Overview
Dr. Arriel Benis is a researcher and educator working at the intersection of medical informatics, digital health, and artificial intelligence, advancing health systems and biomedical engineering innovation. His work leverages AI, data science, and knowledge management to improve health-related decision-making at the individual, population, and public health levels.
His research focuses on developing data-driven healthcare solutions that enhance patient care, optimize clinical processes, and promote sustainable systems. Dr. Benis has engineered (a) clinical decision support systems with direct patient and healthcare partitioners impact such as ADHD, PTSD, and diabetes patient management and health communication, (b) MIMO -the Medical Informatics and Digital Health Multilingual Ontology- integrating more than 3500 terms and concepts across 30+ languages, actively deployed in healthcare organizations for AI-powered training and international projects support, (c) smart home and smart city health monitoring approach from a One Health viewpoint. Dr. Benis is a pioneer of the One Digital Health framework, which strategically links digital health innovation with environmental monitoring.
His past academic positions include serving as a department head and track director in biomedical and health informatics. He holds various leadership roles in the international medical informatics community, is a fellow of the International Academy for Health Sciences Informatics, and is the Editor-in-Chief of JMIR Medical Informatics. Dr. Benis is committed to training the next generation of innovators in digital health and medical informatics.