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Webinar – Co-Designing Age Tech for Commercialization and Impact, Nicole Werner from May 28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNAi6kpy14w Speaker: Nicole Werner, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of Health & Wellness DesignDean's Eminent ScholarIndiana University Bloomington, School of Public HealthFaculty Affiliate in the Center for Aging Research at the Regenstrief InstituteFounding Director, Center for Health by Design About the Speaker:  Trained in Human Factors and Applied Cognitive Psychology, Dr. Werner is an interdisciplinary boundary spanner, merging disciplines through a human-centered design approach to patients, caregivers, and other partners in co-designing interventions that transform the patient journey in ways that address a diverse range of patient-centered outcomes. With nearly $27 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, her research has co-produced innovative but realistic technology and care process interventions to improve the quality and safety of healthcare within…

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AI-Based Video App for At-Home Monitoring of Motor Functions in PD Patients

Hamed Tabkhi, Mona Azarbayjani, ForesightCares Inc. Sanjay Iyer, Memory & Movement Charlotte. The project aims to conduct a feasibility study on utilizing an AI-based visual assessment application to assess the balance, gait, and hand movements of older adults with Parkinson's disease (PD) within their home environments, focusing on underserved communities in Charlotte. The ultimate objective is to eliminate barriers to digital health equity and enhance access to marginalized older adults with PD.

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Protecting Patients against Phishing Attacks using AI-enabled Agents

Gang Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Roopa Foulger, OSF. This project will design, prototype, evaluate, and potentially deploy an AI-enabled voice agent to assist patients (especially older adults) to better recognize phishing messages and reduce cybersecurity risks during patient outreach and communications.

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A Downloadable Oscillometric BP Monitor for All Smartphones with No Attachments

Edward Jay Wang, Billion Labs Inc. This project aims to establish accessible early screening of hypertension by democratizing BP monitoring. We aim to achieve this by converting the billions of smartphones into oscillometric BP monitors without hardware add-ons.

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A Digital Dyadic Coach to Promote Oral Health Self-Care in Older Adults

Inbal Billie Nahum-Shani, University of Michigan. Vivek Shetty, UCLA. Guy Shani, Michigan State University. Susan A. Murphy, Harvard University. This project seeks to develop a novel AI-powered digital tool to empower older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) to engage in oral self-care in at-home settings. This Dyadic Digital Coach (DDC) will leverage the untapped potential of dyadic relationships between older adults and their primary caregivers.

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