News and Media Citations
Science Daily: July 11, 2011. Quick Test Can Predict Immune Responses to Flu Shots.
Nature Immunology: June 6, 2011. Systems biology of vaccination for seasonal influenza in humans
Nathaniel D Bastian was awarded a 2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He will be joining the Center as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Lee.
Nathan is a distinguished honor graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, earning a B.S. degree in engineering management with honors. While at West Point, he was selected as a Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Engineering to the Netherlands, where he earned a M.Sc. degree in econometrics and operations research at Maastricht University.
As a researcher at Center for Operations Research in Medicine and HealthCare, his primary research interests concern modeling and optimizing health service systems infrastructure. Particularly, Nathan seeks to develop and implement more effective decision-support systems for emergency medical and disaster response evacuation.
Dami Aladesanmi, a high-school intern to our center, was recently
awarded the Georgia Tech Presidential Award as an incoming freshman for Fall 2011. Dami is 16 years old and is currently a senior studying at the Center for Advanced Studies in Science, Math and Technology at Wheeler High School, in Marietta, GA. He is an aspiring doctor who is very interested in patient care, but also wants to engage in humanitarian work as well as research. He hopes to major in either Molecular Biology/Biochemistry or Biomedical Engineering. He is also curious about M.D./Ph.D opporunities. He enjoys chorus, his school's environmental club, and volunteering in middle school church service. He loves music, reading, writing, and surfing the Web.
Research Team Probes Cocaine, HIV/AIDS Drug Interactions. Eva Lee, professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and Healthcare, is leading the systems modeling and predictive analysis components of a study investigating the biochemical mechanisms behind cocaine and anti-retroviral drug interactions in mouse models of AIDS. Posted January 31, 2011, GT News Room.
The Emory Wheel: January 31, 2011. Cocaine, HIV Therapy Damages Heart, Study Says.
Dr. Eva K. Lee joins a highly integrated and interdisciplinary team conducting research in the newly established Center for Systems Vaccinology at Emory University. August 24, 2010
Dr. Lee was invited to profile some of her research projects in medicine and healthcare in ORMS Today. The article, which appeared in June 2010, was introduced by Peter Horner: "... Another ongoing story in the mainstream media is health care. If anything, the health care bill passed by Congress earlier this year only added fuel to the fire, and the hot topic of health care is sure to be an issue during the fall mid-term elections. However, as Eva Lee points out in her article "Advancing health care on multiple fronts" (page 20), Republicans and Democrats do agree on one thing: health care technology is crucial to improving any health care system."
Dr. Eva Lee was Interviewed by INFORMS, The Science of Better. "When physicians choose radiation to battle cancer and cancerous tumors, they are fighting not just in three dimensions but four -- they must take into account not only the shape and size of the cancer but also the fourth dimension of time in modeling treatment. Hear operations researcher Eva K. Lee, Director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and HealthCare at Georgia Tech explain how her O.R. innovations have helped create treatment plans that do a better job healing patients, avoiding radiation damage to healthy tissue, and saving a half billion dollars in related healthcare costs. And hear her reflect on improved homeland security modeling for biological events ranging from the outbreak of the H1N1 flu outbreak to bioterror attacks. By Barry List." Listen to Dr. Lee's interview.
Center graduate student, Amanda Mejia, was selected to receive the 2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The selection was based on outstanding abilities and accomplishments, as well as potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the U.S. science and engineering enterprise. Amanda is working on her PhD program under the supervision of Dr. Eva Lee. Part of her PhD research focuses on improving patient safety through medical alert management.
