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Systems Modeling and Optimization

Malone researchers model and evaluate processes and systems related to health care. Working with clinicians, they aim to understand complex interactions between patients and caregivers, streamline hospital operations, enhance patient safety, and inform organizational strategies and policy-making.

Researchers

Narges Ahmidi

Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist

Maqbool Dada

Professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics

Anton Dahbura

Executive Director, Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute (JHUISI)

Richard Day

Director, Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Patient Safety and Quality, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety

James “Jim” Fackler

Director of Safety, Quality, and Logistics, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Kimia Ghobadi

John C. Malone Assistant Professor of Civil and Systems Engineering

Ayse P. Gurses

Director, Armstrong Institute Center for Health Care Human Factors

Jeremiah Hinson

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Scott Levin

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Diego A. Martinez

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Simon Mathews

Assistant Director, Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Bayview

Kathryn McDonald

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Systems, Quality, and Safety

Rajat Mittal

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Phillip Phan

Alonzo and Virginia Decker Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Aly T. Strauss

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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