Tish interviews Ajay Shekar, a Master's student in Computer Science, about his work on integrating artificial intelligence with healthcare.
Posts by Alif Laila Tisha:
Migration Stories: A salsa dancing mechanical engineer from Bosnia
Tish shares the story of Lana Stekovic, a mechanical engineering student from Bosnia.
A poet’s mission to tackle the Kyasanur Forest Disease
Tish talks with Sulagna Chakraborty, a graduate student in Community Health, about her research on Kyasanur Forest Disease.
Migration Stories: Nubras Samayeen, an architect from Bangladesh
In this new venture, Tish explores the migration stories of how people from all walks of life, from all over the world, end up in C-U. We start with Nubras Samayeen's story, a PhD student in architecture and mother of two from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
This dancer fights cancer
Ankita Saha, a gem of the Bengali community in Urbana-Champaign, has more to her than her talented dancing skills. Every day, she fights to bring the world closer to a cancer-free place.
Use it or don’t lose it: The journey to treat muscle atrophy in older adults
Tish explores Michael Munroe's journey as a graduate student and how he might discover treatments for a huge problem facing the global aging population.
Food for thought: the work of Naiman Khan
Tish explores the research of Naiman Khan, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health.
Kali Serrano: a scientist working at the surface level
Tish looks at Kali Serrano's work in polymer chemistry and how it is changing surfaces.
A pill to cure myotonic dystrophy
Tish dives into the work of Julio Serrano, a scientist set to find a cure for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1.
Science and humanity intersect at Beckman Institute
Ever wonder what the thousands of scientists on campus do? Tish is launching a new column to give you the inside scoop on scientific research in Urbana-Champaign.