Soroush Saghafian

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Soroush Saghafian
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Born
Iran
NationalityIranian
CitizenshipIran
Alma materSharif University of Technology
Occupation
  • Operations Research
  • Management Science

Soroush Saghafian is an Iranian-American academic, Operations Researcher, and a public policy professor at Harvard University.[1][2] Saghafian has developed and applied methods in Operations Research and Management Science to examine societal problems in healthcare.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Saghafian is the inventor of the concept of “Ambiguous Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (APOMDP)” in Operations Research.[9]

Education

Saghafian obtained an M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (2005) and M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan (2009). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (2012) Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Career

Saghafian is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, an associate faculty member at Harvard Ariadne Labs, and an adjunct faculty at the Mayo Clinic.[10][11] At Harvard, he teaches analytic tools for solving societal problems such as Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and Operations Management.[12][13] His work has appeared in various journals, including Management Science (journal), Operations Research (journal), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Journal of Economic Theory, INFORMS Journal On Optimizations, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, National Academy of Medicine, American Journal of Cardiology, Annals of Emergency Medicine, PLOS ONE, American J. of Emergency Medicine, and Journal of Emergency Medicine, among others. [14][15][16][17][18] He has served on the editorial board of Production and Operations Management, INFORMS Service Science, and IISE Transactions and as an associate editor or referee for Operations Research (journal), Management Science (journal), Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research Letters, Naval Research Logistics, and Production and Operations Management. Saghafian has received awards from the Operations Research and Management Science societies including Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Healthcare Applications Society Inaugural Mehrotra Research Excellence Award, given to a mid-career researcher for significant contributions to the practice of health applications through Operations Research and Management Science modeling and methodologies.[19][20][21][22] His research has been supported through the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Mayo Clinic.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Profiles Soroush Saghafian". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Soroush Saghafian Google Scholar". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Nadis, Steve (31 October 2017). "Cutting the lines in hospital emergency rooms". Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Anderton, Kate (11 December 2019). "Increasing transparency in the healthcare system may not be always better". Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Kilgore, Ashley (23 January 2020). "Working smarter, not harder, to improve healthcare transparency". Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Better". 21 December 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Making Information on Healthcare Quality Truly Useful". 22 November 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "New Research Explores on Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector". 16 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Saghafian, Soroush (20 August 2018). "Ambiguous partially observable Markov decision processes: Structural results and applications". Journal of Economic Theory. 178: 1–35. doi:10.1016/j.jet.2018.08.006. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Profiles Soroush Saghafian". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ariadne Labs Associate Faculty". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Harvard Kennedy School API-222: Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics". Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "HKS Elective Courses in Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences". Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences (MLD) at the Harvard Kennedy School. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  14. ↑ Saghafian, Wallace; Hopp (2 January 2020). "Can Public Reporting Cure Healthcare? The Role of Quality Transparency in Improving Patient–Provider Alignment" (PDF). Operations Research. 68: 1–307. doi:10.1287/opre.2019.1868. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  15. ↑ Saghafian, Soroush; Hopp, Wallace; Seyed, Iravani; Cheng, Yao; Diermeier, Daniel (20 February 2018). "Workload Management in Telemedical Physician Triage and Other Knowledge-Based Service Systems". Management Science. 64: 4967–5460. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2017.2905. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  16. ↑ Saghafian, Soroush (20 August 2018). "Ambiguous partially observable Markov decision processes: Structural results and applications". Journal of Economic Theory. 178: 1–35. doi:10.1016/j.jet.2018.08.006. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  17. ↑ Saghafian, Soroush (20 August 2018). "Ambiguous partially observable Markov decision processes: Structural results and applications". Journal of Economic Theory. 178: 1–35. doi:10.1016/j.jet.2018.08.006. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  18. ↑ Saghafian, Soroush; Hopp, Wallace J. (2019-10-15). "The Role of Quality Transparency in Healthcare: Challenges and Potential Solutions". National Academy of Medicine. Rochester, NY. SSRN 3470322. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  19. ↑ "Sanjay and Panna Mehrotra Research Excellence Award". Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  20. ↑ "Doing Good with Good OR - Student Paper Competition". Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  21. ↑ Capps, Rod (23 November 2016). "IOE team receives award for MSOM Society: Service SIG paper competition". Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  22. ↑ "Soroush Saghafian INFORMS Profile". Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  23. ↑ "NSF Award Search Data-Driven Management of Post-Transplant Medications". Retrieved 27 December 2020.

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