{"id":23972,"date":"2023-01-20T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T20:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=23972"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:18:31","slug":"grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/center-for-optimal-aging\/grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">Current Funded Projects<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Cognitive screening using automated speech analysis: the effect of preferred language in bilingual Spanish-English speakers<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 198px;width: 100.379%;font-weight: 400;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Funding Agency<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\"><strong>NIH AIM AHEAD Hub Specific Projects \u2013 Year 4 <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Investigator and Co-investigators<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Catherine Diaz-Asper, Nathan Green, Sara Pappa, Mahederemariam Bayleyegn Dagne &amp; Patricia Heyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px\">\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Title<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Cognitive screening using automated speech analysis: the effect of preferred language in bilingual Spanish-English speakers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Duration<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">September 2025 &#8211; September 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Machine learning speech analysis models can detect Alzheimer \u2019s-related cognitive impairments by analyzing features like lexical diversity, syntactic complexity, pauses, and prosody. However, most are trained on monolingual native English speakers, limiting effectiveness in diverse populations, especially bilinguals. This project aims to develop new screening methods for mild cognitive impairment in older bilingual Spanish-English speakers, using accessible technology and AI to identify cognitive decline. The aim is to evaluate the ML model&#8217;s accuracy in both languages and assess whether features and performance differ by preferred language.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Healthy Elders Lifespan Potomac Program (HELPP) Outreach Initiative<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 198px;width: 100.379%;font-weight: 400;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Funding Agency<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\"><strong>Potomac Health Foundation; Howard L. Greenhouse Grant<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Investigator and Co-investigators<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Erin Staker, Mahederemariam Bayleyegn Dagne &amp; Patricia Heyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px\">\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Title<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Healthy Elders Lifespan Potomac Program (HELPP) Outreach Initiative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Duration<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">July 2025 &#8211; June 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">The MCOA is developing a Self-Health Promotion Program in English &amp; Spanish to enhance healthy aging for medically underserved populations in the medically underserved areas through culturally appropriate, community-based health screenings (oral\/cognitive\/physical) with lifestyle recommendations (diet\/sleep\/physical activity). The Healthy Elders Lifespan Potomac Program (HELPP) will expand interventions for chronic diseases by utilizing self-health improvement design to increase access to bilingual health support &amp; promote long-term lifestyle enhancement gains.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>AIM-AHEAD Program for Artificial Intelligence Readiness (PAIR) Cohort 1 &#8211; Phase 2<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 198px;width: 100.379%;font-weight: 400;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Funding Agency<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\"><strong>National Institutes of Health\u2019s AIM-AHEAD Program<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Investigator and Co-investigators<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Nathan Green, Diane Murphy &amp; Patricia Heyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px\">\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Title<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Enabling Aging in Place: Optimizing Use of AI-Enabled Technology to Improve Quality of Life for<br \/>\nOlder Adults by Preventing Falls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Duration<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">September 2024 &#8211; September 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Marymount University will conduct an exploratory analysis using its AI\/ML Health Equity Lab to develop an AI model to monitor health and falls risk using at home technologies (i.e., TVs, fitness devices) to support older adults in their Northern Virginia community.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine: Cultivating Diversity in Research and Clinical Practice<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 198px;width: 100.379%;font-weight: 400;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Funding Agency<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">\u00a0National Center for Complementary Integrative Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Investigator and Co-investigators<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Patricia Heyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px\">\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Title<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine: Cultivating Diversity in Research and Clinical Practice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Duration<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">May 2024 &#8211; May 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">The Diversity Mentoring and Career Development in Complementary and Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine Workshop (DMCD CIRM),&#8221; aims to conduct a pre-conference workshop at the 2024 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Annual Scientific Meeting in Dallas, Texas. The ACRM R13 Diversity CIRM Workshop held in conjunction with the 2024 ACRM Annual Scientific Meeting will provide research training, mentoring, and networking for emerging scholars interested in the field. The conference brings together members and experts from various disciplines worldwide, providing fellows a chance to connect.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Defining Racial Health Equity (RHE): A Landscape and Systematic Review Protocol of Definitions, Terminology, and Related Concepts<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 316px;width: 100.379%;font-weight: 400;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Funding Agency<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\"><strong>Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (GRANT NUMBER: 79982)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Investigator and Co-investigators<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\"><strong>Patricia C. Heyn<\/strong>, Elizabeth A. Terhune, Mahederemariam Dagne, Christi Piper, Vivian A. Welch, Damian Francis, Ana B. Pizarro, Anita Rizvi, Nila Sathe, Omar Dewidar, Colleen Ovelman, Tiffany Duque, Tamara Baker, Robert W. Turner II, Dru Riddle, Meera Viswanathan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px\">\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Title<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Defining Racial Health Equity (RHE): A Landscape and Systematic Review Protocol of Definitions, Terminology, and Related Concepts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Duration<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">September 2022 &#8211; August 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px\">\n<td style=\"height: 128px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28718\" src=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Equality-Graphic-curb-1536x864-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Equality-Graphic-curb-1536x864-1.jpg 792w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Equality-Graphic-curb-1536x864-1-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Equality-Graphic-curb-1536x864-1-768x838.