Abdullah Alibrahim

Dr. Abdullah Alibrahim is a Fellow at the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at Kuwait University. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California. 

Dr. Alibrahim's research bridges innovative engineering methods with healthcare challenges, focusing on system design and performance improvement. He employs Systems Engineering and Complexity Science approaches to address healthcare system financing, design, and operations. His work leverages computational simulation, advanced data analytics, and machine learning to inform healthcare policies and processes. 

As an advisor to the Minister of Health in Kuwait, Dr. Alibrahim contributes his expertise to national health policy. His research interests encompass healthcare policy analysis in Kuwait and the broader Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, with emphasis on policy discourse, implementation, and outcomes. He also conducts comparative assessments of healthcare financing and reforms across GCC countries, examining regional trends and challenges in healthcare system transformation. 

Dr. Alibrahim holds additional positions as a Research Fellow at the GeoHealth Lab in Dasman Diabetes Institute and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics. He collaborates with research teams at the University of Chicago and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, focusing on health disparities and systems improvement.