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Inas S. Khayal, PhD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science

Department(s)
The Dartmouth Institute
Biomedical Data Science

Education
University of California, San Francisco, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.
Boston University, B.S.

Programs
Dartmouth Cancer Center
Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Websites
https://sustainablehealth.dartmouth.edu

Contact Information

One Medical Center Drive
Williamson Translational Research Building, Level 5
HB7251
Lebanon NH 03756

Office: 502 Williamson
Email: inas.khayal@dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Prof. Khayal is a highly interdisciplinary translational researcher focused on improving chronic disease health outcomes. Her current work addresses the reality of the multi-level interconnected systems we live in. She leads the Sustainable Health Lab focused on improving chronic care delivery using model-based systems engineering and data science to address health services research problems of implementation, quality measurement, improvement, health equity, and understanding organizational behavior. Her latest American Cancer Society (ACS) Health Equity and Access to Care Research Scholar Award addresses the siloed scientific approach to healthcare disparities to provide hospitals with actionable information and process tools to tailor bespoke solutions that reduce healthcare disparities in the context of local resources.

Grant Information

RSG-22-128-01-HOPS American Cancer Society
Role: PI
Title: Identifying hospital and patient social determinants of health factors from hospital‐level palliative and end‐of‐life cancer healthcare disparities

P01AG019783 NIH NIA (Barnato)
Role: Core Lead
Title: Causes and Consequences of Healthcare Efficiency in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

Levy Healthcare Delivery Incubator (Satcher)
Role: Co-Investigator
Title: Returning Home: Improving Post‐Incarceration Care Transitions

Courses Taught

QBS 192 Health Informatics
CS 89.17/189.17 Health Informatics
PH 109 Systems Thinking

Mentoring Information

Ph.D. Rotations
CS Senior Thesis
Interested students, please email Prof. Khayal and include your CV.


Selected Publications

 

Visualized shared mental modeling: an adapted practical framework for interdisciplinary teams solving complex problems in healthcare.
Satcher MF, Dees AL, Johnston JM, Farid AM, Khayal IS
BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Nov 13;25(1):1467. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-13588-7. Epub 2025 Nov 13.
PMID: 41233874

A Bayesian-driven approach to identify racial inequities in longitudinal care delivery.
Campbell AM, O'Malley AJ, Khayal IS
NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Nov 6;8(1):643. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-02001-6. Epub 2025 Nov 6.
PMID: 41198914

End-of-Life Cancer Care Interventions for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Populations in the USA: A Scoping Review.
Yee CJ, Penumudi A, Lewinson T, Khayal IS
Cancers (Basel). 2025 Jul 1;17(13) doi: 10.3390/cancers17132209. Epub 2025 Jul 1.
PMID: 40647507

Hidden figures underlying quality measures: revealing hidden racial inequalities in end-of-life cancer care delivery: a cohort study.
Khayal IS, Shin JJ, Brooks GA, Barnato AE, Akre ER, Lewinson T, Farid AM, O'Malley AJ
Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Jul;47:101135. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101135. Epub 2025 Jun 3.
PMID: 40529849

A Web-Based Peer Support Network to Help Care Partners of People With Serious Illness: Co-Design Study.
O'Donnell EA, Van Citters AD, Khayal IS, Wilson MM, Gustafson D, Barnato AE, Buccellato AC, Young C, Holthoff MM, Korsunskiy E, Tomlin SC, Cullinan AM, Steinbaugh AC, Hinson JJ, Johnson KR, Williams A, Thomson RM, Haines JM, Holmes AB, Bradley AD, Nelson EC, Kirkland KB
JMIR Hum Factors. 2024 May 8;11:e53194. doi: 10.2196/53194. Epub 2024 May 8.
PMID: 38717809

Organizational Intent, Organizational Structures, and Reviewer Mental Models Influence Mortality Review Processes.
Khayal IS, Butcher RL, McLeish CH, Shentu Y, Barnato AE
Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023 Dec;7(6):515-523. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2023.09.004. Epub 2023 Oct 29.
PMID: 37969423

Clinically informed machine learning elucidates the shape of hospice racial disparities within hospitals.
Khayal IS, O'Malley AJ, Barnato AE
NPJ Digit Med. 2023 Oct 12;6(1):190. doi: 10.1038/s41746-023-00925-5. Epub 2023 Oct 12.
PMID: 37828119

From measures to action: can integrating quality measures provide system-wide insights for quality improvement decision making?
Khayal IS, Sanz JT
BMJ Health Care Inform. 2023 Jun;30(1) doi: 10.1136/bmjhci-2023-100792.
PMID: 37399361

What is in the palliative care 'syringe'? A systems perspective.
Khayal IS, Barnato AE
Soc Sci Med. 2022 Jul;305:115069. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115069. Epub 2022 May 30.
PMID: 35691210

Development of dynamic health care delivery heatmaps for end-of-life cancer care: a cohort study.
Khayal IS, Brooks GA, Barnato AE
BMJ Open. 2022 May 19;12(5):e056328. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056328. Epub 2022 May 19.
PMID: 35589364

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