Georgia Tech Unveils Next Generation Software System to Aid Pandemic and Biowarfare Public Health Mass Dispensing and Emergency Planning Georgia Tech unveils next generation software system
The Division of Strategic National Stockpile in the Coordinating Offcie for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveils RealOpt-Regional, an interactive online software tool to aid in apportioning and dispensing medical countermeasures. DSNS releases of RealOpt-Regional
Sanford H1N1 vaccination event Michael Radke, Coordinator of the Cities Readiness Initiative at the Portland Public Health and Human Services, used RealOpt to design the H1N1 flu clinic for the October 24 Sanford clinic event. "Planning for vaccination can be very complex,' recalled Mike. "we were able to process 300 vaccinations an hour (many being pediatric that cried, screamed, ran, and otherwise didn't enjoy the process)." "RealOpt provides us with efficient layout and operations foundation, thus allowing us to focus on the customer satisfaction part. Integrating the two offer us smooth operations that in turn help promoting the public relationship." Mike concluded.
ISyE News at Georgia Tech (April 1, 2009) Early Detection in Human Cancer
News Releases at Emory University (January 13, 2009): "Rules for Gene Silencing in Cancer Cells Identified" Human cancers from breast and lung have a common pattern of genes vulnerable to silencing by DNA methylation, researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have found.
GT News: November 26, 2008 "Researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines" Study reveals how a highly successful vaccine triggers robust immune responses
Science Daily: November 24, 2008 "Strategy For Predicting Immunity Of Vaccines Developed"
2008 INFORMS Honors: "Center NIH Postoctoral Fellow, Kyungduck Cha, received the 2008 George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Honorable Mention"
INFORMS ANNUAL MEETING eNews DAILY: October 14, 2008. "Center Alumni Paul Brooks Wins Monday's Interactive Session"
The Buffalo News: September 22, 2008. "Drive-through vaccination effort a success in Amherst" 1,385 people receive A booster hepatitis, Eva K. Lee, director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and Healthcare at Georgia Institute of Technology, said Amherst's vaccination exercise was the first drive through event that administered a real vaccine to so many people ...
Media Newswire: August 15, 2008. "Enhancing Disaster and Medical Response"
NEWS ROOM at Georgia Tech: August 5, 2008. "Transforming Health Care on Multiple Fronts". The Whistle
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Mass Dispensing Work is profiled in OR/MS Today, Feb 2008. "Doing Good with Good O.R -- O.R.'s Do-Gooders. National Biodefense -- In Case of Emergency"
Dr. Eva K. Lee is part of a research team that has been awarded more than $31 million dollars over a five year period by Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), a consortium funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (September 2007) >> Read More
Edelman Winner 2007 O.R. in the O.R. Saving lives as well as money, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center earns the Edelman with breakthrough modeling and computational techniques for treating prostate cancer.
Edelman Winner 2007 Dr. Zaider's Summary Speech on operations research advances prostate cancer care
An interview by Alleen Lee from the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing "A Conversation with Dr. Eva Lee".
INFORMS News: May 1, 2007. "New Prostate Cancer Treatment Wins Operations Research Award for Memorial Sloan-Kettering".
Medical Imaging magazine: January 2007. "The Long and Short of Inverse Planning".
Research Team Probes Cocaine, HIV/AIDS Drug Interactions. Eva Lee, professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and Healthcare, is leading the systems modeling and predictive analysis components of a study investigating the biochemical mechanisms behind cocaine and anti-retroviral drug interactions in mouse models of AIDS. Posted January 31, 2011, GT News Room.
The Emory Wheel: January 31, 2011. Cocaine, HIV Therapy Damages Heart, Study Says.
Dr. Eva K. Lee joins a highly integrated and interdisciplinary team conducting research in the newly established Center for Systems Vaccinology at Emory University. August 24, 2010
Dr. Lee was invited to profile some of her research projects in medicine and healthcare in ORMS Today. The article, which appeared in June 2010, was introduced by Peter Horner: "... Another ongoing story in the mainstream media is health care. If anything, the health care bill passed by Congress earlier this year only added fuel to the fire, and the hot topic of health care is sure to be an issue during the fall mid-term elections. However, as Eva Lee points out in her article "Advancing health care on multiple fronts" (page 20), Republicans and Democrats do agree on one thing: health care technology is crucial to improving any health care system."
