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BE (Hons 1), PhD, FAIDH, FACMI, FIAHSI
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.
Farah’s research seeks to investigate the clinical safety and effectiveness of digital health and AI technologies. She is internationally recognised as a leader in this area, and has made major contributions to documenting the patient safety risks of digital health by examining safety events in Australia, the USA and England. Her work has shaped policy and practice including a new specification by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TS 20405) for the surveillance and analysis of safety events.
In 2015, she received the Sax Institute’s Research Action Award for the international impact of her research on policy and practice to improve digital health safety. She was twice identified as the national research leader in the field of Medical Informatics in 2018 and 2020 by the Australian; and is the third most highly rated Patient Safety expert in Australia across the years 2010-2021 according to expertscape. Farah was elected to Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics in 2020; and to Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics in 2021 which is one of the highest international honours in the field of biomedical and health informatics. She is an inaugural recipient of Telstra Health’s Brilliant Women in Digital Health award (2021).
Farah leads the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Digital Health's Safety research stream; is Co-chair of the Australian AI Alliance’s Working Group on safety, quality and ethics; Advisor to the Australian Digital Health Agency (2023-25); Co-chair of Medinfo, the 2023 World Congress for Medical Informatics; holds a Fellowship at the University of York with the Assuring Autonomy International Programme; is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2020-present); and is one of Australia's representatives on the OECD Global Partnership for AI (GPAI).
Research interests
Safety and effectiveness of digital health and artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for clinicians and consumers.
Research engagement
NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Digital Health
NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Digital Technology to Transform Chronic Disease Outcomes
Australian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH)
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
Education/Academic qualification
Biomedical Engineering, PhD, The University of New South Wales
Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bachelor, University of Auckland
External positions
Expert Advisory Group Diversity in Health and Medical Sciences Decadal Plan, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
Sept 2024 → …
Member, Technical Reference Group for SaMD and AI, Therapeutic Goods Administration
30 Jun 2024 → 1 Jul 2026
Advisor, Australian Digital Health Agency
2023 → …
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
2020 → …
Member, ITU/WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H)
2020 → …
Co-chair, Working Group on Safety, Quality and Ethics, Australian Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAAiH)
2019 → …
Co-chair, Working Group on Technology Assessment and Quality Development, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
2013 → 31 Dec 2022
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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AI advisories for health professionals
Magrabi, F., Coiera, E., Carter, S., Blakely, B., Aquino, Y. S. J., Fraile Navarro, D. & Liu, S.
24/02/25 → …
Project: Consultancy
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Evaluating AI-enabled clinical decision support (CDS) for a telephone helpline service and a consumer symptom checker
1/07/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Understanding health consumers’ needs during climate events
Rahimi Ardabili, H., Coiera, E., Brooke-Cowden, K., Magrabi, F. & Lau, A.
1/09/23 → 1/01/26
Project: Research
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Development of a novel digital clinical safety climate survey and improvement cycle for use in complex digital health settings
Magrabi, F., Blakely, B., Coiera, E., Irving, V. & Ling, J.
10/07/23 → 31/10/25
Project: Research
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2022 Partnership Projects PRC1: Improving the health system’s response when patients are harmed: a mixed-methods study
Hibbert, P., Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J., Magrabi, F., Mumford, V., Clay-Williams, R., Lingam, R., Salmon, P., Middleton, S., Roberts, C. M., Arnolda, G., Arya, D., Bradd, P., Sketcher, K. & Wang, Y.
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Healthdirect Triage Platform usability follow up study: second usability study report
Blakely, B. & Magrabi, F., Jan 2025, 14 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Safe and responsible AI in health services
Freeman, S., Wang, A. & Magrabi, F., 2025, 156 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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The future hospital in global health systems: the future hospital as an entity
Sebire, N. J., Adams, A., Arpiainen, L., Celi, L., Charlesworth, A., Gorgens, M., Gorsky, M., Magrabi, F., Nagasawa, Y., Onoka, C. & McKee, M., May 2025, In: International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 40, 3, p. 730-740 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Validating and updating GRASP: an evidence-based framework for grading and assessment of clinical predictive tools
Khalifa, M., Magrabi, F. & Gallego, B., Jan 2025, In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update. 7, p. 1-8 8 p., 100161.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Achieving large-scale clinician adoption of AI-enabled decision support
Scott, I. A., van der Vegt, A., Lane, P., McPhail, S. & Magrabi, F., 30 May 2024, In: BMJ Health and Care Informatics. 31, 1, p. 1-6 6 p., e100971.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Fellow of the Assuring Autonomy International Programme, University of York, United Kingdom
Magrabi, Farah (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Honorary award
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International Medical Informatics Association “IMIA Working Group of the Year Award 2014”
Georgiou, Andrew (Recipient) & Magrabi, Farah (Recipient), Sept 2015
Prize
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International Medical Informatics Association “IMIA Working Group of the Year Award 2015”
Georgiou, Andrew (Recipient) & Magrabi, Farah (Recipient), 28 Aug 2016
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Australia’s approach to AI enabled health services
Farah Magrabi (Speaker)
28 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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AI technologies in healthcare
Farah Magrabi (Speaker)
10 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Governance principles and ethical considerations
Patricia Mechael (Speaker), Farah Magrabi (Speaker) & Zoljargal Lkhagvajav (Speaker)
1 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Ensuring safe and responsible use of generative AI in health care.
Farah Magrabi (Speaker)
13 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Generative AI transforming healthcare
Farah Magrabi (Speaker)
26 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Press/Media
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Second opinion: Doctors split over letting AI diagnose patients
4/06/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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A new breed of AI is changing healthcare. But it comes with a warning.
29/04/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research