Research
Foundational Academic Research
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Virtuosis AI originated from Lara's research at EPFL, where she worked with behavioral psychologists and psychiatrists to create an AI offering objective feedback on communication and well-being—typically seen as qualitative. With a background in robotics, Lara saw AI mainly focused on automation and replacing humans, so she aimed to develop an AI that enhances communication and collaboration, keeping humans at the core.
HUG Hospital in Geneva
Montfort Hospital in Ottawa
Virtuosis AI for Parkinson's Disease Screening & Follow-up
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Deployment of Virtuosis AI for:
•⁠  Supporting Parkinson's diagnosis.
•⁠  ⁠Evaluating the progression of Parkinson’s disease in patients.
•⁠  ⁠Coaching doctors and nurses on communication in their telemedicine practice.

Upcoming publications on:
•⁠  ⁠Speech-based AI models performance in evaluating Parkinson’s disease.
•⁠ Efficacy of AI-driven feedback on doctors’ and nurses’ communication skills.