Dr. Eva Lee was Interviewed by INFORMS, The Science of Better. "When physicians choose radiation to battle cancer and cancerous tumors, they are fighting not just in three dimensions but four -- they must take into account not only the shape and size of the cancer but also the fourth dimension of time in modeling treatment. Hear operations researcher Eva K. Lee, Director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and HealthCare at Georgia Tech explain how her O.R. innovations have helped create treatment plans that do a better job healing patients, avoiding radiation damage to healthy tissue, and saving a half billion dollars in related healthcare costs. And hear her reflect on improved homeland security modeling for biological events ranging from the outbreak of the H1N1 flu outbreak to bioterror attacks. By Barry List." Listen to Dr. Lee's interview.
Georgia Tech Unveils Next Generation Software System to Aid Pandemic and Biowarfare Public Health Mass Dispensing and Emergency Planning Georgia Tech unveils next generation software system
The Division of Strategic National Stockpile in the Coordinating Offcie for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveils RealOpt-Regional, an interactive online software tool to aid in apportioning and dispensing medical countermeasures. DSNS releases of RealOpt-Regional
Sanford H1N1 vaccination event Michael Radke, Coordinator of the Cities Readiness Initiative at the Portland Public Health and Human Services, used RealOpt to design the H1N1 flu clinic for the October 24 Sanford clinic event. "Planning for vaccination can be very complex,' recalled Mike. "we were able to process 300 vaccinations an hour (many being pediatric that cried, screamed, ran, and otherwise didn't enjoy the process)." "RealOpt provides us with efficient layout and operations foundation, thus allowing us to focus on the customer satisfaction part. Integrating the two offer us smooth operations that in turn help promoting the public relationship." Mike concluded.
ISyE News at Georgia Tech (April 1, 2009) Early Detection in Human Cancer
News Releases at Emory University (January 13, 2009): "Rules for Gene Silencing in Cancer Cells Identified" Human cancers from breast and lung have a common pattern of genes vulnerable to silencing by DNA methylation, researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have found.
GT News: November 26, 2008 "Researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines" Study reveals how a highly successful vaccine triggers robust immune responses
Science Daily: November 24, 2008 "Strategy For Predicting Immunity Of Vaccines Developed"
2008 INFORMS Honors: "Center NIH Postoctoral Fellow, Kyungduck Cha, received the 2008 George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Honorable Mention"
INFORMS ANNUAL MEETING eNews DAILY: October 14, 2008. "Center Alumni Paul Brooks Wins Monday's Interactive Session"
The Buffalo News: September 22, 2008. "Drive-through vaccination effort a success in Amherst" 1,385 people receive A booster hepatitis, Eva K. Lee, director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and Healthcare at Georgia Institute of Technology, said Amherst's vaccination exercise was the first drive through event that administered a real vaccine to so many people ...
Media Newswire: August 15, 2008. "Enhancing Disaster and Medical Response"
NEWS ROOM at Georgia Tech: August 5, 2008. "Transforming Health Care on Multiple Fronts". The Whistle
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Mass Dispensing Work is profiled in OR/MS Today, Feb 2008. "Doing Good with Good O.R -- O.R.'s Do-Gooders. National Biodefense -- In Case of Emergency"
Dr. Eva K. Lee is part of a research team that has been awarded more than $31 million dollars over a five year period by Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), a consortium funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (September 2007) >> Read More
Edelman Winner 2007 O.R. in the O.R. Saving lives as well as money, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center earns the Edelman with breakthrough modeling and computational techniques for treating prostate cancer.
Edelman Winner 2007 Dr. Zaider's Summary Speech on operations research advances prostate cancer care
An interview by Alleen Lee from the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing "A Conversation with Dr. Eva Lee".
INFORMS News: May 1, 2007. "New Prostate Cancer Treatment Wins Operations Research Award for Memorial Sloan-Kettering".
