The Health AI and Analytics Lab is a collaborative research group in the Department of Management Science and Engineering, dedicated to improving healthcare operations and medical decisions through AI and analytics. We develop models and decision tools that help healthcare systems allocate scarce resources, reduce wait times, improve access and equity, and support high-quality clinical and operational decisions. By integrating optimization, stochastic modelling, machine learning, and real world healthcare data, the lab translates analytical insights into practical policies that enhance system performance and patient outcomes, particularly in complex, capacity-constrained environments. Lab members work closely with healthcare providers across multiple sectors, with collaborations spanning acute‑care hospitals, cancer centres, rehabilitation centres, and community‑based providers, ensuring that solutions are designed for implementation and measurable impact.
News
Lab contributes to the 2025 HOpeR Summer School
Professor Houra Mahmoudzadeh and graduate student Rana Shirvai participated in the HOpeR Summer School 2025, hosted at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) from August 18–22, 2025. The program brought together researchers, graduate students, and healthcare professionals for training in healthcare operational research, machine learning, and healthcare systems optimization. Prof. Mahmoudzadeh delivered a plenary session titled “Optimizing Cancer Care: From Data to Decisions”, and Rana presented her research on inverse optimization for radiation therapy as part of the "This Is My Research" series.
Students won multiple awards at CORS 2025
Three of our lab's outstanding students earned recognitions at three different student paper competitions during the Canadian Operational Research Society's Annual Conference (CORS 2025) which was held in Edmonton.
Please join us in congratulating:
- Esma Agkun – Honourable Mention in the Health Care Operational Research (HCOR) SIG Student Paper Competition
- Mina Torabi Milani – Runner Up in the Gilbert Laporte Student Paper Award
- Larissa Troper – Honourable Mention in the CORS student paper competition - Undergraduate Category
Lab members compete in CHOM best paper competition
A paper co-authored by doctoral student Esma Agkun and Dr. Safa Erenay was selected as a finalist of the College of Healthcare Operations Management (CHOM) Best Paper Competition at the POMS 2025 conference held in Atlanta, GA. This paper was one of four finalists out of 55 paper submissions, and competed against other finalists from Colombia University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Miami University. Congratulations to all authors, who received the honourable mention certificate and award.