Dr. Mecit Can Emre Simsekler is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Khalifa University of Science and Technology. He is the founding director of the MSc in Health Systems Management program and holds visiting fellow appointments at Boston Children’s Hospital (a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School), University College London (UCL) School of Management, and ADIA Lab.
He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge, during which he was a visiting researcher at the Center for Medical Innovation System at the University of Tokyo and the Center for Patient Safety and Quality Research at Boston Children’s Hospital. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a Research Associate at the UCL School of Management.
Dr. Simsekler’s research focuses on health systems design and management to improve operational performance, patient safety, and risk-based decision-making. By leveraging business analytics, design thinking, and systems thinking, his work explores AI-driven digital transformation to build high-value, human-centered, and sustainable health systems. His current research explores the intersection of human and AI-driven technology adoption in healthcare, emphasizing usability and explainability for safe, inclusive implementation within sociotechnical health systems.