Research

My research sits at the intersection operations management and AI/ML for health-care delivery and the business of health, drawing on empirical research, causal inference, interpretable machine learning, and reinforcement learning to design, evaluate, and govern decision systems that improve access, quality, and cost.

Research Interests

• Operations Management · Healthcare Management · Health Analytics
• Empirical Research · Causal Inference · Machine Learning/Predictive Modeling · Sequential Decision-Making

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Publications

Multi-objective optimization of radiotherapy: distributed Q-learning and agent-based simulation
Jalalimanesh, A., Haghighi, H.S., Ahmadi, A., Hejazian, H., Soltani, M.
Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 29 (5): 1071–1086.

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Under Review

The Impact of Hospital Characteristics on Psychiatry Readmissions: A Mediation Framework
Hejazian, H., Kucukyazici, B., Nasiry, J., Verter, V., Frank, D.

• Major Revision at Health Care Management Science.
• Finalist, Graduate Student Presentation Competition (CORS Health Care Operational Research SIG)

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