KOL Profile → Smart Brief

Build a useful KOL briefing note from publications, research themes, and recent scientific activity.

AI Pill #0111 min readKOL interviewsOpenAlexConsensusConnected Papers

This week's problem

A KOL bio is not a briefing. Teams need to know what the expert studies, how their work has evolved, where they may have a strong point of view, and which questions are worth asking. Copying titles from a CV does not get you there.

3 Useful AI Links

01OpenAlex

Explore an author’s works, coauthors, concepts, institutions, and publication history.

02Consensus

Search research questions and quickly inspect findings linked back to published papers.

03Connected Papers

Map related papers around a key publication to see the surrounding research cluster.

Workflow To Steal

KOL name + meeting objective
Confirm identity and core publication set
Cluster work into research themes
Identify recent shifts and likely perspectives
Create a focused brief with evidence-based questions

Copy-paste prompt

Create a KOL briefing note using only the verified information and publications I provide.

KOL: [Name, institution, specialty, and geography]
Meeting objective: [Objective]
Audience: [Internal team, client, interviewer, or speaker lead]
Verified source material: [Publications, profiles, abstracts, and notes]
Summarize the KOL’s three to five main research themes.
Show how those themes have changed over time.
Identify recent publications most relevant to our objective.
Distinguish documented positions from reasonable questions we still need to explore.
Draft eight tailored questions with one follow-up probe each.
Flag identity ambiguity, outdated affiliations, and unsupported assumptions.

Do not infer personal beliefs from publication titles alone.

Do not include private information.

Cite every substantive claim to the source provided.

Best for

KOL interviewsSpeaker prepMedical strategyResearch interviewsClient meetings

Verdict

The goal is not a longer KOL profile. It is a sharper conversation. AI can organize the public evidence, but it must not invent the person behind it.