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28719\" src=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Equity-Graphic-curb-1536x864-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Equity-Graphic-curb-1536x864-2.jpg 749w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Equity-Graphic-curb-1536x864-2-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 128px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Inequities in health exist within the United States, particularly across racial groups. Health equity has become a priority of the U.S. government and major health organizations; however, a consensus is lacking on racial health equity (RHE) definitions. RHE definitions and terminology will be reviewed from 1) websites from key health organizations, 2) theoretical and narrative studies, and 3) systematic reviews of RHE interventions. Comprehensive search strategies for theoretical and narrative articles (any year) and systematic reviews (since 2020) were developed with a research librarian using MeSH keywords. Databases including MEDLINE, PsychInfo, CINAHL, and the Campbell Collaboration library will be searched. Two reviewers will screen titles\/abstracts and full texts. Disputes will be resolved by consensus. Preliminary results show that RHE definitions differ across health websites, although some definitions are shared and cite the same source. Many organizations, including those with a health equity agenda, do not report explicit definitions of RHE. Searches yielded ~2500 citations for theoretical and narrative articles and &gt;7500 for systematic reviews. Our goal is to improve understanding of RHE constructs to help unify national RHE research efforts. This study was reviewed by multiple diverse stakeholders and is part of a larger research project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on centering racial health equity in systematic reviews. To read details about the project please review the protocol <a href=\"https:\/\/systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13643-023-02357-4\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Note<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 66.6178%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To review funding information for the large project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rwjf.org\/en\/grants\/awarded-grants.html?start=2022&amp;sortOrder=asc&amp;location=TX&amp;amt=1000001&amp;t=topics%3A1925\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Remote online administration of Otago Exercise Program for Individuals with Dementia and Their Care Partners: A Feasibility Study<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 316px;width: 100.379%;font-weight: 400;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Funding Agency<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\"><strong>Alzheimer\u2019s and Related Diseases Awards Fund (ARDRAF), Virginia Commonwealth University, Center on Aging<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Investigator and Co-investigators<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 51px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Julie Ries, Rita Wong, Patricia Heyn, Uma Kelekar, Catherine Diaz-Asper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px\">\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Title<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 61px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">Remote online administration of Otago Exercise Program for Individuals with Dementia and Their Care Partners: A Feasibility Study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Duration<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 25px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">July 2022 &#8211; June 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px\">\n<td style=\"height: 128px;width: 32.9233%;background-color: #051780\" width=\"210\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 128px;width: 66.6178%\" width=\"414\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Individuals with dementia (IwD) fall more and experience greater subsequent dependency and healthcare costs than their cognitively intact peers. The Otago Exercise Program (OEP) is a structured, exercise-based, fall-prevention program that could be promising for IwD, and remote administration could overcome substantial barriers to program access for IwD. This 16-week feasibility study uses components of the RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) to assess whether remote web-based OEP is a viable option for fall-prevention programming with IwD supervised by their care partners.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>\u00a0The Influence of Distance Emergency Department Utilization of Non-Traumatic Dental Conditions (NTDCs) in the State of Maryland, 2017-2021<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;height: 394px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\n<td style=\"width: 32.8267%;height: 56px;background-color: #051087\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Funding Agency<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.9574%;height: 56px\"><strong>CareQuest Institute of Oral Health<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 80px\">\n<td style=\"width: 32.8267%;height: 49px;background-color: #051087\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Investigator and Co-investigators<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.9574%;height: 49px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Uma Kelekar<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 104px\">\n<td style=\"width: 32.8267%;height: 61px;background-color: #051087\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Title<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.9574%;height: 61px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Influence of Distance Emergency Department Utilization of Non-Traumatic Dental Conditions (NTDCs) in the State of Maryland, 2017-2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\n<td style=\"width: 32.8267%;height: 39px;background-color: #051087\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Duration<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.9574%;height: 39px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">January 2022 &#8211; December 2023<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 512px\">\n<td style=\"width: 32.8267%;height: 189px;background-color: #051087\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Description<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.9574%;height: 189px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Uma Kelekar, Associate Professor of Healthcare Management and a Senior Research Fellow from Marymount\u2019s Center for Optimal Aging received a grant of $30,493 from the CareQuest Institute of Oral Health to study disparities in access to oral health in the Emergency Departments for non-traumatic dental conditions (NTDCs) in the state of Maryland, United States. In this study, Dr. Kelekar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will estimate the effect of distance from the patient\u2019s location to the nearest hospital as well as the nearest dental providers in the community and answer how proximity to the ED and dental offices, community health centers (CHCs) and urgent care clinics affect the utilization of NTDCs in the ED setting. She will use the secondary dataset State Emergency Department Database (SEDD) 2017-2021 data and employ advanced statistical methodologies to conduct this zip-code level analysis.\u00a0 The results of this study will fill in a significant gap in our understanding of the role of distance in the ED use of NTDCs and inform <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">state policymakers to develop interventions that will help reduce NTDCs utilization in ED settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Funded Projects Cognitive screening using automated speech analysis: the effect of preferred language in bilingual Spanish-English speakers Funding Agency NIH AIM AHEAD Hub Specific Projects \u2013 Year 4 Investigator and Co-investigators Catherine Diaz-Asper, Nathan Green, Sara Pappa, Mahederemariam Bayleyegn Dagne &amp; Patricia Heyn Title Cognitive screening using automated speech analysis: the effect of preferred [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/center-for-optimal-aging\/grants\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"parent":16907,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/left-sidebarpage.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"class_list":["post-23972","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Research Projects - Marymount University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Current Funded Projects Cognitive screening using automated speech analysis: the effect of preferred language in bilingual Spanish-English speakers . 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