Kevin Kurtz

Shinjini Kundu is a scientist!

Dr. Shinjini Kundu is a medical doctor (MD) and an engineer (PhD) who specializes in computer science. She is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She says about her research, “I design ways to make computers intelligent enough to diagnose the diseases that make human doctors scratch their heads.” She treats patients in hospitals and doctors’ offices, while also doing her research on artificial intelligence in computer labs.

A scientist's job is to ask questions that we don't know the answers to and then work to find the answers through observation, experiments, and careful thinking. A scientific question that Shinjini would like to answer is "How can we use artificial intelligence to prevent people from getting sick?"

You can learn more about Shinjini and her research here.