Pilots

Grant Funding: R01 AG082354

Title: Genomics-guided sleep biomarker discovery for early Alzheimer's disease: A wearables study This R01 builds upon the technology and algorithms for sleep-based metrics developed in the MassAITC pilot project, utilizing the same EEG device. It shifts the study from a general AD-risk factor population to a genetic AD-risk factor population. Public Health Relevance Statement: Sleep-based metrics are promising as potential noninvasive biomarkers for the early identification of individuals at risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In this R01 Research Project Grant, we will collect and analyze sleep and activity data from three wearable devices for sleep, heart rate, and activity monitoring along with blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease from elderly Mass General Brigham Biobank participants with elevated genetic susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease. We will also develop artificial intelligence tools for digital phenotyping and the discovery of novel…

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Award: AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP – AgeTech After Dark: Aging Made Easier Pitch Event Grand Prize Winner

John Ralston and the Neursantys team won the Grand Prize at the AgeTech After Dark pitch competition held in San Francisco on June 11, 2024. Source: @AgeTechCollab X.com Post - June 12, 2024 https://twitter.com/AgeTechCollab/status/1800977836507005201

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Acquisition: Kinto is strategically acquired by Rippl Care

SEATTLE, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Rippl, a leading dementia-focused specialty care provider, announced it has acquired Kinto, a Boston-based, AI-enabled dementia caregiver support platform. This combination will fuel reaching an exponentially larger group of people living with dementia and their caregivers with human-centered care far beyond traditional bricks-and-mortar models. Kinto was founded to harness technology to dramatically improve the dementia caregiver experience and we have validated that our model can do just that. By partnering with Rippl, we can combine, enhance and scale our solutions to become leaders in virtual dementia care. AI will revolutionize dementia care navigation and caregiver support by vastly expanding access and availability of this critically needed service.Joe Chung, Kinto FOunder and CEO Human-driven, tech-enabled, AI-powered This partnership brings together Rippl's proven dementia care model, validated by clinical research including the UCSF Care…

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Grant Funding: a2 Collective Pilot Award to explore LLMs as a support to caregivers of individuals with dementia

The Rippl team (formerly Kinto) led by Joseph Chung is part of a GY3 pilot award collaborating with McLean Hospital to evaluate Rippl's LLM as a resource for caregivers of individuals with dementia and to determine if it gives accurate and useful information and appropriate emotional support to caregiver queries. Source: https://massaitc.org/2024/04/18/creating-a-framework-for-large-language-models-for-caregiver-support-in-dementia/

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