Rayan Ebnali Harari, PhD, Research Faculty Member
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Rayan E. Harari is a Faculty Member at Harvard Medical School, affiliated with several research groups including the Quantitative Musculoskeletal Imaging Group Research (Q-MIG), the Medical AI and Cognitive Engineering group, and the STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation at Mass General Brigham-Harvard Medical School. With a multidisciplinary foundation in Computer Science, Cognitive Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering, and Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dr. Harari’s research advances AI-driven clinical decision support, generative AI, medical imaging processing, computer vision, and wearable technologies for precision medicine and high-stakes healthcare applications. His work has resulted in over 50 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals such as JAMA Network Open (IF 13.5), Journal of Urology (IF 7.4), Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (IF 6.1), Accident Analysis & Prevention (IF 5.7), BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (IF 3.6), Transportation Research Part F (IF 3.5), Computers & Mathematics with Applications (IF 2.9), and Applied Ergonomics (IF 3.1). Additionally, he has delivered over 40 presentations at leading conferences, including CHI, MICCAI, HFES, STS, and IEEE events. These contributions in AI, augmented and virtual reality, multimodal data integration, and trustworthy, explainable AI (xAI) push the frontiers of AI’s role in enhancing clinical performance and resilience in challenging environments. Leading and collaborating on projects exceeding $6 million in funding—from NIH, NASA, DoD, NSF, and Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation —Dr. Harari has developed pioneering xAI and AI-AR solutions for real-time decision-making in complex settings, from hospitals to space missions and military operations. He is also the co-founder of several startups that focus on leveraging technology to solve critical healthcare challenges.