Voice as a Biomarker of Health – Building an ethically sourced, bioaccoustic database to understand disease like never before
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Our group aims to integrate the use of voice as biomarker of health in clinical care by generating a substantial multi-institutional, ethically sourced, and diverse voice database linked to multimodal health biomarkers to fuel voice AI research and build predictive models to assist in screening, diagnosis, and treatment of a broad range of diseases. Data collection will be made possible by software through a smartphone application linked to electronic health records (EHR) and other health biomarkers such as radiomics, and genomics, and supported by federated learning technology to protect data privacy. Based on the existing literature and ongoing research in different fields of voice research, our group has identified 5 disease categories for which voice changes have been associated to specific diseases and around which we aim to center the data acquisition efforts:
- Vocal Pathologies (Laryngeal cancers, Vocal fold paralysis, Benign laryngeal lesions)
- Neurological and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Stroke, ALS)
- Mood and Psychiatric Disorders (Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorders)
- Respiratory disorders (Pneumonia, COPD, Heart Failure, OSA)
- Pediatric diseases (Autism, Speech Delay)
Videos (YouTube)
Bridge2AI Precision Public Health Highlight Film: https://youtu.be/z1EAgfn8I3w
Bridge2AI Precision Public Health Short Video 1: https://youtu.be/_ehWPniLsD4
Bridge2AI Precision Public Health Short Video 2: https://youtu.be/j9b4vm_zsLA
Who We Are
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Contact Principal Investigator
University of South Florida
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Principal Investigator
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Team Lead
Simon Fraser University
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Team Lead
Oregon Health and Science University
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Team Lead
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
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Team Lead
Washington University in St. Louis
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Team Lead
Vanderbilt University
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Team Lead
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Team Lead
University of Montreal
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Team Lead
Weill Cornell Medical College