Leveraging the depth and breadth of Humber’s expertise and interdisciplinary collaboration, the Centre for Innovation in Health & Wellness (CIHW) is excited to share details about our partnership with Klick Health on a research study that uses cutting-edge voice recognition technology to screen for prediabetes in the younger South Asian demographic population.

This CIHW-led research project, “Investigation of the feasibility and impact of voice-based detection of prediabetes in the South Asian population in Ontario”, will employ a machine learning-based acoustic analysis model to identify specific vocal characteristics in individuals with prediabetes within the South Asian population in the Greater Toronto Area.

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting people living in Canada. Over three million Canadians, or 8.9 per cent of the population, have been diagnosed with diabetes. While everyone is at risk of developing diabetes, South Asians face a higher risk compared to the general Canadian population. 

South Asian students attending Humber Polytechnic and Guelph-Humber are invited to participate in this study. Recruitment events will take place throughout September and October 2024 at Humber North Campus. Each participant of the study will receive a $25 gift card. 

Please share the attached poster with your students. Students who wish to participate can click the registration link or scan the QR code in the poster to learn more about eligibility and participation.

View the full press release of the CIHW-Klick Health research collaboration, originally announced in spring 2024.

Should you be interested in collaborating on new and innovative opportunities, please connect with Vanita Varma at vanita.varma@humber.ca.