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Data Science Applications in Communication andSwallowing Disorders

Award Number: K24DC012801
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2013
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2024

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Data Science Applications in Communication andSwallowing Disorders - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The emergence of electronic medical records, large data registries and readily accessible, protected servers have resulted in an explosion of digital information with potentially high clinical impact for improving patient management and outcomes. Big data warehouses that capture standardized information within the scope of clinical practices allow trained scientists to not only engage in traditional hypothesis testing, but to also uncover new hypotheses, refine existing theories and apply new discoveries to health assessments and interventions. Despite the accessibility and potential impact of these data platforms, clinician scientists have traditionally directed experiments that incorporate relatively small sample sizes and data from individual laboratories, and have not been trained in big data analytics or in engaging appropriate team scientists who work in this space, such as computer scientists, biostatisticians and engineers. The overarching goal of this proposal is to mentor early patient oriented communication and swallowing scientists in big data analytics and to mentor and involve early data science scholars in communication and swallowing research. The PI proposes four primary mentorship and research goals in this K24 renewal proposal: 1. Train a cadre of early stage communication and swallowing scientists in data science methods, including machine learning, by an expert, interdisciplinary, collaborative data science team, 2. Engage and introduce early career data scientists from fields of biostatistics, computer science and engineering to communication and swallowing sciences, and respective data sets, toward facilitating interdisciplinary data science teams and research productivity, 3. Apply novel data science methods to identify phenotypes of swallowing impairment and severity classifications in patient groups known to be at high risk for nutritional and health complications related to dysphagia, and 4. Develop a new area of research in machine learning applications toward improving reliability of physiologic swallowing assessment. The data science theme of the career development and research plan directly align with NIDCD's Strategic Plan for Data Science which lists as its mission: Storing, managing, standardizing and publishing the vast amounts of data produced by biomedical research. NIDCD recognizes that accessible, well-organized, secure and efficiently operated data resources are critical to modern scientific inquiry…and by maximizing the value of data generated through NIH-funded efforts, the pace of biomedical discoveries and medical breakthroughs for better health outcomes can be accelerated.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$3 )
2025	2024	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	11	5/12/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$3
														Subtotal = -$3

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $183,209 )
2024	2024	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK STREET	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	11	1/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$183,209
														Subtotal = $183,209

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $183,209 )
2023	2023	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	10	12/23/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$183,209
														Subtotal = $183,209

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $183,209 )
2022	2022	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	9	12/22/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$183,209
														Subtotal = $183,209

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $183,209 )
2021	2021	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	8	12/30/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$183,209
														Subtotal = $183,209

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $183,209 )
2020	2020	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	7	12/17/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$183,209
2020	2017	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	6	1/7/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $183,209

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2019	2017	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST EVANSTON	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	6	1/11/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $191,648 )
2017	2017	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	003	6	12/16/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$179,276
2017	2017	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST EVANSTON	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	008	6	2/15/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$13,434
2017	2017	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST EVANSTON	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	007	6	2/3/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$178,213
2017	2017	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	006	6	1/5/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$179,276
2017	2016	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST EVANSTON	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	010	5	2/21/2017	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$13,434
2017	2016	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST EVANSTON	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	005	5	12/27/2016	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$125,242
2017	2016	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST EVANSTON	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	002	5	11/30/2016	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2017	2016	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	4	11/9/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$54,034
2017	2016	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST EVANSTON	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	5	11/10/2016	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$54,035
2017	2016	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	004	4	12/27/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$125,242
2017	2016	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	009	4	2/21/2017	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$13,434
														Subtotal = $191,648

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $179,276 )
2016	2016	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29403	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	4	12/22/2015	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$179,276
														Subtotal = $179,276

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $179,276 )
2015	2015	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29403	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	3	12/18/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$179,276
														Subtotal = $179,276

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $179,276 )
2014	2014	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29403	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	2	12/17/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$179,276
														Subtotal = $179,276

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $179,276 )
2013	2013	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29403	CHARLESTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	1	12/20/2012	NEW	$179,276
														Subtotal = $179,276

Grand Total All Awards = $1,824,794

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Data Science Applications in Communication andSwallowing Disorders

Award Number: K24DC012801

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2013

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2024

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