Presenter
Najmedin Meshkati
Biography
Dr. Najmedin Meshkati is a Professor of Civil/Environmental Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering; and International Relations at the University of Southern California (USC). For nearly forty years, he has been teaching and conducting research on risk reduction and reliability enhancement of safety-critical, complex technological systems, including nuclear power, aviation, petrochemical, healthcare, and transportation industries.
Dr. Meshkati was a Jefferson Science Fellow and a Senior Science and Engineering Advisor, Office of Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, US State Department, Washington, DC (2009-2010). He is an Associate (ex-Research Fellow) with the Project on Managing the Atom at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School; a Commissioner of The Joint Commission (a not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies thousands of healthcare organizations and programs in the United States and operates in many countries around the world); on the Governance Board of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation; a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board; and is on the FAA Expert Panel to conduct a congressionally-mandated review of Boeing. He was recognized by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) in 2022, as an inaugural “Titan of HFES”; he is an elected Fellow of the HFES; the 2015 recipient of the HFES highest award, the Arnold M. Small President’s Distinguished Service Award; and is the inaugural recipient of the Ernest Amory Codman Lectureship and Award from The Joint Commission.
Dr. Meshkati simultaneously received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a B.A. in Political Science in 1976, from Sharif (Arya-Mehr) University of Technology and Shahid Beheshti University (National University of Iran), respectively; a M.S. in Engineering Management in 1978; and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 1983 from USC. He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist.
Dr. Meshkati was a Jefferson Science Fellow and a Senior Science and Engineering Advisor, Office of Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, US State Department, Washington, DC (2009-2010). He is an Associate (ex-Research Fellow) with the Project on Managing the Atom at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School; a Commissioner of The Joint Commission (a not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies thousands of healthcare organizations and programs in the United States and operates in many countries around the world); on the Governance Board of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation; a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board; and is on the FAA Expert Panel to conduct a congressionally-mandated review of Boeing. He was recognized by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) in 2022, as an inaugural “Titan of HFES”; he is an elected Fellow of the HFES; the 2015 recipient of the HFES highest award, the Arnold M. Small President’s Distinguished Service Award; and is the inaugural recipient of the Ernest Amory Codman Lectureship and Award from The Joint Commission.
Dr. Meshkati simultaneously received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a B.A. in Political Science in 1976, from Sharif (Arya-Mehr) University of Technology and Shahid Beheshti University (National University of Iran), respectively; a M.S. in Engineering Management in 1978; and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 1983 from USC. He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist.
Presentations
Poster Presentation
Digital Health
Simulation and Education
Hospital Environments
Medical and Drug Delivery Devices
Patient Safety Research and Initiatives