Dalal Khatib

Dalal is the Director of Brain Imaging Operations in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University and a PhD candidate in Medical Sociology. She provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for MRI-based neuroscience research across multiple labs and programs, supporting studies in both clinical and non-clinical populations. Her work bridges neuroscience research goals with rigorous, reproducible imaging execution, spanning protocol development and optimization (including spectroscopy, fMRI/DTI, and structural imaging), participant-centered scanning workflows, and end-to-end quality assurance. Dalal collaborates with principal investigators, trainees, and research teams to strengthen imaging infrastructure, standardize workflows, and support grant-funded projects from study planning through data acquisition. She mentors and trains interdisciplinary teams in neuroimaging methods, MRI safety, and data handling, and serves as a liaison who translates neuroscience study needs into imaging workflows, coordinating with the MR Core and investigators to support smooth, high-quality research operations.

 

In the lab, Dalal facilitates fMRI imaging for the BRAINS, SERENITY, and CALM studies.​