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Webinar – Healthy Aging in a Digital World: Promoting Caregiver Health and Well-being, Heather M. Young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHGAhAdToUg Abstract: Over 38 million family caregivers provide the vast majority of long-term care in the United States, valued at over $600 billion annually. Most of these caregivers are supporting a person with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Disorders. This presentation will provide an overview of who are the caregivers and how health systems and technology can support them as they engage in this vital role. Biography: Heather M. Young, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Founding Dean Emerita; National Director, Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators at UC Davis Health A nurse leader, educator, scientist and nationally recognized expert in gerontological nursing and rural health care, Heather M. Young is national director of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program for Nurse Leaders and Innovators,…

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Webinar – Novel Technological Approaches for Detection of Cognitive and Functional Impairment: Drs. Larsen, Stamps, and Milburn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQhT0iakfYE About the Speakers:  Erik Larsen, PhD, Senior Vice President, Clinical Development & Customer Success at Sonde Health Erik leads clinical data generation and development trials across the Sonde portfolio. He also ensures the successful implementation and growth of Sonde products with partners. His career spans research and management from several leading technology and research organizations. Erik most recently served as head of Translational Medicine at Decibel Therapeutics, where as an early employee, he built and led a team that conducted clinical research programs to support pharmaceutical interventions for treating hearing loss. Before Decibel, Erik was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co, where he served clients in pharmaceuticals, biotech and med tech on operations strategy, implementation and transformations. While at McKinsey, Erik led a collaboration with GS1 on research to quantify the business case…

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Webinar – Technology for Enhancing Functional Health, Margie Lachman, Amanda Paluch, Jen Blankenship

https://youtu.be/VLEL_qlBLFA?si=0oCfae1LTswkZyPG About the Speakers:  Margie Lachman, PhD, Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology at Brandeis University Professor Lachman's research is in the area of lifespan development with a focus on midlife and later life. Her current work is aimed at identifying psychosocial (e.g., sense of control, social support) and behavioral (e.g., physical exercise) factors that can protect against, minimize, or compensate for declines in cognition (e.g., memory) and health. She is conducting studies to examine long-term predictors of psychological and physical health, laboratory-based experiments to identify psychological and physiological processes involved in aging-related changes, and intervention studies to enhance performance and promote adaptive functioning. Amanda Paluch, PhD, Assistant Professor School of Public Health & Health Sciences at UMass Amherst Amanda is a physical activity epidemiologist and kinesiologist with a focus on advancing the measurement…

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MassAITC Webinar – Opportunities and Challenges in Automatic Detection of Momentary Stress via Wearables, Santosh Kumar

https://youtu.be/wKgXSOgZSdU?si=PjYmoeQYrISdVqdz Talk Abstract:  Stress, a double-edged sword, has been long recognized for its potential to fuel productivity, enhance performance, and provide life-saving bursts of energy in times of imminent danger. Excessive and repetitive stress, however, can harm our physiological, psychological, behavioral, and social well-being. Due to its wide prevalence and impact in our lives, stress detection is increasingly being introduced in smartwatches, rings, and other wearables to help us become aware of and mitigate excessive stress. But unlike activity tracking, stress detection is yet to be adopted widely. What makes real-life stress detection so challenging? What progress has been made thus far and what else needs to be done to make stress detection truly useful? About the Speaker:  Santosh Kumar is the Lillian & Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Professor in Computer Science at the…

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MassAITC Webinar – Wearable Acoustic and Vibration Sensing and Machine Learning for Human Health and Performance, Omer Inan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHCNy3hzdXk This talk will focus on: Digital health technology in precision medicine Advancements in cardiogenic vibration sensing Musculoskeletal sensing and joint acoustic emissions Abstract: Recent advances in digital health technologies are enabling biomedical researchers to reframe health optimization and disease treatment in a patient-specific, personalized manner. This talk will focus on my group’s research in two areas of relevance to digital health: (1) cardiogenic vibration sensing and analytics; and (2) musculoskeletal sensing with joint acoustic emissions and bioimpedance. Our group has extensively studied the timings and characteristics of cardiogenic vibration signals such as the ballistocardiogram and seismocardiogram, and applied these signals for cuffless blood pressure measurement, heart failure monitoring, and human performance. We have also leveraged miniature contact microphones to measure the sounds emitted by joints, such as the knees, in the context of movement,…

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