Projects

ONGOING RESEARCH SUPPORT

Title : Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E)
Funding Source : CONICYT – BASAL
Role : Main researcher
Begin year : 2014
End year : 2019
Grant number : FB0008
Tasks: Head of the bioengineering track
Award: US$10MM in 5 years
URL: AC3E website

Title : Clinical Research Center for Improved Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Vocal Hyperfunction
Funding Source : National Institutes of Health (NIH) – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Role : Site PI
Begin year : 2017
End year : 2022
Grant number : NIH grant # 1P50DC015446 – 01A1
Tasks: Mathematical modeling of vocal hyperfunction.
Award: US$11.6MM in 5 years
URL: NIH P50 Center website

 

COMPLETED RESEARCH SUPPORT

Title : A subject-specific model of voice production and its application in the short and long term assessment of vocal hyperfunction
Funding Source : CONICYT (FONDECYT)
Role : Principal Investigator
Begin year : 2015
End year : 2019
Grant number : FONDECYT # 1151077
Tasks: To develop a method to obtain a subject-specific numerical model of voice production that can be used to enhance the assessment of phonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction
Award: US$400k in 4 years

Title : Estimación Bayesiana de un modelo numérico de la voz humana con aplicaciones clínicas
Funding Source : CONICYT (MEC)
Role : Principal Investigator
Begin year : 2016
End year : 2017
Grant number : MEC # 80150034
Tasks: Travel grant to support a 7 month research stay for Prof. Sean Peterson at USM
Award: US$50k for 1 year

Title : Ambulatory monitoring of vocal function to improve voice disorder assessment
Funding Source : National Institutes of Health (NIH) – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Role : Personnel – Consultant
Begin year : 2011
End year : 2015
Grant number : NIH grant # 1R21/R33-DC011588.
Tasks: Assist in the development and validation of a prototype of an ambulatory monitoring device.
Award: US$1.4MM for 5 years

Title : Numerical Modeling and Other Engineering Tools for the Ambulatory Assessment of Vocal Function
Funding Source : MIT-UTFSM Seed Fund
Role : Co-Investigator (Co-PI)
Begin year : 2015
End year : 2016
Grant number : MISTI GA-7805892690
Tasks: Extend the diagnostic capabilities of current objective methods for ambulatory monitoring by means of lumped-mass modeling, laryngeal high-speed video, and machine learning.
Award: US$30k for 1 year

Title : Physics-based model of voice production
Funding Source : CONICYT
Role : Co-PI, country coordinator
Begin year : 2013
End year : 2014
Grant number : STIC-AMSUD 13STIC-08
Tasks: Exchange grant between Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and France to contribute toward physically-relevant models of voice production
Award: US$30k for 2 years

Title : System for laryngeal high-speed videoendoscopy
Funding Source : CONICYT – FONDEQUIP
Role : Principal Investigator
Begin year : 2014
End year : 2015
Grant number: EQM130094
Tasks: Purchase and enable a system for laryngeal high-speed videoendoscopy at UTFSM.
Award: US$250k for 1 year

Title : Dynamic model-based algorithm for the ambulatory monitoring of vocal function using neck surface acceleration
Funding Source : CONICYT (FONDECYT)
Role : Principal Investigator
Begin year : 2011
End year : 2014
Grant number : FONDECYT # 11110147
Tasks: Develop and test a novel model-based DSP tool for the ambulatory monitoring of vocal function
Award: US$120k for 3 years

Title : Implementation of asystem for laryngeal high-speed videoendoscopy
Funding Source : UTFSM
Role : Principal Investigator
Begin year : 2014
End year : 2014
Grant number : UTFSM  231423
Tasks: Support the implementation of a laryngeal high-speed videoendoscopy at UTFSM.
Award: US$10k for 1 year

Title : Voice Health Monitoring: Developing Measures of Ambulatory Voice Quality and Dysphonia
Funding Source : MIT-UTFSM Seed Fund
Role : Co-Investigator (Co-PI)
Begin year : 2014
End year : 2015
Grant number : MISTI GA-9616965900
Tasks: Enhance the hardware and software of voice health monitoring by developing a smartphone-based system that provides a confidential and user-friendly interface for daily sensor calibration, periodic alerts, and biofeedback.
Award: US$30k for 1 year

Title : Automatic detection of vocal hyperfunction for the ambulatory monitoring of vocal function
Funding Source : UTFSM
Role : Principal Investigator
Begin year : 2012
End year : 2013
Grant number : UTFSM 231234
Tasks: Develop criteria for automatic detection of vocal hyperfunction behaviors in a time-varying neck surface acceleration signal
Award: US$15k for 1 year

Title : The Development of Ambulatory Biofeedback Approaches to More Effectively Treat Common Voice Disorders
Funding Source : MIT-Chile Seed Fund
Role : Co-Investigator (Co-PI)
Begin year : 2012
End year : 2013
Grant number : MISTI 2745333
Tasks: Create opportunities for interaction between the MIT and UTFSM teams that could foster further interactions and thus allow envisioning a new design for a complete ambulatory vocal biofeedback system.
Award: US$30k for 1 year