Farah Magrabi

Farah Magrabi is a Professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. She has a background in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering and is an expert in the design and evaluation of digital health and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for clinicians and consumers. She is currently investigating the safety and effectiveness of AI systems in real-world healthcare settings.

Professor Magrabi is internationally recognised as a leader in the safety of digital health and has made major contributions to documenting the patient safety risks of digital health and AI technologies. Her research has changed practice to detect IT risks to patients and has shaped policy to address digital health safety in Australia and overseas including a new specification by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TS 20405) for the surveillance and analysis of safety events. She is an inaugural recipient of the Sax Institute’s Research Action Award (2015) and Telstra Health’s Brilliant Women in Digital Health award (2021).