This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $367,056 to The University of Iowa to investigate the use of low-cost, commercially available activity trackers and computer vision technology for remote monitoring and holistic assessment of Parkinson's disease symptoms. The research aims to: 1) develop a classifier to predict Parkinson's disease diagnosis and cognitive impairment using in-home motor and speech assessments, and 2) improve...
This Project Grant award of $835,056, provided by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research), supports the development of a multi-modal system of wearable biosensors and predictive analytics to enable continuous monitoring of mobility and cognitive function in older adults. The primary goals are to: Develop a system of flexible, breathable, and inconspicuous eutectogel sensor patches that can provide real-time monitoring of biophysical domains like gait, posture, heart rate,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $811,228 to B.A. Maze, Inc. to develop the At-Home Health Station (AHS), a plug-and-play modular system designed to simplify digital health experiences for individuals with cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (CI/ADRD). The AHS system aims to promote health function and independence through remote patient monitoring, while also providing caregivers a platform for...
This is a Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The $299,708 grant, with a period of performance from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2027, supports collaborative research to develop AI-driven radio frequency identification (RFID) sensing techniques for smart health monitoring applications. The research aims to create more affordable, comfortable,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), provides $298,772 to Rhaeos, Inc., a medical device company based in Evanston, Illinois. The funding supports the development and evaluation of the company's "FlowSense" technology - a flexible, wearable device that allows for non-invasive, radiation-free assessment of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research aims to investigate the relationship between wearable health data and driving behavior to detect preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) among older adults. The $1,011,032 award to Amissa Inc., a small veteran-owned business, will fund a 1-year study with two key objectives: Assess the association between health-related data collected from smartwatches and cognitive function in older adults with...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $1,901,570 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to Flint Rehabilitation Devices, LLC to develop the MIGO TRACKER, a wearable exercise sensor and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) system for individuals recovering from stroke. The primary objectives are to: 1) complete MIGO TRACKER firmware development based on end-user feedback; 2) develop an online HIPAA-compliant RTM dashboard; and 3) conduct a randomized controlled trial to determine...
This $347,386 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop a novel wearable device for continuous, cuffless blood pressure monitoring. The goal is to create an accurate, inexpensive, and easy-to-use technology to help manage hypertension and reduce hospitalizations associated with this condition. The approach leverages bioimpedance sensing in conjunction with physiological, computational, and machine learning...
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Pison Technology, Inc. a Project Grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program. The $459,097 grant, awarded on Jun 12, 2025, aims to assess Pison's neural biosensor as a scalable source of a digital biomarker for characterizing disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The project will focus on developing a version of Pison's...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $596,250 to the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) to develop a smartphone-based hand grip strength (HGS) measurement solution. The goal is to create a mobile dynamometer that can assess patients' physical frailty as a biomarker of surgical risk, enabling better pre-operative planning and monitoring for patients undergoing medium to high-risk cardiac procedures. The project...