[1] She has an engineering diploma from École Centrale Paris, earned in 1984.
She completed a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1988,[2] supervised by Michael J.
[1] On completing her doctorate, she remained at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a faculty member.
[1] Carayon was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024 "for application of human factors engineering to health care systems to improve patient safety".
[3] She is also a member of the International Academy of Quality and Safety in Health Care (elected 2020), a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and a Fellow of the International Ergonomics Association.