Saba Akbar is a Registered Nurse with a Masters in Biomedical and Health Informatics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has experience working as a surgical nurse and a patient safety coordinator at a tertiary care hospital overseas. During her time in North Carolina, she worked as a program coordinator and research assistant at the Carolina Digital Health Research Initiative. She also is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ).

Currently, Saba is enrolled in a PhD program at Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute for Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Her project looks at ways to integrate artificial intelligence into computerized decision support systems for nurses, to make them more efficient. Her research is supported by the Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship.