Mashael Hobani studied Health Services and Hospitals Administration (HSHA) at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) and trained in the Total Quality Management Department at KAU Hospital. She subsequently worked in the Department of HSHA at KAU as a Teaching Assistant in 2010. Mashael gained her Master's degree in health policy from Long Island University with honors and the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence in 2015. She completed a PhD in Health Policy and Management at the University of York in 2022, a mixed methods study entitled ‘Patient-centredness in gestational diabetes mellitus healthcare services in Saudi Arabia—an exploration’. Mashael worked at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center and Duke University as a Research Assistant, in addition to many administrative and leadership jobs in the US, UK, and Saudi Arabia. As an Assistant Professor of Health Policy at KAU, her research interests focus on the impacts of health and social policies on health inequalities, and the effects and unintended consequences of quality improvement initiatives in healthcare.