Penn AI and Technology Collaboratory for Healthy Aging

Join us on Thursday May 14, 2026 (12-1pm EST) for our webinar when Paul Barr from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice presents "Ambient Clinic Visit Recording and AI in OIder Adult Care." To register click here:

https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_24PyLwqERAKYoXaM5uW66Q #/registration

On April 23, 2026, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing hosted a workshop on "Moments that Matter: AI-Enabled Decision Support for Older Adults Throughout Critical Care Transitions" sponsored by The Penn AI and Tech Collaboratory for Healthy Aging and the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health. The workshop engaged academic researchers, policy makers, and representatives from industry and health systems in a process to advance our shared thinking about how AI can be responsibly designed and implemented to support older adults and their families during critical transitions in care.

Learn more about the project of our Year 5 awardee Hongfu Liu at Brandeis University, Feifan Liu, PhD, FAMIA and Ben Ge**er at UMass Chan Medical School entitled Effective Data Curation for Accurately and Fairly Predicting Readmission for Older Adults here:

PennAITech Effective Data Curation for Accurately and Fairly Predicting Readmission for Older Adults

If you missed our April webinar with Mia Tackney from the MRC Biostatistics Unit at University of Cambridge presenting "Eight Methodological Questions for Digital Outcome Measures in Clinical Trials" you can watch the recording here:

Eight Methodological Questions for Digital Outcome Measures in Clinical Trials Mia Tackney is an NIHR Advanced Fellow at the MRC-Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge. Her research is focused on statistical methods for digital out...

Join us for our April 9th, 2026 webinar when Mia Tackney from MRC Biostatistics Unit at University of Cambridge presents "Eight Methodological Questions for Digital Outcome Measures in Clinical Trials." You can register here:

https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_24PyLwqERAKYoXaM5uW66Q #/registration

If you missed the March webinar by Dr. Amir M. Rahmani on "Wearables, Agentic AI, and Living Labs: The Future of Health Innovation" you can watch the recording here:

Wearables, Agentic AI, and Living Labs: The Future of Health Innovation Dr. Amir Rahmani is a Professor of Nursing and Computer Science at the University of California,Irvine (UCI), where he also holds the Samueli Endowed Chair o...

Learn more about the project of our Year 5 awardee Hong Qin at Old Dominion University and his team entitled "Knowledge-Augmented Genomics Transformers for Mechanistic Links to AD Dementia" here:

Knowledge-Augmented Genomics Transformers for Mechanistic Links to AD Dementia Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder marked by cognitive decline and heterogeneous, cell-type-specific molecular changes. Ext...

Learn more about the project of our Year 5 awardee Angela Bradbury at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and her team entitled "A Generative AI Clinical Chatbot to Support APOE Testing (GRACE)" here:

A Generative AI Clinical Chatbot to Support APOE Testing (GRACE) Amyloid-targeted therapies are now available for patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). One step in the process of under...

Learn more about the project of our Year 5 awardee Reza Mahmoodi at the University of Denver and his team, entitled "AI-Enabled Multimodal Biosensing Platform for Early Detection of Neurological Disorders" here:

AI-Enabled Multimodal Biosensing Platform for Early Detection of Neurological Disorders Neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer’s and depression affect millions worldwide, yet diagnosis often comes too late for effective treatme...

Learn more about the project of our Year 5 awardee Karla Washington at Washington University in St. Louis and her team, entitled "A Synthetic Data Approach to Catalyzing Innovation in Dementia Caregiver Support" here:

A Synthetic Data Approach to Catalyzing Innovation in Dementia Caregiver Support dementia. These caregivers manage a wide range of responsibilities, from everyday tasks like cooking and paying bills, to complex medical care, such as admin...

Learn more about our Year 5 awardee Tina Sadarangani at New York University and her project "AI-Ge of Nutrition - AI Nutrition Support for Persons Living With Dementia in Adult Day Centers" here:

AI-Ge of Nutrition - AI Nutrition Support for Persons Living With Dementia in Adult Day Centers Malnutrition is a major but often overlooked issue among people living with dementia who attend adult day centers (ADCs). The meal or meals served at the cen...

Learn more about the project by our Year 5 awardee Nipun Chopra, PhD and his DexTech Inc. team entitled "Augmented Reality to detect Freezing of Ggait for patients with Parkinson's Disease":

Augmented Realtity to detect Freezing of Ggait for patients with Parkinson's Disease Freezing of gait (FoG) is a debilitating symptom of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) that causes sudden, brief episodes where individuals are unable to move their fe...