SHS Student Paper Competition

The Society for Health Systems is pleased to announce the Student Paper Competition. The winners present their projects at the annual SHS Conference.

The submission may include research projects, theoretical research, case studies, class projects, or any type of methodology in which IE skills were used or could be used to improve a healthcare related service, product, or process. The project should not be limited to patients; the process of patient flow can be affected by several aspects beyond the patient, i.e.; lab turnaround times, scheduling, etc.

Judging criteria will be based on originality and soundness; applicability; methodology; organization; and quality of the paper. 

The undergraduate and graduate winners of the student paper competition will receive a cash gift of $1,000 and an additional $500 for travel expenses.

Click here for submission instructions and application form.

Graduate Paper Award sponsored by Premier Inc. and presented by SHS

2012 Student Paper Competition winners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winner of the undergraduate competition:
"Consistent Detection of Cancer Biomarkers with Linear Models"
Eulisa Rivera, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 

Winner of the graduate competition:
"Dynamic Template Scheduling to Address Uncertainty in Complex Scheduling Problems: A Case Study on Chemotherapy Outpatient Scheduling"
Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, University of Toronto

2011 Student Paper Competition winners

 

 

 

 

 

Winner of the undergraduate competition:
"Improving Inpatient Discharge Process to Reduce Readmission"
Vanda Ametlli, Wayne State University

Winner of the graduate competition:
"Nurse Scheduling: From the Theoretical Modeling to Practical Resolution"
Martine Dagenais, Hocine Bouarab, Sophie Champalle, Nadia Lahrichi, Antoine Legrain and Mehdi Taobane, École Polytechnique de Montréal  

2010 Student Paper Competition winners

 
Winner of the undergraduate competition:
"A Decision Support Framework for Telemedicine Implementation in the Developing World"
Miekie Treurnicht, Stellenbosch University

Winner of the graduate competition:
"A Stochastic Dynamic Program for the Single-day Surgery Scheduling Problem"
William Herring, University of Maryland - College Park

2009 Student Paper Competition winners

Winner of the undergraduate competition:
"Optimization of Overtime Costs and Operating Room Utilization"
Ashley Wampler, Kristen Moore and Zach Adams, North Carolina State University

Winner of the graduate competition:
"Modeling Influenza Pandemic, Interventiuon Strategies and Food Distribution"
Ali Ekici, Georgia Institute of Technology

2008 Student Paper Competition winners

Winner of the undergraduate competition:
"Building a Consumer-Driven Healthcare System: Making Consumer-Driven Health Plans Effective"
Sarah I. Shacter, Georgia Institute of Technology       
  
Winner of the graduate competition:
"Catch-up Scheduling for Childhood Vaccination"
Faramroze G. Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology        

2007 Student Paper Competition winners

Winner of the undergraduate competition:
"Improving Patient Satisfaction in a Cancer Center"
Alison Wachs, Tennessee Technological University
  
Winner of the graduate competition:
"Determining Provider Scheduling Templates in Open Access Clinics"
Xiuli (Shelly) Qu, Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering