Improving Health Outcomes in Chronic Conditions by Expanding the Biomedical Engineering System Boundary

Inas Khayal, PhD
Dartmouth College

Abstract: Dr. Khayal is an interdisciplinary engineer dedicated to improving health outcomes for patients with chronic conditioons such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. In her talk, she will share her efforts to translate imaging and mobile technologies, and how these efforts led her to recognize the importance of considering the behavior of the healthcare system when integrating such technologies. Dr. Khayal will discuss her work in healthcare systems modeling, data science, and re-design. She will conclude by emphasizing the importance of integrated biomedical engineering design—not only focusing on the technology itself—but also on how it fits into the broader healthcare system and its behavior.

Biography: Dr. Inas Khayal is an Associate Professor at the Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy & Clinical Practice and Biomedical Data Science at the Geisel School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. Dr. Khayal earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Francisco. She also completed a certificate in Management of Technology from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.