February 2026

Dr. Catherine Diaz-Asper Receives NIH Funding to Advance Bilingual Cognitive Screening

Posted on February 17, 2026 (February 17, 2026) by mdagne

Catherine Diaz-Asper has received new funding from the NIH AIM-AHEAD Hub Specific Projects – Year 4 Grant to lead an innovative research project focused on improving early detection of cognitive decline in bilingual older adults. The project, titled “Cognitive screening using automated speech analysis: the effect of preferred language in bilingual Spanish-English speakers,” will run from December 2025 through July […]

Center Researchers Publish Call to Advance Equitable Speech Technologies for Older Adults

Posted on February 17, 2026 by mdagne

Researchers from the Center have contributed to a newly published article in The Gerontologist calling for greater linguistic equity in the development of speech-based technologies for older adults. The article, titled “Equitable speech technologies for older adults: a call to prioritize low-resource languages,” was published on December 29, 2025, as part of a Gerontological Society of America (GSA) special […]