#4 – Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Improves Predictive Validity of Fried Frailty Phenotype for All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
Lingsong Kong, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University.
#2 – A Self-Administered, Smartphone App-Based Gait Assessment for Older Adults: From Validity and Reliability to Application
On-Yee (Amy) Lo, PhD, Assistant Scientist II, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School.
#1 – Detecting Pre-Frailty and Frailty Using Free-Living Activity Monitoring from a Thigh-Worn Sensor
Andrew Song, Clinical Research Associate, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife.
Upcoming Webinar – Advancing Fair & Effective AI for Older Adults
Zoom Registration: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/VWDnTLPlTHGGmEtmUeE_7w#/registration Abstract: Artificial intelligence holds promise to transform care for older adults, yet today’s AI systems routinely underperform for this population due to poor data representation, limited validation, and weak alignment with lived experience. Drawing on a six-month collaboration between the SCAN Foundation, CHAI will be synthesizing evidence from literature review, expert interviews, and multi-stakeholder roundtables to surface why AI fails older adults—and what must change. They will outline practical pathways for building equitable AI, including multimodal data integration, standardized validation, local testing, and patient-centered deployment. The talk concludes with a roadmap for developing trustworthy AI that meaningfully improves outcomes for aging populations. Biography: Lucy Orr-Ewing, Head of Policy & Strategy, Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) Lucy Orr-Ewing leads Policy and Research for CHAI, where she leads policy engagement at both the state…
Workshop Registration Now Open – Join us on January 23, 2026 in Newton, MA!
When: Friday, January 23rd, 2026Where: Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst in Newton, MA (In-person) | Zoom Webinar (Virtual option)Registration: Free Registration Link here MassAITC is hosting the Digital Frontiers in Frailty: Opportunities for Early Detection and Clinical Action Workshop. The free workshop will be held on January 23rd, 2026 at the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst in Newton, MA and aims to bring together technologists (engineers, computer scientists, academic researchers, start-up founders) and clinicians (geriatricians, neurologists primary care providers) to redefine how we measure, assess, and provide time appropriate care for frailty. The workshop will include plenary speaker sessions from frailty and technology research experts, contributed poster and technology demo presentations, and a moderated discussion. By 2060, it is estimated that nearly a quarter of the US population (over 95 million people) will…