Presenter

Myrtede Alfred is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Toronto (U of T). She directs the Safety, Equity, & Design (SĒD) lab which conducts patient safety and health equity research and supports quality improvement initiatives at hospitals in Canada and the US. Dr. Alfred has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles, and her research has been funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She holds research appointments at multiple hospitals in Toronto, ON and serves on the editorial of several human factors journals. Dr. Alfred obtained her PhD in industrial engineering from Clemson University (2017).