{"id":120,"date":"2020-12-08T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/healthcare2021\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2021-07-15T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:27:53","slug":"cluster-chairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/healthcare2021\/cluster-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cluster Chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-120\" data-postid=\"120\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-120 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_qfp0344 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_oz7y345 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_qahw208   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Committee&#8217;s Choice Clusters (Formerly Invited)<\/h2>\n<h3>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Health Systems Engineering and Health Analytics<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_x6vk435 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   transparent\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-x6vk435-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-x6vk435-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Description<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-x6vk435-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-x6vk435-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are complementary terms and concepts that refer to strategies and processes that enable organizations and systems to become more reflective of and responsive to the identities, values, and experiences of important stakeholder groups.\u00a0 This track features presentations that address DEI issues in healthcare settings using OR\/MS and analytics methods.\u00a0 Examples include but are not limited to quantifying and reducing health disparities, efforts to increase stakeholder engagement, and studies to improve social welfare and\/or wellbeing in communities. Emphasis is particularly placed on traditionally underrepresented and marginalized groups in the health care setting.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_sgbu76   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"mailto:memayorg@ncsu.edu\">Maria Mayorga<\/a>, North Carolina State University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:Michael.Johnson@umb.edu\">Michael Johnson<\/a>, University of Massachusetts \u2013 Boston<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Global Health and a Sustainable Planet<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_q60s531 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   transparent\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-q60s531-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-q60s531-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Description<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-q60s531-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-q60s531-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>This cluster focuses on problems associated with health and development of populations and the planet in the global context. Operations research and management science has an opportunity to play a significant role in this area due to the resource-limited nature and interdisciplinary challenges associated with many of these problems.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ngvb834   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"mailto:u1o@psu.edu\">Soundar Kumara<\/a>, Pennsylvania State University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jboutilier@wisc.edu\">Justin Boutilier<\/a>, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison<\/p>\n<h3>COVID-19 Epidemiological, Health Economics, and Outcomes Modeling<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_9m7l671 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   transparent\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-9m7l671-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-9m7l671-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Description<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-9m7l671-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-9m7l671-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>In this cluster, we will have 4 to 8 sessions focusing on health economics and outcomes modeling for COVID-19. This is a highly interdisciplinary cluster with contributors from IE\/OR, CS and Public Health communities, including but not limited to epidemic modeling, simulation, optimization, predictive analytics, and data-driven methods, etc.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3345753   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"mailto:liushan@uw.edu\">Shan Liu<\/a>, University of Washington<br \/><a href=\"mailto:ayer@isye.gatech.edu\">Turgay Ayer<\/a>, Georgia Institute of Technology<br \/><a href=\"mailto:qingpeng.zhang@cityu.edu.hk\">Qingpeng Zhang<\/a>, City University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n<h3>Mental Health and Substance Use as Public Health Crisis<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_i0hw197 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   transparent\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-i0hw197-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-i0hw197-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Description<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-i0hw197-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-i0hw197-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Mental health and substance misuse crisis (e.g., suicides, opioid overdose deaths, high-risk alcohol consumption) have surpassed cancer and cardiovascular diseases as the leading cause of disease burden nationally. This cluster calls for abstracts of research that utilize innovative modeling and analytic tools to inform public health policies, clinical decision making, and healthcare service delivery for combatting this public health crisis.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_o4m4579   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"mailto:q.chen@psu.edu\">Qiushi Chen<\/a>, Pennsylvania State University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jagchhatwal@mgh.harvard.edu\">Jagpreet Chhatwal<\/a>, Harvard University<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Causal Inference and Machine Learning Applied to Healthcare<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_xm6561 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   transparent\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-xm6561-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-xm6561-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Description<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-xm6561-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-xm6561-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>These sessions will discuss new methodological approaches to causal inference using econometric and machine learning techniques, as well as discussing applications of causal inference towards studying problems in health systems engineering.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_s44s602   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"mailto:bayati@stanford.edu\">Moshen Bayati<\/a>, Stanford University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:aaswani@berkeley.edu\">Anil Aswani<\/a>, University of California \u2013 Berkeley<\/p>\n<h3>Healthcare Logistics and Supply Chain Management during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_6gk2924 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   transparent\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-6gk2924-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-6gk2924-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Description<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-6gk2924-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-6gk2924-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>As has been shown repeatedly in the past year, effective healthcare delivery during the Covid-19 pandemic is intrinsically dependent on the underlying supply chain and logistics systems. This cluster focuses on OR\/MS and Analytics studies addressing the supply chain management challenges of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, supply chain system design, inventory, allocation policies, PPE and vaccine distribution, and the role of analytics and technology in healthcare delivery.