Pierskalla Best Paper Award
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2021 Winner(s)
- Hamsa Bastani, University of Pennsylvania
- Kimon Drakopoulos,
University of Southern California
- Vishal Gupta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jon Vlachogiannis,
AgentRisk
- Christos Hadjicristodoulou,
University of Thessaly
- Pagona Lagiou,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Gkikas Magiorkinis,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Dimitrios Paraskevis,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Sotirios Tsiodras,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - 4th Department of Internal Medicine
2021 Winner(s)
- Kyra Gan,
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
- Su Jia,
Carnegie Mellon University
- Andrew Li,
Carnegie Mellon University
- Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
Purpose of the Award
The Health Applications Society of INFORMS sponsors an annual competition for the Pierskalla Award, which recognizes research excellence in the field of health care management science. The award includes an honorarium for the best paper presented in a Health Applications Society sponsored session at the annual INFORMS conference. The award is named after Dr. William Pierskalla to recognize his contribution and dedication to improving health services delivery through operations research. Dr. Pierskalla is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Anderson School at UCLA and the Ronald A. Rosenfeld Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and serves as an editor on numerous operations research journals.
Application Process
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About the Award/Namesake

William P. Pierskalla, Ph.D., is the John E. Anderson Professor of Management and Former Dean of the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He is also the Ronald A. Rosenfeld Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He holds the A.B. in Economics and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University, an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh and a M.S. in statistics and a Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford University..
Past Awardees
Vishal Gupta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jon Vlachogiannis, AgentRisk
Christos Hadjicristodoulou, University of Thessaly
Pagona Lagiou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Gkikas Magiorkinis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dimitrios Paraskevis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Sotirios Tsiodras, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - 4th Department of Internal Medicine
Su Jia, Carnegie Mellon University
Andrew Li, Carnegie Mellon University
Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
Timothy Chan, University of Toronto
Yusuf Shalaby, University of Toronto
Maria Eberg, IQVIA
Katharina Forster, Ontario Health
Claire Holloway, Ontario Health
Luciano Ieraci, Ontario Health