Asheville Institutefor Memory & Longevity
Asheville InstituteAbout AIML
AIML is a Western North Carolina charitable and educational nonprofit. Our current work advances education, brain health, healthy aging, and community wellbeing. Our innovation role is to help local partners translate responsible technologies into practical, community-serving education and wellness programs.
Mission
AIML serves the Asheville area and surrounding Western North Carolina communities through public education, local partnerships, and practical programs that support learning, memory, resilience, healthy aging, and wellbeing. Technology is part of AIML's work when it helps people learn, make better decisions, understand health and wellness information, or participate more fully in community life. It is a tool for education and wellbeing, not the organization's primary purpose.
Our work
AI in Education (active) — with UNC Asheville and Dr. Adam Whitley, supporting new computer science curriculum design and responsible approaches to AI-assisted learning. Learn more.
Brain Health & Healthy Aging (active) — community education promoting brain health awareness, healthy habits, resilience, movement, and healthy aging through local partnerships. Learn more.
Chronic Illness Wellbeing (in development) — future work helping chronically ill individuals better understand stress, recovery, and physiological resilience through ECG wearables and related education, pending suitable local collaborators. Current work.
Community
AIML collaborates with educators, wellness professionals, caregivers, community groups, and local organizations to make evidence-informed knowledge more understandable, usable, and accessible. Our long-term goal is to strengthen local capacity for education, brain health awareness, healthy aging, responsible technology use, and community-centered innovation in Western North Carolina.
People
President & Executive Director
Neuroscientist; Alzheimer's Association volunteer; experience in human-AI interaction and wearable biosensor systems.
LinkedIn →
Secretary
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Twente; expertise in heart rate variability, ECG signal processing, and deep learning for biomedical signals.
Google Scholar →Transparency & Governance
Legal status
Asheville Institute for Memory and Longevity (AIML) is a nonprofit corporation with federal tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Federal EIN: 41-3778847. Recognized by the IRS as a public charity under section 509(a)(2), with tax exemption effective January 22, 2026. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. All activities are conducted for charitable and educational purposes in the public interest.
Location
341 High Ridge Drive, Mills River, NC 28759 · (828) 290-2002 · admin@avlml.org
The domains avlml.org and aimemorylongevity.org are both owned and operated by the Asheville Institute for Memory and Longevity.
