About
Ania Korsunska is currently leading the ROADMAP project at the rare disease non profit Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN). The “ROADMAP” project is focused on helping support a medical innovation process called drug repurposing to become more data-driven and systematic, in order to get life-saving treatments to rare disease patients faster and cheaper than traditional drug development.
She is also a PhD candidate (ABD) in the Syracuse University iSchool’s Information Science and Technology program, on track to complete the dissertation by March and graduate May 2023. Her dissertation is focused on what obstacles stand in the way of nonprofit organizations in becoming true knowledge creation organizations, and what solutions can be implemented to make knowledge sharing more efficient.
Previously, she received an MA from the University of Chicago with a focus on medical sociology, tracking the development of mental health disorder labels over time. Her research is at the intersection of knowledge management and human-computer interaction, with a focus on improving the speed and efficiency of research projects by designing tools and identifying networks to help foster better data aggregation, evaluation of evidence, as well as faster collaboration.
Ania is committed to making an impact in the climate solutions space and, as part of a planned career shift, she completed the 2022 Climatebase Fellowship program to get up to speed on the latest in climate, meet other like-minded individuals and work on a Capstone project. The Capstone project evolved into an ongoing project called “Ripples”, a community-based tool designed to turn individual action into systemic changes to save the planet. This project strives to bring data-driven, actionable suggestions to people based on their personal passions and expertise to educate and promote action. During the Climatebase fellowship, everyone was encouraged to find the overlap between what they are good at, what brings them joy, and what they want to do in their career. Ania’s center and passion lie at organizing information into actionable plans to help make a direct impact on important issues and communities in need.
She has 5+ years of industry experience in various types of health communications and medical research, as well as 7+ years of academic research experience in her PhD and Master's work, in knowledge management, human-computer interaction, health communications, and misinformation tracing. She has skills in both qualitative and quantitative data analysis, network analysis, interviewing and design of various types. She is highly organized, multilingual, quick to learn, tech-savvy and a visual thinker, with the ability to manage/lead multiple projects simultaneously. She thrives in collaborative, flexible and supportive environments, where mission, learning and ownership are highly valued.
Most Recent Publications:
Korsunska, A., & Fajgenbaum, D. C. (2021). Back to the future: Utilizing novel technologies to repurpose treatments for the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus. Nature Machine Intelligence.
Rossini, P., Stromer-Galley, J., Korsunska, A. (2021) More than "Fake News"? The Media as a Malicious Gatekeeper and a Bully in the Discourse of Candidates in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections. Journal of Language and Politics Special Issue: Discourses of Fake News.
McKernan, B., Stromer-Galley,J., Korsunska, A., Bolden, S.E., Rossini, P., Hemsley, J. (2022). A Human-Centered Design Approach to Creating Tools to Help Journalists Monitor Digital Political Ads: Insights and Challenges. Digital Journalism, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2064321
Introne, J., Korsunska, A., Krsova, L., & Zhang, Z. (2020). Mapping the Narrative Ecosystem of Conspiracy Theories in Online Anti-Vaccination Discussions. International Conference on Social Media and Society, 184–192. https://doi.org/10.1145/3400806.3400828
Korsunska, A. (2019). The Spread and Mutation of Science Misinformation. In N. G. Taylor, C. Christian-Lamb, M. H. Martin, & B. Nardi (Eds.), Information in Contemporary Society (pp. 162–169). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15742-5_15
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