… research projects. Within the lab, she is engaged in research on speech biomarkers for early disease detection, with a particular focus on vowel acoustics. This work … changes in acoustic, articulatory, and language features that may signal risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders before clinical symptoms appear. Her … By studying how vowel production differs in individuals at varying risk levels for Alzheimer’s disease, Annie hopes to contribute to a growing body of research on …