Advisor
Clinical Advisor
Medicine and patient care
Connects student learning to clinical context, healthcare workflows, patient impact, and responsible medical decision-making.
Meet the people behind AIMed
A community built around curiosity and care.
AIMed is a student-led education program bringing together learners, educators, researchers, clinicians, and technology partners.
This page introduces the people and collaborators who help shape the program. Visit the homepage to explore current workshops, projects, and tools.
What guides us
Students should have a clear way in.
Research should be thoughtful and accessible.
Innovation should stay connected to people.
Ilakkiya Sri “Ila” Guganathan
Founder & CEO, AIMed Education Program
Ila founded AIMed to make AI, medicine, and biomedical research more accessible to students. Her work helps learners move from curiosity to structured learning, research questions, and responsible innovation.
Through AIMed, she leads student programs, mentorship pathways, and community initiatives that connect emerging technology with healthcare education.
Student-led AI and medicine education
Biomedical research access for students
Mentorship and community building
Advisor network
Guidance that keeps student learning grounded.
AIMed is building an advisor network across medicine, biomedical research, education, AI, and responsible technology. Advisors help students review ideas, challenge assumptions, and connect projects with informed next steps.
Review student project ideas
Support research and tool-based learning
Guide responsible AI and privacy practices
Advisor
Research Advisor
Biomedical research and methods
Guides students on research questions, scientific reasoning, evidence review, project framing, and clear communication.
Advisor
AI and Data Advisor
AI, data science, and open-source tools
Supports learning around model basics, data quality, tool selection, interpretation, and practical AI workflows.
Advisor
Ethics and Privacy Advisor
Responsible technology
Helps students consider privacy, bias, safety, fairness, and the human impact of AI in medicine.
Interested in advising AIMed?
We welcome clinical, research, AI, education, and ethics advisors who care about students and healthcare innovation.
Partners and collaborators
A network that expands what students can do
Strong learning experiences depend on the people, tools, and communities around them. These are the collaboration pathways AIMed is building.
Learning technology
Open-source research tools
AIMed introduces students to tools such as OpenSim, ChimeraX, 3D Slicer, MONAI, and bioinformatics platforms that connect AI with medicine.
Community partners
Schools and student groups
We collaborate with educators and student communities to make AI and biomedical research education easier to access.
Research collaborators
Mentors and project partners
AIMed welcomes researchers, clinicians, and technology practitioners who can help students connect ideas to responsible practice.
Interested in partnering? Share a workshop idea, mentorship opportunity, research resource, or student community through the contact page.
Find your place in the AIMed community.
Explore the program, bring a partnership idea, or start a conversation about advising.