Stories

Cornell faculty are reaching across disciplines to tackle society’s most complex challenges and to make breakthrough discoveries. These radical collaborations—collisions of thoughts and perspectives from vastly different fields—lead to unexpected and unconventional solutions and deepen our thinking.

Radical Collaborators

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Dr. Saurabh Mehta uses generative AI to support health care systems such as dashboards for professionals and chatbots for patients.

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Wendy Ju

DESIGN + TECHNOLOGY

Wendy Ju works on interactive wearable devices and automated vehicle interfaces to seamlessly engage and communicate with people.

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GENOME BIOLOGY

Corrie Moreau studies the diversification and symbiosis of species to better understand broad evolutionary patterns of life.

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INFECTION BIOLOGY

Ilana Brito’s lab pioneers methods to examine microorganisms within humans and learn how infectious diseases gain antibiotic resistance.

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DATA SCIENCE

Dr. Jyotishman Pathak is an expert of population health sciences and studies how complex digital health records impact patient outcomes.

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Radical Collaboration

Radical collaboration: spanning disciplines and fueling new discoveries