Regina Barzilay is a School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT. Since 2018, she has been the AI Faculty Lead for the MIT Jameel Clinic and a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

She is a recipient of various awards including the 2017 MacArthur fellowship “Genius Grant”, an ACL fellowship, and an AAAI fellowship. In 2020, she was awarded the Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity. More recently, she has been recognized on the 2025 TIME100 AI List and awarded with the IEEE Frances E. Allen Medal for her development of innovative machine learning algorithms that have significantly advanced human language technology and transformed medical diagnostics and drug discovery, such as Mirai, Sybil, and the Boltz model series.