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UCSF Multitudes

Multitudes
UCSF Multitudes by Multitudes

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  • UCSF Multitudes
Entrant
  • Multitudes

About This Project

Summary

Multitudes is building an innovative digital screening platform to identify K-2 students at risk of reading challenges, including dyslexia. The product addresses a multifaceted challenge with long term individual/societal impact and facilitates research that reveals strengths and needs across the diverse educational landscape of California. The validation of this tool, which will be free for CA public schools, anticipates a state mandate for universal screening that goes into effect in 2025.

Goals & Objectives

To improve literacy outcomes and brain health for a lifetime, build educational equity across gaps for California's multilingual learners, provide an accurate, efficient and cost effective tool with the flexibility to integrate with new and emerging neuroscience and technologies.

Results & Impact

Multitudes addresses a challenge that affects 10% of the population, providing tools and resources to prevent a child's early reading struggles leading to delays and complicating and compounding issues. The tool brings California districts into alignment with national efforts to improve literacy.

the team

Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini
  • Principal Investigator
  • UCSF Dyslexia Center
Francesca Pei
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • UCSF Dyslexia Center
Phaedra Bell
  • Director of Education Outreach
  • UCSF Dyslexia Center
Elise Brenner
  • Product Manager
  • UCSF Dyslexia Center
Heather Murphy
  • Program Manager
  • UCSF Dyslexia Center
Mariah Pospisil
  • Learning Intervention Applied Research Manager
  • UCSF Dyslexia Center
Brandon In
  • Lead Engineer
  • UCSF Dsylexia Center
Monica Zégers
  • Education and Measure Development Researcher
  • UCSF Dyslexia Center
Kristin Scheel
  • Communications and Clinical Research Coordinator
  • UCSF Dyslexia Center