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NIA-Funded Center Addresses Social, Economic Impacts of Alzheimer’s
The new center will explore innovative ways to ease the disease’s toll on individuals, families and caregivers while also developing strategies to reduce its burden on healthcare systems with an international team of researchers.
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COVID-19 is Exacerbating Challenges for Individuals with Addiction
The COVID-19 pandemic is adversely affecting efforts to control substance abuse according to Assistant Secretary of Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir, MD, who spoke with Rosalie Liccardo Pacula and Adam Leventhal.
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New Digital Health Project Will Include Traditionally Underrepresented Americans
Ritika Chaturvedi will lead the American Life in Real-time (ALiR) project, which will use digital technologies to create precision public health interventions that focus on reducing health disparities.
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COVID-19 Spotlights Limitations of the American Healthcare System and Exacerbates Deaths of Despair, Say Case and Deaton
Deaton and Case discussed healthcare trends in the context of their latest book, Deaths of Despair and the Future of American Capitalism, during a Schaeffer Center webinar.
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A Letter to RCMAR Scientists, Faculty, and Staff
This letter from June 8, 2020, was penned by 30 RCMAR directors to RCMAR scientists, faculty and staff.
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Pacula Examines Pitfalls in the Legalized Marijuana Marketplace
As the marijuana industry marches toward mainstream acceptance, policymakers are turning to Rosalie Liccardo Pacula to help ensure that its popularity does not outpace scientific understanding of its risks.
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Helping at the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Emergency
With the COVID-19 pandemic costing lives and challenging the nation’s healthcare systems, Judy Salerno knew it was time to trade her executive suits for scrubs.
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USC Schaeffer Webinar Addresses Impact of COVID-19 on Telemedicine
The COVID-19 crisis has led to an unprecedented increase in the use of telemedicine. To assess what that means for healthcare now and in the long term, the USC Schaeffer Center gathered experts for a widely viewed webinar on May 19.
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USC Schaeffer Webinar Addresses Strategies to Reduce the Threat of COVID-19
COVID-19 is a public health crisis and threatens the world with economic disaster. To address how to mitigate the coronavirus’ rising danger to lives and livelihoods, the Schaeffer Center gathered experts to discuss.
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USC Schaeffer Center and Price School Honors Three Senior Fellows
Schaeffer Center Director Dana Goldman said that the three honorees—Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula and Jason Doctor—are “pursing work that is making an impact on policies at all levels of government, from L.A. County to Washington D.C and around the globe.”
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