A summer internship showed this Honors student the power AI has to transform healthcare
Rhea Chatterjee, an Honors College junior majoring in Bioinformatics in the College of Humanities and Sciences, spent her summer immersed in artificial intelligence and observing how is reshaping healthcare. Below, she discusses what all her internship entailed, everything she took away form the experience, what Honors did to help inspire her and more.
What did you do this past summer?
I was an intern at Culturally Augmented Learning in Biomedical Informatics Research (CALIBIR) program at the Wake Forest Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Wake Forest School of Medicine. During my time there, I used machine learning techniques to model birth outcomes in women that smoke. From this project, I received a grant to travel and present the research that I conducted there.
What did you gain from this experience?
During this experience, I was able to see how AI can potentially transform the healthcare field. I gained a better understanding on data structures and coding. Also, I gained many deep friendships and many new experiences.
How do you feel Honors helped you?
Through the Honors Summer Undergraduate Research Program, I was able to observe a project that was very similar to what I did through this project.
What advice do you have for younger students?
Do what you love!