Education
Ph.D. University of Southern California. Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering. Health Systems Engineering Lab – 2017
M.S. University of Southern California. Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Operations Research Engineering – 2016
M.S. University of Wisconsin – Madison. Industrial & Systems Engineering – Specialization in Health Systems Engineering – 2011
B.S. University of Wisconsin – Madison. Industrial & Systems Engineering – 2010
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor - Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, College of Engineering & Petroleum, Kuwait University 2017 – Present
Fellow - Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Center for International Affairs, Middle East Initiative, Harvard University, 2023 - Present
Fellow - London School of Economics and Political Science, Middle East Centre, 2019
Research Fellow - GeoHealth Lab in Dasman Diabetes Institute - Kuwait, 2021 - Present
Scholarship Fellow - Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, College of Engineering & Petroleum, Kuwait University 2013-2017
Student Research Fellow - Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, 2014
Teaching Assistant - Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, College of Engineering & Petroleum, Kuwait University, 2012
Professional Positions
Consultant - Office of the H.E. the Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Kuwait 2023 - Present
Consultant - Office of the Undersecretary of Planning at the Ministry of Health, Kuwait 2019 – 2020
Board Member - Porter Express Logistics Company – Kuwait 2021 – 2022
Consultant - Strategic Operations Department – Abyat Furniture Megastore Kuwait 2021 – 2022
Member - Temporary Committee of Food Waste at the Ministry of Commerce, Kuwait 2022
Research Grants
Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science CN2053MM01 “Team-Based Cancer Care in Kuwait – Assessing the Cancer Care Continuum” Principal Investigator. Co-Principal Investigators: Al-Refaie, W. (MedStar-Georgetown Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Washington DC, USA), and Alhuwail, D. (Kuwait University)
National Institutes of Health Grant R01 DA038608 - The University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice – Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs Research Team, Consultant
UK Medical Research Council Grant MR/R013454/1 - The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine working on COSMIC: Using Computer Modeling to Optimise the Design of Health System Programmes, Consultant
