開発者情報

Developer

「あたまの健康チェック®」の評価アルゴリズムの開発者であるMedical Care Corporationは、
「高齢者の健康とクオリティ・オブ・ライフの向上」の経営理念のもと、
1999年に米国カルフォルニア州アーバイン市（2010年ニューポートビーチ市に移転）に創設された
データ分析を専門とする企業です。
高度な統計学的・数学的手法を用い、臨床データや認知機能アセスメントデータの分析を行っています。
また認知機能低下の予防・早期発見に関する臨床研究のため、認知機能アセスメントの精度や
プロトコルの向上・改善に関する研究開発も行っています。

2021年度からは、社名をEMBICと改め、コグニティブ・デジタル・バイオマーカー（CDB）としての
認知機能データ分析業務に注力しています。
日本国内ではセントケア・グループの株式会社ミレニアとの包括提携に基づき、日本語版が開発、提供されています。

Medical & Scientific Advisory Board

Jeffrey Cummings, M.D., Sc.D.
Joy Chambers-Grundy Professor of Brain Science
Director, Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience
Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

David Geldmacher, M.D.
Director of the Division of Memory Disorders and Behavioral Neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Medical Director for Neurology at the University of Alabama Hospital.

Michael D. Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, Cognitive Sciences, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Michael Rafii, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine
Director of Medical Safety at the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute and the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Consortium.

Mark Steyvers, Ph.D.
Professor, Cognitive Sciences, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine

A. Kimball Romney, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Quantitative Anthropology, University of California, Irvine,
a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

バリデーション

Validation

【主な参考文献】
1 Shankle WR, Romney AK, Hara J, et al. PNAS. 2005; 102(13):4919-24.
2 Trenkle D, Shankle WR, Azen SP. 2007; 11(3):323-335.
3 Cho A, Sugimura M, Nakano S, Yamada T. 2008; 23(2):162-166.
4 Shankle WR, Mangrola T, Chan T, Hara J. 2009; 5:295–306.
5 Rafii M, Taylor C, Coutinho A, Kim K, Galasko D. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2011; 26(3):235-9.
6 Snyder PJ, Jackson CE, Petersen RC, et al. Alzheimers Dement. 2011; 7(3):338-55.

開発者情報

Developer

Jeffrey Cummings, M.D., Sc.D. Joy Chambers-Grundy Professor of Brain Science Director, Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences University of Nevada, Las Vegas

David Geldmacher, M.D. Director of the Division of Memory Disorders and Behavioral Neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Director for Neurology at the University of Alabama Hospital.

Michael D. Lee, Ph.D. Professor, Cognitive Sciences, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Michael Rafii, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine Director of Medical Safety at the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute and the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Consortium.

Mark Steyvers, Ph.D. Professor, Cognitive Sciences, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine

A. Kimball Romney, Ph.D. Research Professor of Quantitative Anthropology, University of California, Irvine, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.