Rakin is an M.D.-Ph.D. in a unique, multi-institutional '2-P-2' arrangement between Harvard, MIT and Dartmouth, currently in his final year at Dartmouth where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. Rakin graduated with a PhD in Biophysics at Harvard Medical School in May 2024 (in 3.5 years), having been inducted into Sigma Xi, where he was co-advised by Bruce Rosen [1] and Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer [2] in the QTIM lab at MIT and the MGH/HST Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. His dissertation was titled 'Generating Clinically Translatable AI Models for Cancer Diagnostics' at the intersection of computer science, biophysics, engineering, and medicine; his work resulted in multiple publications, presentations at national and international conferences, as well as several honors and awards [3], including the Mind, Brain. Behavior (MBB) Award.

Prior to starting his MD-PhD, Rakin studied Biomedical Engineering, Applied Math and Economics during his undergrad as a member of the Class of 2018 at Dartmouth on a full-ride scholarship, graduating with High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi and Magna Cum Laude, and took part in an exchange at the University of Oxford in the UK. His MD admittance, which he started straight through, was via the highly competitive Biomedical Engineering (BME) Early Assurance Program (EAP) as a college sophomore, which waived the MCAT and featured a single streamlined application with multiple interview rounds.

Rakin's clinical and research interests lie at the intersection of AI/deep learning, medicine, biomedical imaging and genomics. Rakin is broadly interested in addressing issues pertaining to AI deployment and model robustness (e.g., repeatability, generalizability), with a long-term goal of integrating deep learning (DL) into clinical workflows to augment the clinician, thereby potentially replacing costly, risky, and invasive tests. Rakin has explored these interests extensively via work and publications generated at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (where he worked with David Liu [4]), Massachusetts General Hospital, HST Martinos Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, among other institutions. Throughout his MD-PhD, in addition to his primary research mentors, Rakin has also collaborated with and/or career mentored by David Liu, Will Curry, Alan Garber, George Daley, Zak Kohane, Peter Lee, Curt Langlotz, Simon Powell, Charles Thomas, Dave Fuller and Anthony D'Amico.

Alongside his research, clinical and MD-PhD commitments, Rakin also holds a deep passion for residential advising, teaching and student engagement, which is reflected in the multiple residential and teaching roles that he has held throughout his undergraduate and MD-PhD years, including Resident Tutor, Fellow in Values Engagement (Intellectual Vitality Fellow), Proctor, Teaching Fellow, Resident Fellow, Residential Undergraduate Advisor, Live-In Advisor and Program Coordinator, as well as Pre-med, STEM and Senior Common Room (SCR) Advisor.