Dr. Neena Ratnakaran

The Invisible Bias: Minimizing Gender Bias During Data Analysis in Clinical Research and AI-Driven Medicine

Today, medicine is progressing at a rapid pace fueled by modern analytical approaches, artificial intelligence (AI), and precision medicine. However, one needs to face the uncomfortable reality that many of these modern approaches rely on years and years of data that is biased. In medicine and healthcare, particularly, the issue is not only about who […]

Beyond the Lab: The Expanding World of the Modern Researcher

Gone are the days when the image of a researcher was predominantly that of a person confined to a laboratory bench or a single academic department. Today’s reality is far more dynamic. A cancer biologist based in China advises a biotech startup in the United States on experimental design. A materials scientist who once worked […]

Rethinking Literature Review in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Scientific explorations are vastly different today than what they were just a few decades ago. Interdisciplinarity has become the norm, rigor and reproducibility standards have risen, and we are propelling ahead at unprecedented rates. Research no longer occurs in silos, but at the crossroads of various disciplines. In addition, the sheer volume of yearly publications […]

When to Learn & When to Get Help: Hacking the Modern Research Landscape

A practical framework for deciding when researchers should build skills and when expert collaboration leads to better outcomes