Current research projects
Alzheimer's Association
"Automated Speech Analysis of Digitized Neuropsychological Tests in AD" (AARF-21-851126, $174,395)
Goal: Develop automated speech and language biomarkers to understand and diagnose Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Role on Project: Principal Investigator
Department of Defense (via Penn Frototemporal Degeneration Center)
"Automated Speech Analysis in FTD Spectrum Disorders" (W81XWH-20-1-0531)
Goal: Develop and test automated linguistic markers in patients with FTD Spectrum disorders, for diagnostic screening and longitudinal tracking.
Role on Project: Researcher
National Institutes of Health (via Center for Autism Research)
"Digitizing Human Vocal Interaction to Understand and Diagnose Autism" (1R01DC018289-01A1)
Goal: Identify and validate linguistic biomarkers to understand and diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder via automatic analysis of conversational interaction.
Role on Project: Researcher
Roche (via Center for Autism Research)
"Roche Voice Biomarkers"
Goal: Identify and validate stable voice biomarkers to distinguish children and adolescents with ASD from typically developing controls, using computational linguistics and machine learning.
Role on Project: Researcher