2022 Winner(s)
- Jiayi Lin,
Texas A&M University
- Hrayer Aprahamian, Texas A&M University
- George Golovko,
The University of Texas Medical Branch
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
Hrayer Aprahamian, Texas A&M University George Golovko, The University of Texas Medical Branch
Fanyin Zheng, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Joan Brown, Keck Medicine of USC
Wallace J. Hopp, Dept. of Industrial and Operations Engineering
University of Michigan
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