Akhila Satish serves as the executive director of The Science Runway, a non-profit dedicated to empower the pursuit of scientific study among women, and currently is the CEO of Meseekna. Her career started in life sciences, working in research at the University of Michigan and the National Institutes of Health. Her published work includes papers in Nature and Human Genomics. Akhila also founded CyberDoctor, the first healthcare company to run a successful clinical trial on a digital therapeutic for diabetes. For her work on CyberDoctor, she was honored as a Rising Star at Health 2.0, a semifinalist in the Healthcare Innovation World Cup, and a Global Leader in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Center of Healthcare Innovation.