Project Grant 2154267

This three-year, $658,002 National Science Foundation Engineering project grant funds research at Florida Atlantic University investigating changes in cerebral and retinal blood flow responses as a potential early diagnosis mechanism for Alzheimer's disease. The goal is to establish a viable, cost-effective early detection strategy through eye imaging procedures and new optical technologies measuring eye and brain blood flow changes associated with Alzheimer's. Machine learning tools will predict disease trajectory. A subaward of $658,002 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison supports this research effort. If successful, this work could provide a noninvasive, accessible method for early Alzheimer's detection through ophthalmological exams and retinal imaging analysis.