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_plko506   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"mailto:ja.griffin@northeastern.edu\">Jacqueline Griffin<\/a>, Northeastern University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:rpmeie@rit.edu\">Ruben Proano<\/a>, Rochester Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<h3>Healthcare Operations Management<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_tl53145 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   transparent\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-tl53145-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-tl53145-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-fas-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-fas-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Description<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-tl53145-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-tl53145-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>The Healthcare Operations Management cluster highlights the effectiveness of operations management in improving patient outcomes by enhancing the processes and systems critical to the delivery of healthcare. To achieve that end, the cluster includes micro-, meso-, and macro-level research topics that address behavioral, incentive, and policy issues in the healthcare ecosystem. All research methodologies (behavioral, empirical, and theoretical) are welcome.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_w3qw919   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"mailto:shi178@purdue.edu\">Pengyi Shi<\/a>, Purdue University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:dai@jhu.edu\">Tinglong Dai<\/a>, Johns Hopkins University<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_zy7j519 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_o7z8520 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2xg975   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Sponsored Clusters<\/h2>\n<h3>Applied Probability<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"jing.dong@gsb.columbia.edu\">Jing Dong<\/a>, Columbia University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:dscheink@stanford.edu\">David Schienker<\/a>, Stanford University\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Healthcare Applications Society<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:memayorg@ncsu.edu\">Maria Mayorga<\/a>, North Carolina State University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:khojandi@utk.edu\">Anahita Khojandi<\/a>, University of Tennessee-Knoxville<\/p>\n<h3>Military and Security<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:nathaniel.bastian@westpoint.edu\">Nathaniel Bastian<\/a>, United States Military Academy<br \/><a href=\"mailto:phillip.jenkins@afit.edu\">Phillip Jenkins<\/a>, Air Force Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<h3>MSOM- Healthcare<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:soroush_saghafian@hks.harvard.edu\">Soroush Saghafian<\/a>, Harvard University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:vahuja@mail.smu.edu\">Vishal Ahuja<\/a>, Southern Methodist University<\/p>\n<h3>Public Sector OR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:yangmuer@stthomas.edu\">Muer Yang<\/a>, University of St. Thomas<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jboutilier@wisc.edu\">Justin Boutilier<\/a>, University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Committee&#8217;s Choice Clusters (Formerly Invited) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Health Systems Engineering and Health Analytics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001077,"featured_media":296,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-120","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - 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This is a highly interdisciplinary cluster with contributors from IE\/OR, CS and Public Health communities, including but not limited to epidemic modeling, simulation, optimization, predictive analytics, and data-driven methods, etc.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:liushan@uw.edu\">Shan Liu<\/a>, University of Washington<br \/><a href=\"mailto:ayer@isye.gatech.edu\">Turgay Ayer<\/a>, Georgia Institute of Technology<br \/><a href=\"mailto:qingpeng.zhang@cityu.edu.hk\">Qingpeng Zhang<\/a>, City University of Hong Kong<\/p> <h3>Mental Health and Substance Use as Public Health Crisis<\/h3>\n<ul><li><h4>Description<\/h4><p>Mental health and substance misuse crisis (e.g., suicides, opioid overdose deaths, high-risk alcohol consumption) have surpassed cancer and cardiovascular diseases as the leading cause of disease burden nationally. This cluster calls for abstracts of research that utilize innovative modeling and analytic tools to inform public health policies, clinical decision making, and healthcare service delivery for combatting this public health crisis.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:q.chen@psu.edu\">Qiushi Chen<\/a>, Pennsylvania State University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jagchhatwal@mgh.harvard.edu\">Jagpreet Chhatwal<\/a>, Harvard University<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <h3>Causal Inference and Machine Learning Applied to Healthcare<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul><li><h4>Description<\/h4><p>These sessions will discuss new methodological approaches to causal inference using econometric and machine learning techniques, as well as discussing applications of causal inference towards studying problems in health systems engineering.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:bayati@stanford.edu\">Moshen Bayati<\/a>, Stanford University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:aaswani@berkeley.edu\">Anil Aswani<\/a>, University of California \u2013 Berkeley<\/p> <h3>Healthcare Logistics and Supply Chain Management during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul><li><h4>Description<\/h4><p>As has been shown repeatedly in the past year, effective healthcare delivery during the Covid-19 pandemic is intrinsically dependent on the underlying supply chain and logistics systems. This cluster focuses on OR\/MS and Analytics studies addressing the supply chain management challenges of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, supply chain system design, inventory, allocation policies, PPE and vaccine distribution, and the role of analytics and technology in healthcare delivery.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ja.griffin@northeastern.edu\">Jacqueline Griffin<\/a>, Northeastern University<br \/><a href=\"mailto:rpmeie@rit.edu\">Ruben Proano<\/a>, Rochester Institute of Technology<\/p> <h3>Healthcare Operations Management<\/h3>\n<ul><li><h4>Description<\/h4><p>The Healthcare Operations Management cluster highlights the effectiveness of operations management in improving patient outcomes by enhancing the processes and systems critical to the delivery of healthcare. To achieve that end, the cluster includes micro-, meso-, and macro-level research topics that address behavioral, incentive, and policy issues in the healthcare ecosystem. 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