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Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarollo de Chile

Catalyst Awardee

Enabling Detection and Provision of Dental Care for Older Adults by Non-Specialized Dental Care Personnel to Improve Quality of Life and Healthy Aging

Soraya León Araya, DDS, MSc, PhD | University of Talca; Rodrigo A. Giacaman, PhD; Mauricio Véliz, PhD; Marcelo Rioseco, PhD
Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile
Awardee Year: 2025
Poor oral health is highly prevalent among older adults and is associated with functional and systemic
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Identification and validation of novel cell-free dna methylation-based biomarkers for diagnosis of alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia and disease progression in blood

Carolina Ochoa Rosales | Universidad Adolfo Ibanez; Hieab H. Adams, PhD; Claudia Duran-Aniotz, PhD; Agustin Ibanez, PhD
Competition Sponsor: Chile Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo
Awardee Year: 2023 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are prevalent forms of dementia characterized by specific brain region degeneration, causing…
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Non-invasive technologies for cognitive rehabilitation of mild cognitive impairment in older adults

Izaskun  Álvarez -Aguado, PhD | Universidad de Las Américas; Maryam Farhang, PhD; Miguel Roselló-Peñaloza, PhD
Competition Sponsor: Chile Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo
Awardee Year: 2023
 This proposal seeks to validate a new multi-method approach that acts on both neural-cognitive and behavioral-cognitive levels for Mild Cognitive Impairment…
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Catch it early: revolutionizing mild cognitive impairment differential diagnosis with cellular sensors for early detection of alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration

Ursula Wyneken, PhD| Universidad de los Andes and IMPACT (Center of Interventional Medicine for Precision and Advanced Cellular Therapy, Santiago, Chile); Alejandro Luarte, PhD; Biotechnologist: Pablo Lazcano; Neurologist: Ignacio González, MD; Artificial Intelligence collaborator: Claudio Pérez, PhD; Biostatistics: Valeria Ramírez, MSc
Competition Sponsor: Chile Agencia Nacional de Investigacion …
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Prediction model of hip fragility fracture using explainable artificial intelligence and realistic data from a traumatology department and orthogeriatric ward

Jean-Gabriel Minonzio | Universidad de Valparaíso, Escuela de Ingeniería en Informática;
Ana Aguilera | Escuela de Ingeniería en Informática; José Luis Dinamarca | Hospital Dr Gustavo Fricke; Viviana Garcia | Geropolis Competition Sponsor: Chile Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo
Awardee Year: 2023
 Osteoporosis and associated fragility fractures…
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Human-machine interface for the assistance and care of elderly people with motor dependence: a transformative proposal based on computer vision and video analytics

Claudio Tapia Malebrán |Universidad de Chile; Gonzalo Rivera Lillo, PhD; Bárbara Torres Acin, EU.
Competition Sponsor: Chile Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo
Awardee Year: 2023
 Human-Machine Interface for Assistance and Care of Elderly People with Motor Dependence: A Transformative Proposal Based on Computer Vision and Video…
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