Aging
Our work in Aging
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World Class: A Conversation with Author Dr. William A. Haseltine
The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy will host Dr. William A. Haseltine for a discussion on his latest book, “World Class: A Story of Adversity, Transformation, and Success at NYU Langone Health.”
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Association Between Maternal Serious Mental Illness and Adverse Birth Outcomes
The researchers evaluated the contribution of serious mental illness and specific risk factors (comorbidities and substance use) to the risk of adverse birth outcomes.
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A New Way to Pay for Innovative Drugs, Provide Universal Access and Not Break the Bank
Neeraj Sood penned an analysis of Louisiana’s new path to curing hepatitis C among its Medicaid and prison populations. It is the first state to implement a solution proposed by Sood in a National Academies of Sciences consensus report and in a leading medical journal.
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Seminar Series: David Powell
David Powell will present his work titled, “The Origins of the Opioid Crisis and its Enduring Impacts.”
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NIH Awards USC School of Pharmacy, Price School of Public Policy 5-Year Grant to Support Minority Aging Research in Schaeffer Center
The $2.7 million award funds scholars pursuing research in health disparities in aging with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease.
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Mortality Risk, Insurance, and the Value of Life
People with shorter life expectancies place more value on increases in survival than people who anticipate longer life spans.
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Non- Contributory Pension Programs and Frailty of Older Adults: Evidence from Mexico
The study aims to estimate the effects of non-contributory pension programs on frailty of older adults in the state of Yucatan, Mexico.
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The Association of Multiple Anti-Hypertensive Medication Classes with Alzheimer’s Disease Incidence Across Sex, Race, and Ethnicity
The researchers find hypertension management treatments that include RAS-acting ARBs may, in addition to lowering blood pressure, reduce AD risk, particularly for white and black women and white men.
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Some Blood Pressure Medications May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s, But Not For All Populations
Certain antihypertensive medications may prevent the onset of the disease, but only among black and white women and white men.
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Seminar Series: Toshiaki Iizuka
Toshiaki Iizuka is a professor at the Graduate Schools of Economics and Public Policy at the the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on health economics and health policy, with an emphasis on incentives and information in healthcare markets.