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Researchers across USC are studying how lifestyle and environment influence dementia risk and resilience. They’re finding that what’s good for the body is also good for the brain. CESR’s Margaret Gatz and Jinkook Lee were featured in USC Today.
USC researchers are on the cusp of a revolution in Alzheimer’s prevention. In the near future, their discoveries promise to make the devastating disease a thing of the past. University-wide references, including CESR’s Brain Health Observatory and other CESR collaborators.
Margaret Gatz of CESR and the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, whose work focuses on the risk and protective factors of Alzheimer’s disease and associated types of dementia, said that the research gives important support to the use of biomarkers to identify dementia risk early. Highlighted in USC News Weekend and featured in The San Diego Union-Tribune (subscription required).
Dornsife News covered the work of the Brain Health Observatory and Understanding America Study on the willingness to travel for health care among Americans 65 and older. Featured in this report were Soeren Mattke, Jeremy Burke, Ying Liu, Tabasa Ozawa, and Wei Ye.
Anna Saavedra was featured in EducationWeek, going over teens’ input on the effects of cell phone bans in schools.
CARE team was also featured in Brookings on their work.
The Editor’s Choice quarterly selection in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B featured Deborah Finkel and co-authors’ paper: “Predicting the onset of dementia with longitudinal performance-based measures of physical function.”
LABarometer was featured in the December Dornsife News Brief as it provided the latest results from their ongoing Livability & Affordability survey, which tracks how Los Angeles County residents experience life in their neighborhoods.
The story also appeared in the 1/23/26 USC News This Week email digest featuring Community Impact.
Kayla de la Haye was featured in Dornsife News, as her study with CESR and USC Dornsife Public Exchange finds that food insecurity held steady at 24% in 2025, with improvements for low-income households and rising strain among others.
