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Poster Presentation: a2 National Symposium 2025

Post category:Pilot B8 - G.Wang/UIUC
Post published:April 4, 2025

Title: Protecting Patients against Phishing Attacks using AI-enabled Agents Authors: Yizhu Wang, Haoyu Zhai, Chenkai Wang, Qingying Hao, Nick Cohen, Roopa Foulger, Jon Handler, Gang Wang

Poster Presentation: a2 National Symposium 2025

Post category:Pilot B10 - Neursantys
Post published:April 4, 2025

Title: Machine Learning-powered Wearables for Adaptive Electrical Vestibular Stimulation Balance Therapy for Older Adults at Home Authors: Abdul Aziz, Patrick Do, Tanvi Kandepuneni, Josh M Roper, Sameer Dhamne, John D Ralston, Deepak Ganesan, VP Nguyen

Poster Presentation: a2 National Symposium 2025

Post category:Pilot B9 - ForesightCares
Post published:April 4, 2025

Title: AI-Based Visual Assessment App for At-Home Monitoring of Older Parkinson’s Disease Patients Authors: Hamed Tabkh, Mona Azarbayjani

Poster Presentation: a2 National Symposium 2025

Post category:Pilot A7 - Blue Iris
Post published:April 4, 2025

Title: Using Light Exposure to Improve Sleep and Circadian Health for People with Alzheimer’s Disease Authors: Erik Page, William Huang, Dave Harris, Hank Ibser

Restoring Functional Eating in Late Stage Dementia

Post category:B14 - DESiN Pilots Year 4 Pilots
Post published:April 2, 2025

Jon Dekar, DESIN LLC, Zackory Erickson, CMU Robotics Institute. DESĪN LLC will enhance its existing Obi assistive feeding robot with AI-driven attention monitoring and redirection capabilities to support self-feeding in individuals with AD/ADRD who struggle with inattention. The project aims to demonstrate technical feasibility and clinical utility in long-term care settings, ultimately reducing caregiver burden and improving quality of life for affected individuals.

Measuring Heart Rate using Biomagnetism-based Wearable Devices

Post category:B13 - Shangguan/Pitt Cardiometabolic Health Pilots Pilots Year 4 Pilots
Post published:April 2, 2025

Longfei Shangguan, University of Pittsburgh This project will aim to develop an innovative wearable system that leverages biomagnetism to deliver more accurate heart rate and respiration monitoring across diverse skin tones.

AI-Driven Early Detection of AD Risk Using Speech Features

Post category:B11- Eshghi/MGH-IHP Biomarkers Pilots Early Diagnosis of ADRD Pilots Pilots Year 4 Pilots
Post published:April 2, 2025

Marziye Eshghi, MGH Institute of Health Professions This project will leverage AI-driven analysis of remotely collected speech data to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by linking speech acoustic and kinematic features to AD molecular pathologies.