A new $7.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish the USC Geroscience Specialized Center of Research Excellence on Sex Differences in Aging (GeroSCORE) to address that challenge. The award establishes USC’s first NIH Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) and positions the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology as a national leader in advancing research on sex differences in aging. Building the future of aging researchAlthough research on sex differences has expanded rapidly in recent years, progress has been slowed by fragmented approaches and a lack of common methods and resources across disciplines. “By bringing together expertise that has traditionally been separated, GeroSCORE will help uncover how biology, environment and life experiences combine to shape aging.” Together, these projects seek to identify the biological and environmental pathways that drive sex differences in aging and reveal new opportunities for prevention and intervention.