Dr.
Ebru
Bish
Associate
Professor,
Industrial
and
Systems
Engineering
Virginia
Tech
Blacksburg,
VA
ebru@vt.edu
Abstract
Screening
for
diseases
is
an
important,
and
extensively
used,
public
health
tool;
early
detection
can
improve
clinical
outcomes
and/or
reduce
the
spread
of
infectious
diseases,
especially
for
diseases
that
have
slow
to
develop
and/or
initially
non-specific
symptoms
(e.g.,
AIDS,
Zika,
hepatitis).
A
major
challenge
in
public
health
screening
is
to
design
screening
policies
that
are
capable
of
accurately
classifying
subjects
in
a
large
population
with
limited
resources
and
imperfect
tests.
In
this
talk,
I
will
present
a
brief
overview
of
this
fascinating
research
area,
discuss
several
key
models
that
optimize
the
resource
allocation
decision
in
public
health
screening,
and
highlight
the
challenges
and
opportunities.
Biographical
Sketch
Dr.
Bish
is
an
Associate
Professor
in
the
Grado
Department
of
Industrial
and
Systems
Engineering
and
is
also
on
the
faculty
of
Health
Sciences
at
Virginia
Tech.
She
received
her
PhD
from
Northwestern
University,
and
her
MS
and
BS
degrees
from
Bogazici
University
in
Turkey.
Her
research
interests
focus
on
public
health
policy
and
health
implementation
science.
Dr.
Bish’s
research
activities
have
been
recognized
by
the
INFORMS
Pierskalla
Award
for
the
Best
Paper
in
Healthcare,
INFORMS
JFIG
Best
Paper
Award,
among
others;
and
two
of
her
PhD
students
are
the
most
recent
recipients
of
the
INFORMS
Bonder
Scholarship
in
Applied
Operations
Research
in
Health
Services,
in
2015
and
2016.
*Light
refreshments
will
be
served
at
12pm