The latest USC Dornsife LABarometer survey finds Angelenos grappling with climate stress, doubting transit readiness for the Olympics and losing interest in electric vehicles.
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USC Dornsife-led research indicates that obvious reasons for higher infant mortality rates following damaging storms, such as reduced pre-natal care and diminished nutrition, are surprisingly not the culprits, but instead more obscure factors may be at play.
A USC Dornsife study finds that growing up with money struggles can lead to symptoms of anxiety and loneliness nearly 20 years earlier than for those who felt financially secure.
In a proof-of-concept study by a team that included USC Dornsife researchers Christopher Beam and Margaret Gatz, the inexpensive test detected five key biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease — more than current commercially available blood tests can measure.
USC Dornsife study finds that food insecurity fell 5% last year, but 25% of county households still struggle to put food on the table amid food program cuts and lingering high costs.
USC Dornsife researchers will evaluate a new classroom program that’s teaching debate, deliberation and civil discussion skills to middle and high school students.
LABarometer survey on affordability and livability highlights how Los Angeles County residents prefer to solve homelessness and finds that 29% of residents who moved in the last year were forced to do so by rising rents, while 24% of all residents want to leave L.A.
National Institute on Aging grants increase study participant diversity, add new data sources and fund new research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.
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