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In May 2020, Dr. Aleksandra C. Stark joined our team as the safety officer. She will perform data and safety monitoring activities in our study.

We began a very successful recruitment in March 2020. We enrolled 14 participants and had 11 participants onsite for data collection from March 2-12. Our initial goal for the recruitment process was to have the in-lab recruitment (n=90) finished by summer 2020, which was about six-month earlier than our plan in the proposal. However, theContinue reading “In-lab evaluation at DH”

January – Februray, 2020 – Our project has been reported by EurekAlert! “New research utilizes voice assistant systems for early detection of cognitive decline.” Seacoastonline “Can Alexa help doctors detect the onset of dementia?“ CBS Boston “New England Researchers Hope Voice Assistants Can Spot Signs Of Dementia.“ AI-in-Healthcare “Can Alexa spot signs of cognitive decline?“Continue reading “Press”

September 17, 2019 – Dr. Liang (PI) from University of Massachusetts Boston and Dr. Batsis and Dr. Roth (Co-Is) from Dartmouth-Hitchcock receive a four-year, nearly $1.2 million NIH/NIA R01 grant “SCH: INT: Collaborative Research: Exploiting Voice Assistant Systems for Early Detection of Cognitive Decline” 2019-2023.