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
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Tish shares the story of Lana Stekovic, a mechanical engineering student from Bosnia.
A poet’s mission to tackle the Kyasanur Forest Disease
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tish looks at Kali Serrano's work in polymer chemistry and how it is changing surfaces.
A pill to cure myotonic dystrophy
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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
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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.