Azra Ismail (@azraism) / X

Azra Ismail

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Azra Ismail

@azraism

Assistant Professor @EmoryBMI @RollinsHDGH | data/AI, health, labor, marginality, & design | Cofounder @MakerGhat | previously @GeorgiaTech | she/her

Joined January 2016

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Azra Ismail
@azraism
Feb 7, 2024
📢 I am hiring a postdoc to work with me on human-AI interaction and health equity @EmoryUniversity. Exciting opportunity to work on community-centered research, and join Atlanta's vibrant health and HCI ecosystem! faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/119949/po…
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Azra Ismail
@azraism
Sep 22, 2023
📢 I am recruiting PhD students and postdocs starting Fall 2024! Join me at the CARE Lab (Collective Action & Research for Equity) @EmoryUniversity where we study and design data/AI-driven systems for equity in care work. Read more here:
azraismail.me
Apply to the CARE Lab — The CARE Lab @ Emory
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Azra Ismail
@azraism
May 24, 2023
Some more happy news! 📢 Excited to start as an Asst Professor in Biomedical Informatics @EmoryUniversity this Fall as part of the AI.Humanity initiative! 🎉🎊 Such a privilege to be at my dream place for doing public/global health work & to join the growing HCI group at Emory!
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Azra Ismail
@azraism
May 11, 2023
Thrilled to share that I'm officially #PhDone! Huge thanks to my brilliant committee @nehakumar @andreagparker @Pushpendra_S__ @thomasploetz Mike Best and Shaowen Bardzell, and to the Tandem lab @GeorgiaTech that saw me through! ❤️ More life updates coming soon! 😁
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Azra Ismail
@azraism
Dec 13, 2020
Excited to share that my paper with @nehakumar on analyzing discourse on AI for frontline health (and Social Good) has been conditionally accepted to #CHI2021! This was the fruit of many conversations and revisions ✍️✍️ - so grateful for the positive feedback ❤️
Azra Ismail
@azraism
Nov 14, 2023
📢 I am hiring a postdoc to work with me on human-AI interaction and health equity @EmoryUniversity. Looking for folks passionate about community-centered research on AI systems in health settings! faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/119949/po…
Azra Ismail
@azraism
Sep 22, 2023
📢 I am recruiting PhD students and postdocs starting Fall 2024! Join me at the CARE Lab (Collective Action & Research for Equity) @EmoryUniversity where we study and design data/AI-driven systems for equity in care work. Read more here: azraismail.me/apply
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Azra Ismail
@azraism
Feb 18, 2021
My #CHI2021 paper w/ @nehakumar, "AI in Global Health: The View from the Front Lines," uncovers the 'streetlight effect' across AI initiatives in global health, with stakeholders centering data-driven approaches without regard for ground realities. azraismail.me/s/CHI_2021 1/n
Azra Ismail
@azraism
Jul 24, 2020
Citation practices are a form of power. When you are talking about topics that have been extensively studied in the Global South by Global South researchers and don't cite any of that work or acknowledge those dialogues,
Azra Ismail
@azraism
Oct 15, 2023
Hi folks, I will be at #CSCW2023 this week! Looking forward to reconnecting, making new friends, and presenting our latest work. I am also recruiting students and postdocs, so feel free to reach out if you are interested in @emory_csi. We are also hiring faculty at all levels.
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Azra Ismail
@azraism
Apr 28, 2022
Excited to be joining the crowd at #CHI2022! Would love to connect with folks interested in human-centered AI, the future of care work, and ruminating on it all from feminist and postcolonial perspectives!
Azra Ismail
@azraism
Apr 26, 2023
HCI has long studied reproductive health & intimate wellbeing with women, but how do we engage *men* on this topic?💑 Come find out at our talk today with 3(!) copresenters at #CHI2023 (9am in room X11). We promise fascinating media content on relationships, fertility, & humor!
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Azra Ismail
@azraism
May 17, 2022
Being an Indian Muslim immigrant scholar in the US, doing research/work in India, with family in the middle east, means constantly confronting hostile borders and dealing with a curious sense of an outsider looking in...
Azra Ismail
@azraism
Oct 19, 2020
Opened twitter to this! So excited and honored to be part of this wonderful group! Grateful to all the people who have been kind and generous to me over the years (esp @nehakumar, colleagues, friends, family, ASHAs in Delhi, and the @MakerGhat community!❤️)
GVU Center
@gvucenter
Oct 19, 2020
Congratulations to the new Foley Scholars — Ceara Byrne, @azraism and @kous2v — and the GVU Distinguished Master’s Student, Georgianna “Blue” Lin. Read about the work of all the finalists in advancing computing technology for our daily lives. gvu.gatech.edu/gvu-graduate-s…
Azra Ismail
@azraism
May 18, 2023
Thrilled by this recognition, both for my research & nonprofit work! ❤️ This is really a collective result---with the incredible @MakerGhat team, the Tandem lab led by @nehakumar at @GeorgiaTech, & communities we've engaged with---health workers, educators, students, & more!!
Neha Kumar
@nehakumar
May 18, 2023
One more 🪶 in her 🧢. Congratulations @azraism on being on the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list for Social Impact! forbes.com/profile/azra-i…
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