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AI: Cracking the Code of Drug Discovery:
Noor Shaker / Founder, Glamorous AI

Noor Shaker, a former computer scientist, is determined to contribute her expertise to society. She is now using AI to tackle and improve the expensive, time-consuming process of drug discovery.

Noor Shaker runs a company that has built an AI platform for drug discovery. Her team is tackling the drug discovery process, which currently takes over a decade and costs around 2.5 billion USD.
The compounds selected by Shaker's team using AI are already undergoing experiments at several medical research facilities.
Facing difficult life events led Shaker to decide to leave her assistant professor job as an AI specialist to start up a drug discovery company using her expertise.
Syrian, female, computer scientist, mother, entrepreneur, leader – Shaker's life has been filled with the breaking of stereotypes. She shares what it means to be a frontrunner and role model.

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