{"672741":{"#nid":"672741","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Teenage Researcher Leads UAMS Parkinson\u2019s Study Published in Scientific Reports","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEighteen-year-old \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anuiyer-researcher\/\u0022\u003EAnu Iyer\u003C\/a\u003E, a recent Little Rock, Ark., high school graduate now studying for her bachelor\u0027s degree at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, has collaborated with a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uams.edu\u0022\u003EUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) \u003C\/a\u003Eresearch team and is the lead author for a research study in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-023-47568-w\u0022\u003EScientific Reports\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Epart of the Nature portfolio journals.\u0026nbsp;The publication stems from Iyer\u2019s work with other researchers using machine learning to detect Parkinson\u2019s disease.\u0026nbsp;Iyer was able to confirm the reliability of telephone voice recordings to detect Parkinson\u2019s. The UAMS study team collected telephone voice samples from 50 people diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s and 50 healthy control participants, then applied machine learning classification with voice features related to phonation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEighteen-year-old \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anuiyer-researcher\/\u0022\u003EAnu Iyer\u003C\/a\u003E, a recent Little Rock, Ark., high school graduate now studying for her bachelor\u0027s degree at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, has collaborated with a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uams.edu\u0022\u003EUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) \u003C\/a\u003Eresearch team and is the lead author for a research study in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-023-47568-w\u0022\u003EScientific Reports\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Epart of the Nature portfolio journals.\u0026nbsp;The publication stems from Iyer\u2019s work with other researchers using machine learning to detect Parkinson\u2019s disease.\u0026nbsp;Iyer was able to confirm the reliability of telephone voice recordings to detect Parkinson\u2019s. The UAMS study team collected telephone voice samples from 50 people diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s and 50 healthy control participants, then applied machine learning classification with voice features related to phonation. This work was also shared in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arktimes.com\/arkansas-blog\/2024\/02\/08\/college-freshman-pioneers-parkinsons-identification-tool-maybe-the-rest-of-us-should-try-harder-at-life\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EArkansas Times\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.magnoliareporter.com\/education\/colleges_universities\/article_027206dc-c020-11ee-8066-033c64b3a43f.html\u0022\u003EMagnolia Reporter\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-02-05 18:50:10","changed_gmt":"2024-02-12 21:33:36","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences News ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/news.uams.edu\/2024\/01\/30\/teenage-researcher-leads-uams-parkinsons-study-published-in-scientific-reports\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"193489","name":"Anu Iyer"},{"id":"13471","name":"Parkinson\u0027s"},{"id":"9167","name":"machine learning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}