With the beginning of the new academic year and students coming back to campus, UMass INFORMS is also back to coordinating many exciting events. On September 22, we hosted Dr. Hari Balasubramanian, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as our first guest speaker this academic year.
Professor Balasubramanian gave an insightful talk on the care interventions for patients with complexities in their medical condition and their social background, and the presentation was very impactful in terms of its relevance to the problem of availability and affordability of medical care for all. According to Dr. Balasubramanian, this research has directly resulted from the time he has spent collaborating with New Jersey’s Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers.
The attendance for Dr. Balasubramanian’s talk was quite significant, and even a student reporter from one of the local newspapers attended the event, with follow-up questions from Dr. Balasubramanian, Professor Nagurney, and the officers after the session to write a full coverage.
After the session, along with Dr. Balasubramanian and our advisor, Professor Anna Nagurney, we headed to the Commonwealth Restaurant at UMass Amherst for a delicious lunch with many exciting desserts.
Again, we are very thankful to Dr. Balasubramanian for accepting our invitation and for their insightful seminar. We would also like to thank all those who joined us for this seminar and those who supported us in organizing it.
UMass INFORMS will continue organizing many more exciting events this academic year, and we will continue covering all our activities in our blog.