Seminar Series

Dr. Inas Khayal is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Oncology, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Computer Science at Wayne State University, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy & Clinical Practice and Biomedical Data Science at Dartmouth College.  Previously, she held faculty appointments at Dartmouth College, the Masdar Institute, and was a Visiting Scholar at the MIT’s Media Lab.  Dr. Khayal earned her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley and UCSF and a certificate in Management of Technology from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.  Her research sits at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and data science, developing analytical approaches—grounded in hetero‑functional graph theory and a novel systems architecture—for computationally describing healthcare delivery behavior and (re)designing chronic‑care pathways. The work aims to align healthcare systems with the complex, evolving needs of patients and providers, improving both clinical and systemic outcomes.

In this talk, Dr. Khayal will describe her research journey integrating systems engineering, data science, and health‐services research to qualitatively and quantitatively model, measure, analyze, and (re)design chronic care delivery through a systemic lens that follows a patient’s full trajectory across the healthcare system. Illustrative examples—from behavioral health, oncology, and end-of-life care— demonstrate how systems engineering approaches can overcome current limitations in quality measurement, implementation, and health equity.