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Spontaneous Speech and Health Disparities in Risk of Cognitive Decline: WHICAP Offspring Ancillary Study

Award Number: R01AG065432
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2024

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Spontaneous Speech and Health Disparities in Risk of Cognitive Decline: WHICAP Offspring Ancillary Study - Project Summary/Abstract The proposed ancillary study looks to better understand racial/ethnic disparities in Alzheimer's disease (AD) by investigating spontaneous speech as part of the Washington Heights/Inwood Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP) Offspring Study. Limitations of existing cognitive screening instruments is a known contributor to racial/ethnic disparities in AD and recent work suggests that speech analysis may be a sensitive marker of cognitive decline and future AD. New technological advances raise the possibility that automated speech analysis could be conducted using smartphones in community settings, creating an inexpensive and scalable approach to early detection. However, many challenges remain in developing this method, including a very limited understanding of the biological underpinnings of spontaneous speech in at-risk individuals (e.g., hippocampal volume, amyloid deposition, contribution of executive function vs. language). We propose to examine spontaneous speech as part of the ongoing WHICAP Offspring Study (RF1AG054070, RF1AG058067). This large project is enrolling a diverse cohort (>70% minorities) of pre-clinical participants with varying degrees of risk for AD using medical, genetic, and neuropsychological testing (N = 3000), structural MRI (N = 1000), and amyloid and tau PET imaging (N = 150 for each). Both English and Spanish speakers are included. One measure of spontaneous speech has been included since study onset and a second brief measure would be added. We hypothesize that spontaneous speech will reflect a combination of both biological and sociocultural risk factors to AD and that bilingualism will show protective effects. By leveraging the rich data collection of the WHICAP Offspring Study, this application would generate substantial new insight into the basic underpinnings of spontaneous speech in diverse pre-clinical samples, as well as determine the feasibility of using speech analysis as a novel biomarker of AD risk. Additionally, should the cohort be followed longitudinally, the ability of spontaneous speech to predict future incidence of AD in racially/ethnically diverse samples over time could also be evaluated.


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 = -$257,246 )
2025	2023	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	000	4	4/9/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$257,246
														Subtotal = -$257,246

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $656,645 )
2023	2023	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	000	4	1/11/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$656,645
														Subtotal = $656,645

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $665,499 )
2022	2022	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	000	3	12/9/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$598,948
2022	2022	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	001	3	4/22/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$66,551
														Subtotal = $665,499

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $616,972 )
2021	2021	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	001	2	12/8/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$555,274
2021	2021	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	002	2	2/10/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$61,698
2021	2020	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	000	1	10/15/2020	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $616,972

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $638,622 )
2020	2020	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	002	1	3/27/2020	NEW	$0
2020	2020	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	000	1	1/27/2020	NEW	$638,622
2020	2020	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 HORNING RD	KENT	OH	44242	PORTAGE	USA	Aging Research	001	1	2/28/2020	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $638,622

Grand Total All Awards = $2,320,492

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Spontaneous Speech and Health Disparities in Risk of Cognitive Decline: WHICAP Offspring Ancillary Study

Award Number: R01AG065432

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2024

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