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Researcher

Marzyeh Ghassemi

As of October 2026, Marzyeh Ghassemi is an associate professor at MIT, and her machine-learning work centers on health. She completed her PhD at MIT in 2017 and joined the University of Toronto as an assistant professor in 2018. In 2018 MIT Technology Review named her to its Innovators Under 35 list, and her machine-learning algorithms take diverse clinical data to predict how long patients will stay in the hospital. She joined MIT as an assistant professor in July 2021, and in 2025 she was among the MIT faculty named Sloan Research Fellows.

Works
335
Citations
21,104
h-index
58

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2017

    An MIT doctorate

    She completes her PhD at MIT in 2017.

  2. June 2018

    An Innovators Under 35 listing

    MIT Technology Review names her to its Innovators Under 35 list in 2018. Her machine-learning algorithms take diverse clinical data and predict how long patients will stay in the hospital.

  3. 2018

    Assistant professor in Toronto

    She joins the University of Toronto as an assistant professor in computer science and medicine in 2018.

  4. July 2021

    Joining MIT's faculty

    In July 2021, she joins MIT as an assistant professor in EECS and IMES.

  5. 2024

    An NSF CAREER Award

    She receives a 2024 NSF CAREER Award.

  6. July 2024

    The Germeshausen professorship

    MIT names her the Germeshausen Career Development Professor in July 2024.

  7. 2025

    A 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship

    She is among the MIT faculty named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows.

  8. As of October 2026

    Associate professor at MIT

    At MIT, she is an associate professor in electrical engineering and computer science.

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  1. MIT faculty, alumni named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows – MIT Jameel Clinic jclinic.mit.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. New U of T researcher named to magazine's 'Innovators under 35' list | University of Toronto utoronto.ca. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Marzyeh Ghassemi | MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Marzyeh Ghassemi | Healthy ML healthy-ml.csail.mit.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. The Department of EECS announces new Career Development chairs - MIT EECS eecs.mit.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. MIT faculty, alumni named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology news.mit.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.