- Dr. Eva K. Lee represented the AMS at the 12th annual Exhibition of the Coalition for National Science Funding(CNSF) held June 7, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC., "AMS Sponsors Exhibit on Disease Prediction and Treatment Design at Capitol Hill Exhibition".
Atlanta Business Chronicle: Apr 28, 2006. "Software helps to deal with disaster".
The Whistle: Apr 24, 2006. "Computer program helps governments plan for pandemic"
RxPG News:Apr 22, 2006. "RealOpt - Computer Program to Halt Pandemics".
The Community News: Aug 4 2005. "Fulton/DeKalb drill simulates anthrax crisis".
ABC TV and News Report: Mar 9 2005. "Technology Improves Prostate Cancer Treatment".
Diagnostic Imaging Magazine: Feb 2005. "Fusion of MR, ultrasound improves tumor target".
IE Magazine:Vol 37(2), Feb 2005. "Emergency Response System for Bioterrorism and Pandemic Diseases".
IIE Solutions: Feb 2005. "New tools help delineate the best response to a worst-case scenario".
State Health Watch: Jan 2005. "Software helps plan infectious illness treatment".
Diagnostic Imaging: Jan 10 2005. "Combined metabolic and therapeutic imaging improves tumor therapy".
The Whitaker Foundation Research Highlights: Dec 1 2004. "Combined Technologies Mean More Targeted Radiation Therapy".
All Business: Nov 2004. "Thwarting bioterrorism with simulation, computer program readies healthcare departments for infectious disease outbreaks".
Bioscience Innovations: Oct 2004. "Emergency treatment response for bioterrorism and infectious disease outbreak".
Discoveries & Breakthroughs Inside Science TV news segment (produced by the American Institute of Physics and American Mathematical Society): Oct 2004. "Curing Prostate Cancer". (18 MB video file -- 90-second TV news report broadcast through 2005 by subscribing local TV stations all over the United States. )
Medical Research News: Oct 2004. "Researchers bridge the gap between magnetic resonance spectroscopy and latest techniques for delivering precise doses of radiation to tumors".
PSA Rising: Oct 12 2004. Prostate Cancer Survivor News, Information, and Support, "New system for brachytherapy imaging translates improved diagnostic information to target radiation at tumors".
Medical News Today: Oct 2004. "New system translates improved diagnostic information to target radiation at tumors".
ScienceDaily: Oct 2004. "New system translates improved diagnostic information to target radiation at tumors".
Department of Homeland Security IAIP Directorate Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report: Sep 22 2004. "New Computer Program helps Health Departments Halt Outbreaks".
News-mediacl.net: Sep 20 2004. "New computer program helps health departments halt outbreaks".
AScribe: Sep 2004. "Georgia Tech Professor Designs Program to Help States Organize Bioterror Plans; Program Installed in Georgia and to Be Tested by Health Departments in Several States".
Optimizing Radiation Therapy: Software Applies Mathematics and Engineering Principles to Medicine July 7, 2004 "Target and Control Strategies to Battle Cancer".
Atlanta Business Chronicle's Health-Care Quarterly: Feb 2004. "Engineering Meets Biology in Tackling Tumors". (One of the three GT faculty members cited.)
Code Breakers in Cancer Research: Spring 2004 "Code Breaker".
New York Times: February 20, 2001. "Computerized Treatment May Help Prostate Cancer".
London Times: February 23, 2001. "Pinpoint radiation targets cancer of the prostate".
The Cancer Group Institute "Cancer Treatment Adds up".
The OncoLink Cancer News: February 21, 2001. "Brachytherapy for prostate cancer improved by computer model".
Urology Times: May 2001. "Real-time computer planning optimizes seed placement".
Optima (Mathematical Programming Society Newsletter):1999; 61: 1-10, feature article, EK Lee, RJ Gallagher, M Zaider, "Planning implants of radionuclides for the treatment of prostate cancer: an application of mixed integer programming".