npj Digital Medicine
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Trial emulation for validating the clinical efficacy of a foundational AI model in embryo selection
S. Rajendran, J. E. Malmsten, L. B. Arnal, and 4 more authors
npj Digital Medicine · 2026
Research Scientist
Suraj Rajendran
Computational biologist building AI for healthcare. I recently completed my Ph.D. at Weill Cornell Medicine, where I developed multimodal models for IVF and women's health, federated learning for clinical trial emulation, and NLP systems for medical data.
Now transitioning into industry research, pushing on foundation models for medicine.
Research Interests
Multimodal AI Women's Health & IVF Clinical Trial Emulation Federated Learning NLP in Medicine Deep Learning in Genomics
Featured Publications
Selected work.
Nature Communications
Featured
A foundational model for in vitro fertilization trained on 18 million time-lapse images
S. Rajendran, E. Rehani, W. Phu, and others
Nature Communications · 2025
Recent News
What's new.
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May 18, 2026
I successfully defended my Ph.D. in Computational Biology at Weill Cornell Medicine! Grateful for the support of my mentors, colleagues, and family throughout this journey.
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Apr 23, 2026
Our latest paper, “Trial emulation for validating the clinical efficacy of a foundational AI model in embryo selection,” is now published in npj Digital Medicine! Read it here.
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Jul 11, 2025
A project I’m very proud of, where we developed a foundation model for IVF, is out in Nature Communications! Check it out here.
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Jul 1, 2025
Our paper exploring the integration of federated learning with trial emulation was published in npj Digital Medicine! Check it out here.
Outreach & Service
Mentorship & equity in academia.
Work I'm proud of, beyond research.
Mentor · Since 2023
IMentor
Mentoring underprivileged high school students in NYC through the college application process.
Research Mentor
Lumiere Education
Guiding students exploring machine learning applications in healthcare.
Policy Lead
Equity & Access — Georgia Tech EPICS
Led a team that proposed policy changes for academic recognition of students with disabilities.
Winning Proposal
HHS “Giving=Living”
Led the winning proposal for the HHS public-health campaign to promote blood donations.
Get in touch
Always happy to chat.
Whether it's advice on grad school and fellowships, ideas to collaborate on, or anything in between — feel free to reach out.