Studies find link between dementia and air pollution
Alzforum - 22-May-2020Air pollution could account for 10% of dementia cases worldwide
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Professor at the University of Southern California's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Caleb Finch, PhD, researches the basic mechanisms in human aging with a focus on inflammation. He has received most of the major awards in biomedical gerontology, including the Robert W. Kleemeier Award of the Gerontological Society of America in 1985, the Sandoz Premier Prize by the International Geriatric Association in 1995, and the Irving Wright Award of AFAR and the Research Award of AGE in 1999. He was the founder of the NIA-funded Alzheimer Disease Research Center in 1984 and currently serves as co-Director. Finch became a University Distinguished Professor in 1989, an honor held by sixteen other professors at USC who contribute to multiple fields. He is a member of five editorial boards and has written four books and 475 articles. A new research area is the effect of air pollution on brain development and aging, which he is developing through a USC-wide network
Visit website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Finch
See also: University of Southern California (USC) - Private multidisciplinary research university
Details last updated 15-Nov-2020
Air pollution could account for 10% of dementia cases worldwide