This federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), provides $706,367 to New York University to conduct a feasibility trial testing the use of a music listening intervention for mental health recovery in chronic stroke patients. The key product or service to be delivered is the development and testing of a remote, music-based intervention guided...
This $151,672 Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) will fund a 5-year research project led by San Diego State University Foundation. The project aims to culturally tailor a mindfulness meditation mobile app to reduce psychological distress in African American adults. The project will involve three main activities: 1) conducting focus groups with...
This $915,201 federal project grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports the development, refinement, and pilot testing of an online group singing intervention for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The project aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, which uses the JackTrip virtual studio platform to enable remote group singing sessions. The two-phase study will first refine the intervention to target key...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $1,010,368 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to Koronis Biomedical Technologies Corporation (KBT) to develop and validate an interactive gaming platform that facilitates cognitive interventions for individuals living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and other related dementias (ADRD). The goal of the proposed research is to create an in-home cognition training system that provides...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $1,498,158.00 to Synaptic Health LLC to develop a novel closed-loop feedback neuromodulation system to improve slow wave sleep in Alzheimer's disease patients. The project aims to create a prototype device that can sense sleep architecture and provide peripheral neuromodulation stimulation to individuals over age 65 who are at elevated risk of Alzheimer's disease. The goal is to demonstrate that...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), will provide $689,449 to support a proof-of-concept feasibility study on an app-based mindfulness meditation intervention for patients with chronic insomnia disorder. The key objectives are to: (1) refine the content delivery of the app-based mindfulness meditation intervention, specifically...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to Lifebio Inc. totaling $864,674 will support the development of LifeBioTalk, a tablet-based platform designed to provide engaging audiovisual content narrated by a human-like avatar to people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The key objectives of this Phase I SBIR award are to create a prototype of LifeBioTalk with 6 scripted 22-minute episodes, as well as conduct a fidelity...
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $536,249 Project Grant under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to Washington State University to develop a just-in-time adaptive music-listening intervention to regulate emotions and reduce stress among individuals within the first 90 days of detoxification from alcohol use disorder. The project aims to conduct formative research to identify features of music selections most effective in reducing stress, develop...
The Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging awarded $865,905 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to Careband, Inc. to develop the Appraise to Assist system. This project grant will support Careband and its partner Eperture LLC to engineer a system integrating Careband's wearable device and Eperture's tablet platform. The system aims to passively and unobtrusively monitor, empirically measure, and facilitate engagement...
This $295,825 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) will support the development of a smartphone-based machine learning software system to enhance speech and reduce background noise for over-the-counter hearing aid devices. The goal is to improve the accessibility, affordability, and acceptance of hearing aids for underserved rural and minority populations who currently face significant barriers to obtaining effective hearing care. The funding will...