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Year 1 MassAITC pilot projects announced

Post category:News
Post published:January 9, 2023

The first cohort of seven MassAITC pilot projects has been announced. Details for the selected MassAITC projects are available here: https://massaitc.org/year1-pilots/. The list of selected pilot projects is also included below. The full MassAITC press release is available here. The next MassAITC pilot project competition is expected to open in May 2023. See the a2 Pilot Awards website for more details on the next pilot competition as well as the list of all Year 1 pilot projects funded by the a2 Collective centers. Testing a vocal biomarker platform for remote detection and monitoring of cognitive impairment in the home environment Erik Larsen (Sonde Health Inc.), Bradford Dickerson, Bonnie Wang (Massachusetts General Hospital) Developing real-world digital biomarkers from wearable sensors in Alzheimer’s disease, Jen Blankenship (VivoSense Inc.), Michael Busa (UMass Amherst) Vascular aging using infrasonic hemodynography…

Early acute illness detection in delirium and dementia

Post category:Cognitive Function Pilots Year 1 Pilots
Post published:January 7, 2023

Jane Saczynski, Northeastern University. Edward Marcantonio, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Acute illness presents in the most vulnerable organ in the body, among patients with dementia that organ is the brain and acute illness often presents first as delirium, an acute confusional state. This project will evaluate home monitoring devices as early indicators of acute illness in persons with dementia.

Vascular aging using infrasonic hemodynography embedded into everyday earbuds

Post category:Cardiometabolic Health Pilots Year 1 Pilots
Post published:January 7, 2023

Anna Barnacka, MindMics Inc. The MindMics pilot project explored the use of infrasonic hemodynography (IH) technology embedded in everyday wireless earbuds to monitor cardiovascular health and assess vascular aging.

Smartphone blood pressure monitoring for healthy aging

Post category:Cardiometabolic Health Pilots Year 1 Pilots
Post published:January 6, 2023

Edward Jay Wang, UCSD. The pilot project focused on developing and validating BPClip, a low-cost, smartphone-based blood pressure monitoring device.

Detecting frailty in home environments through non-invasive whole room body heat sensing in older adults

Post category:Fall Risk and Physical Function Pilots Year 1 Pilots
Post published:January 6, 2023

Amanda Paluch, UMass Amherst. Dae Hyun Kim, Hebrew SeniorLife. Rags Gupta, Butlr Technologies Inc. This AITC pilot project explored the use of non-invasive, ceiling-mounted heat sensors to detect frailty in older adults living in senior communities.

Sensor-guided psychopharmacology in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Post category:Cognitive Function Pilots Year 1 Pilots
Post published:January 6, 2023

Ipsit Vahia, McLean Hospital. Rachel Sava, McLean Hospital. The ADAPT pilot study explored the use of wearable sensor technology to support psychopharmacological care in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Developing real-world digital biomarkers from wearable sensors in Alzheimer’s disease

Post category:Biomarkers Pilots Fall Risk and Physical Function Pilots Year 1 Pilots
Post published:January 6, 2023

Jen Blankenship, VivoSense Inc. Michael Busa, UMass Amherst. This pilot study aimed to develop and validate new algorithms for detecting walking behavior using wearable sensors in older adults, including those with Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment.