The Collaboration and Harmonization of Digital Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Research

Among prominent unmet needs of the Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) research community is the ability to leverage opportunities to improve the assessments of persons with and at risk for ADRD. This vision can be realized by providing the tools and infrastructure to transform dementia assessment using remote sensing and digital technologies, pervasive computing, and wireless communications, all in concert with high dimensional data analytics. The Collaborative Aging Research using Technology (CART) initiative (carthome.org), a non‐proprietary, sharable end‐to‐end system for capturing and handling diverse kinds of digital data has been developed. The CART technology platform offers the opportunity to bring new assessment methodology and data types to NIA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRC) and related centers and transform the clinical research enterprise. Herein we report on progress in capturing digital data across multiple ADRC’s.