Dr. Balan’s primary research interests are in Data Mining and Business Analytics. She has co-authored a book titled Business Intelligence in Healthcare with IBM Watson Analytics. Dr. Balan was awarded the Most Promising Research Award by the College of Business and Economics at California State University-Los Angeles in August 2016. Dr. Balan is a recipient of several Business Intelligence and Analytics Education Grants and a recipient of the Microsoft Azure Research Grant Award. She is a recipient of the Research Grant Award from the Center for Research and Development at California State University-Los Angeles for her research in Healthcare Data Analytics for the academic years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017.