EDWARD H. KAPLAN

EDWARD H. KAPLAN

EDWARD H. KAPLAN

William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Operations Research, Chemical & Environmental Engineering & Public Health
Yale University

Operations Research and Public Health
According to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, the mission of public health is to “…fulfill society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy.” Major public health activities include disease surveillance and environmental risk assessment to identify population health problems and priorities; the design and delivery of health promotion and disease prevention services; and the evaluation of public health programs. Both the epidemiological science underlying public health interventions and the day-to-day operations of public health services present exciting opportunities for the application of operations research and management. This talk will illustrate applications of operations research to public health problems, with results to the benefit of us all.