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The Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technologies Collaboratory for Healthy Aging (PennAITech) is an initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, funded by the National Institute on Aging, aiming to advance innovation to support aging.
Join us for our next webinar on January 8th, 2026 when Dr. Nathan Price from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging presents "The Age of Scientific Wellness: Translating AI-Driven Insights into Human Healthspan." To register, click here:

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December 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you missed our December webinar "Talking to Machines: How LLMs are Changing Mental Health Support in the Age of AI" with Dr. Briana Vecchione, you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel, here:

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Talking to Machines: How LLMs are Changing Mental Health Support in the Age of AI
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December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Check out our December newsletter!

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December 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Congratulations to our Innovation Fellow & PhD Student Oonjee Oh for receiving the first prize for her poster "Artificial Intelligence in Hospice Dementia Care: Perspectives of Hospice Staff & Family Caregivers" in the "Design & Implement AI Solutions" Category of the Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Join us for our next webinar on December 11th (12-1pm EST) when Dr. Briana Vecchione from the Data & Society Research Institute presents "Talking to Machines: How LLMs are Changing Mental Health Support in the Age of AI."

To register, click here:
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If you missed our November webinar when Dr. Sil Kar from Emory University presented on "Fractal-based Retinal Vascular Features are Associated with Alzheimer's Disease-a Preliminary Study" you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel:

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Fractal-based Retinal Vascular Features are Associated with Alzheimer's Disease-a Preliminary Study
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December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Our afternoon sessions at the Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat included Zhi Huang, Daniel Press and Trent Guess followed by a panel with Gary Weissman, Nancy Hodgson, Rory Boyle and David Yonce who featured AI innovations for aging.
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
On Friday Nov. 21 the Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat hosted by the Institute on Aging and PennAITech focused on "Aging Reimagined: Innovation in the Era of AI." Morning speakers included our keynote speaker Dr. Lazar and Drs Brody, Zhang and Valero.
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Recent report by the New York Times features our Year 4 awardee Foresite Healthcare

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In Senior Homes, A.I. Technology Is Sensing Falls Before They Happen
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November 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We are excited to partner with the Institute on Aging at the University of Pennsylvania for the Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat on November 21, 2025 with the theme "Aging Reimagined: Innovation in the Era of AI." We have an exciting line up of speakers.

To register, click here:
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October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join us for our next webinar on November 13th (12-1pm EST) when Dr. Sudeshna Sil Kar from Emory University School of Medicine presents "Fractal-based Retinal Vascular Features are Associated with Alzheimer's Disease- A Preliminary Study."

To register, click here:

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October 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you missed our October webinar with Dr. Danielle Mowery PhD FAMIA from Penn Medicine who presented on "Meeting Patients Where They Are: How Mobile Technology and Data Science is improving Continuity of Care for Patients in their Homes" you can watch the recording here:

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Meeting Patients Where They Are: How Mobile Technology & Data Science Improve Continuity of Care
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October 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Join us on October 9, 2025 (noon-1pm ET) when Dr. Danielle Mowery will be presenting "Meeting Patients Where They Are: How Mobile Technology and Data Science is improving Continuity of Care for Patients in their Homes" at our monthly webinar.

To register, click here:

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September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congratulations to our Year 5 awardees, Zhe He, Kathryn Pollak, Marie Brodsky, Ravi Karkar, Angela Bradbury, Nipun Chopra, PhD, Tina Sadarangani, Karla Washington, Seyed Reza Mahmoodi, Hong Qin and their collaborators .

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September 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you missed our September webinar with Pamela Toto, PhD, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA, FGSA presenting on "The Healthy Home Laboratory: Implementing Smart Ways to Age in Place" you can watch the YouTube recording here:

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The Healthy Home Laboratory: Implementing "Smart" Ways to Age in Place
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September 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Join us on September 11th, 2025, 12-1pm EST, when Dr. Pamela Toto from the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences presents "The Healthy Home Laboratory: Implementing Smart Ways to Age in Place."
To register, click here:
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September 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Our webinar series continues this Fall with another line-up of global experts isuch as Pamela Toto, Danielle Mowery, Sudeshna Sil Kar, Bo Xie, Nathan Price, Zhi Huang, Michael Cary, Mia Tackney, Paul Barr and Bárbara Barbosa Neves.

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September 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Check out our August newsletter here:

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August 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Learn more about the project by Dr. Rory Boyle and his team, on Understanding aging and ADRD disparities using a representative epigenetic clock, one of our Year 4 awardees, here:

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Understanding aging and ADRD disparities using a representative epigenetic clock
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August 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Learn more about the project by Min Ji Kwak on "Detection of Adverse Drug Events Using NLP Among Older Adults with Heart Failure", one of our Year 4 awardees, here:

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Detection of Adverse Drug Events Using NLP Among Older Adults with Heart Failure
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July 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Learn more about the project by Katherine Kim on "A Novel Digital Twin for Chronic Care Coordination and Healthy Aging", one of our Year 4 awardees, here:

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A Novel Digital Twin for Chronic Care Coordination and Healthy Aging
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July 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Learn more about the project by Nili Solomonov and Logan Grosenick from @weillcornell.bsky.social on "Scalable subtyping for personalized assessment of late-life social disconnection", one of our Year 4 awardees, here:

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Scalable subtyping for personalized assessment of late-life social disconnection
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July 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Learn more about the project by Dr. Mehmet Kurt and his team on an explainable deep learning framework for brain age prediction in Alzheimer's disease, one of our Year 4 awardees, here:

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An explainable deep learning framework for brain age prediction in Alzheimer's disease
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July 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Learn more about the project by Dr. Vijaya B. Kolachalama and his team on an AI-based tool for mixed demenias, one of our Year 4 awardees, here:

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AI-based tool for mixed dementias
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July 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM