Khalaf received her BS (Summa Cum Laude with Distinction) and MS (Honors) degrees from the Ohio State University, USA. She received her PhD, also from OSU, in Biomechanics/Computational Biomechanics, specializing in Biomaterials, and Dynamic modelling and control. She has held faculty appointments in Engineering and Medicine at several prestigious Universities including the University of Miami and the American University of Beirut, and currently serves as Associate Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi. She has numerous publications in the areas of Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Computational Biomechanics, biomaterials, and neuro musculoskeletal modelling and control. She is on the list of International Who Is Who of Professionals. She has been awarded various awards and honors including the prestigious National Merit Scholar. She is currently the chairperson of the UAE branch of IEEE, EMBS, in addition to her membership in several professional organizations. Khalaf received her BS (Summa Cum Laude with Distinction) and MS (Honors) degrees from the Ohio State University, USA. She received her PhD, also from OSU, in Biomechanics/Computational Biomechanics, specializing in Biomaterials, and Dynamic modelling and control. She has held faculty appointments in Engineering and Medicine at several prestigious Universities including the University of Miami and the American University of Beirut, and currently serves as Associate Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi. She has numerous publications in the areas of Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Computational Biomechanics, biomaterials, and neuro musculoskeletal modelling and control. She is on the list of International Who Is Who of Professionals. She has been awarded various awards and honors including the prestigious National Merit Scholar. She is currently the chairperson of the UAE branch of IEEE, EMBS, in addition to her membership in several professional organizations.

Engineering personalized medicine in the United Arab Emirates: Diabetes type 2 from diagnosis to therapy