{"id":1360,"date":"2025-09-05T16:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/me-arc\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:05:50","slug":"mobile-and-electronic-health-arc-seminar-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/me-arc\/2025\/09\/05\/mobile-and-electronic-health-arc-seminar-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile and Electronic Health ARC Seminar | November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please join the Mobile & Electronic Health ARC on <\/span>Friday, November 14th <\/span><\/b>from<\/span> 12-1pm <\/span><\/b>for our <\/span>virtual seminar<\/span><\/b>, \u201cAI-based Empathic Virtual Companions for People Living with Dementia\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our presenter, <\/span>Dr. Mandy Salomon, <\/span><\/b>is the co-founder and chief scientist of Mentia Health. Mandy\u2019s research is directed toward leveraging digital technologies to improve the lives of older adults with cognitive decline. Her doctoral work\u00a0(2016), demonstrated that\u00a0people with moderate to advanced dementia are capable of sustaining interaction with purpose-built tablet-based virtual environments.\u00a0Building on these findings, her company, Mentia Health, has translated this research into market-ready engagement technologies now deployed across the aged care sectors of the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.\u00a0Ongoing research and development, supported by the NIH\/NIA, investigates the potential of AI-driven avatar interactions to unobtrusively generate clinically relevant health indicators. This work aims to advance predictive models of acute adverse events, which, if left unmitigated, contribute to diminished quality of life, elevated caregiver burden, and increased strain on healthcare systems.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the seminar, please see the attached flyer. The Zoom details are included below:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Date: Friday, November 14<\/span>th<\/span>, 2025<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 12:00-1:00PM Eastern Time<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/bostonu.zoom.us\/j\/93773942560?pwd=swaua7aCMQBBNu9Oxaw985eMSTg0GU.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Meeting ID: 937 7394 2560<\/p>\n

Passcode: 571355<\/p>\n

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Please feel free to reach out with any questions to Maria Monteiro at <\/span>mmontei1@bu.edu<\/span><\/a>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ME-ARC PI & Director: Belinda Borrelli, Ph.D.; Leadership Team: Daniel Fulford, Ph.D. (Co-Director), Joanne Murabito, M.D. (Co-Director), and Lisa Quintiliani, Ph.D.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flyer (Nov 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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