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Enhancing Sleep in Older Adults Using Auditory Stimulation: A Machine Learning Approach

Stephanie Buss, MD | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Brandon Westover, MD, PhD; Wolfgang Ganglberger, PhD; Mouhsin Shafi, MD, PhD; Lorella Battelli, PhD
Competition Sponsor: National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2024 Older adults face a risk of cognitive decline which increases with each decade of life,…

Catalyst Awardee

System for Improving Quality of Life and Mobility in Kidney and Liver Failure

Dayong Gao, PhD | University of Washington; Suhail Ahmad, MD; Alexander Novokhodko, MS
Competition Sponsor: National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2024 Advanced Multi-Organ Replacement (AMOR) is a life support system that removes protein bound toxins and excess fluid from patient blood. It has been validated in a pilot…

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Antisense Oligonucleotide (ASO)-Based Approach for Enhancing Healthspan and Lifespan

Andrew Nguyen, PhD | Saint Louis University; Susan Farr, PhD
Competition Sponsor:National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2024

Aging is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases as well as geriatric syndromes, and therapeutics that delay or slow the progression of aging remain elusive. There is great potential to

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Catalyst Awardee

Developing therapeutic agents reverse ageing and metabolic decline

Cary Depel; Paul Baldock; Guy Barry, Alanna Scott | Magnaetus Therapeutics; Eric Leire, MD | Genflow Biosciences
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2023 Magnaetus Therapeutics believes that in order for longevity measures to be most effective, lifespan increases must be twinned with supportive…

Catalyst Awardee

HyperReact: Game-Changing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology

Clifford R. Bowers, PhD; Austin Evans; Charlie Khemtong; Glenn Walter | University of Florida
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2023 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive, non-ionizing imaging technology that is a critical tool towards maintaining health longevity. However, the broad usefulness of this technique…

Catalyst Awardee

NeuroSync: a data-driven augmented reality neurorehabilitation platform of neurologic music therapy-based games, puzzles, and exercises to stimulate neuroplasticity and prolong functional independence in individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease

John Cowart Jr., PhD; Peter Gray, PhD; Will Pro, PhD
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2023

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that compromises neural connectivity and the body’s ability to repair brain tissue, ultimately leading to a fatal brain atrophy that robs its victims

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Catalyst Awardee

Improving access and outcomes of cataract surgery globally

Kunal Parikh, PhD; Joshua de Souza, MSE; Shameema Sikder, MD | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2023 Globally, 17 M people are blind and 83.5 M have moderate-to-severe visual impairment due to cataracts, which are primarily a disease of aging.…

Catalyst Awardee

Mitochondria plaques as a novel therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s Disease

Xiuli Dan, PhD; Paul D Robbins, PhD | University of Minnesota; Vilhelm A. Bohr, PhD | University of Copenhagen; Deborah L. Croteau, PhD | National Institute on Aging, NIH
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2023 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative condition associated with…

Catalyst Awardee

Voice-first, multimodal interface for post-treatment geriatric assessment and tailored digital health promotion education for older adults with cancer

Kristen L. Fessele, PhD, RN | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Andrea Cuadra, PhD | Stanford University; Armin Shahrokni, MD, MPH | Hackensack Meridian Health; Grigory Syrkin, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2023 The COBRA (Cancer, Older…

Catalyst Awardee

Enhancing Health Longevity of Individuals with Limited Mobility

Sungmee Park, PhD, MFA; Sundaresan Jayaraman, PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2023

According to the CDC, one in four adults in the United States has a functional disability and the percentage of adults with mobility-related disabilities is 11.1%. Around 3.3

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