Now Article. The project is designed to raise awareness about elder financial exploitation which leads to more reporting of cases to authorities for action. “Elder financial abuse public information and outreach is vitally important to our community because the majority of such incidents go unidentified

M.T. Connolly is a leading expert on elder justice and author of “The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life” (Public Affairs, 2023). A Justice Department attorney for 22 years, she helped write the Elder Justice Act of 2010, was the founding head of DOJ’s Elder Justice Initiative, worked with

Dr. Donna Benton, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Research associate professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology received the California Commission on Aging (CCoA) Chair’s Award for Outstanding Service to Older Adults at the CCoA 50th Anniversary event on June 26, 2026. Dr. Benton is a pioneer and advocate

Dr. Laura Mosqueda quoted in La Times ‘Should Biden take a cognitive test? Here’s what it would — and wouldn’t — tell us’. She said, “If a person completely aces a test, that tells you something,” said Dr. Laura Mosqueda, a professor of family medicine and geriatrics at USC’s Keck School of Medicine. “And if

Dr. Laura Mosqueda quoted in La Times Column ‘These doctors believe Biden has a neurological disorder. So what now?’ She said, “I certainly couldn’t diagnose him,” said Dr. Laura Mosqueda, a USC geriatrician who worries that people will incorrectly make the diagnosis that the president’s problem is his age, even though the world has no shortage

Dr. Duke Han quoted in Forbes Article ‘Here’s What A Cognitive Test Would—And Wouldn’t—Say About Biden’s Ability To Serve As President’. “Sometimes someone that seems impaired may be cognitively fine,” Dr. Duke Han, professor of psychology and family medicine at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, told Forbes, adding “we’ve seen patients

Dr. Duke Han was chosen as the next editor-in-chief of the psychological sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, effective January 2024. “I am truly honored to serve in the role of editor-in-chief for this peer-reviewed publication, which has become one of the most prestigious journals in the