Hossein Khalili

Dr. Hossein Khalili serves as Professor and Senior Associate Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), while also leading InterprofessionalResearch.Global as President and holding Distinguished Fellow status with the National Academies of Practice. His academic leadership spans global initiatives in transforming healthcare through interprofessional frameworks and collaborative practice models.

His educational foundation includes:

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
• Master of Science in Nursing (MScN)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Dr. Khalili's research revolutionizes interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) through his seminal Interprofessional Socialization and Dual Identity Framework, which addresses team-based care dynamics, patient engagement strategies, and healthy aging initiatives. His work systematically transforms healthcare delivery by integrating social determinants of health with clinical practice, emphasizing resilience engineering and equity-centered approaches. The framework has been adopted internationally to dismantle professional silos and foster collaborative healthcare ecosystems.

His extensive publication portfolio reveals a critical shift toward post-pandemic healthcare transformation, with recent works focusing on sustainable IPECP implementation, micro-credentialing systems, and payment model innovations. These publications collectively demonstrate how interprofessional approaches can rebuild healthcare infrastructure to withstand future crises while advancing health equity.

Dr. Khalili's scientific recognition includes:

• Global Interprofessional Collaboration Excellence Award
• AIHC Interprofessional Scholarship Award
• Ontario Nurse Educator Award
• Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice

He directs over $12 million in research funding across 30 projects, including the Global IPE Situational Analysis and InterprofessionalResearch.Global initiatives. His leadership in developing standardized assessment tools like the Dual Identity Scale (DIS) and Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (AITCS) has established new benchmarks for measuring collaborative practice. Current grant activities focus on healthcare payment reform and building pandemic-resilient systems through international coalitions.

As founder of InterprofessionalResearch.Global, Dr. Khalili coordinates multinational working groups that develop policy frameworks for healthcare transformation. His teams collaborate with the American and Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaboratives to advance the Interprofessional Socialization and Dual Identity Framework across 47 countries, driving implementation of standardized assessment tools and co-creating global best practices for post-COVID healthcare systems.