Download Mark Van Oyen’s Curriculum Vitae (CV):
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Education
- B.S.E., Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 1986
- M.S.E., Electrical Engineering: Systems The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering: Systems The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1992
Influenced by Industrial and Operations Engineering at The University of Michigan.
INFORMS Service: INFORMS Subdivisions Council (2023-present)
Editorial Positions
- Management Science (Associate Editor 2018-present)
- INFORMS Service Operations (Editorial board or Assoc. Editor 2017-present);
- IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering (Associate Editor 2014-present)
- Naval Research Logistics – NRL (Associate Editor 2004-present)
- Operations Research – OR (Associate Editor 2000-2005)
- IIE Transactions (Associate Editor 2005-2012)
- Flexible Services and Manufacturing – FSM (Senior Editor 2006-09)
Honors and Awards (incl. selected awards to advisees as noted) underlining indicates students I advised or co-advised
- 2022 Finalist for Best Paper Award: College of Healthcare Operations Management, POMS “Contextual Learning and Online Convex Optimization: Theory with Applications to Chronic Diseases,” by advisee E. Keyvanshokooh and M. Zhalechian, C. Shi, M.P. Van Oyen, and P. Kazemian
- 2021 Finalist Best Student Paper Award, MSOM (INFORMS) 2021 INFORMS Conf. for “Contextual Learning with Online Convex Optimization: Theory and Applications to Chronic Diseases,” E. Keyvanshokooh, M. Zhalechian, C. Shi, M.P. Van Oyen, and P. Kazemian
- 2021 Finalist Best Student Paper Award, 2021 INFORMS Health Applications Society (HAS), for “Contextual Learning with Online Convex Optimization: Theory and Applications to Chronic Diseases,” E. Keyvanshokooh, M. Zhalechian, C. Shi, M.P. Van Oyen, and P. Kazemian
- 2020 Elected President of INFORMS Health Applications Society (HAS)
- 2021 Past President
- 2019 Vice President
- 2020 2nd Place, Student Paper Award. Decision Analysis Society (DAS – INFORMS), 2021 INFORMS Conf. for “Contextual Learning with Online Convex Optimization: Theory and Applications to Chronic Diseases,”E. Keyvanshokooh, M. Zhalechian, C. Shi, M.P. Van Oyen, and P. Kazemian
- 2019 Honor: Vinod Sahney Distinguished Lecture on Health Systems Innovation, Northeastern University
- 2019 Honorable mention, IISE Transactions journal best applications paper in operations engineering and analytics for “Surgery Scheduling with Recovery Resources,” Bam, M., B.T. Denton, and M.P. Van Oyen.
- 2016 1st Place, Best published paper in years (2013-2015), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) journal. Won by unanimous selection of over 30 of the journal’s editors for the best paper in the MSOM journal among all published in the prior three years (2013-2015): Saghafian, S., W. Hopp, M.P. Van Oyen, J.S. Desmond, and S. Kronick, Complexity-Augmented Triage: A Tool for Improving Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM), 16:3, (2014) 329-45.
- 2016 1st Place, Best Published Paper,Service Special Interest Group (SIG), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society of INFORMS
- 2015 1st Place, Best Paper Award, College of Healthcare Operations Management of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), for “Dynamic Personalized Monitoring and Treatment Control of Glaucoma,” P. Kazemian, J. Helm, Mariel Lavieri, Joshua Stein, Mark Van Oyen.
- Advisee Pooyan Kazemian also earned finalist standing in the 2015 IBM service science competition; plus, an earlier version was a Finalist in competition for Best student paper, Decision Analysis Society (DAS) of INFORMS at 2014 INFORMS Conference
- 2015 1st Place, INFORMS Best Poster Award to Maya Bam, (Co-author and academic co-advisor) for “Surgery Scheduling with Recovery Resources” for two competitions:
- Won the Interactive Poster Competition
- Won the Minority Issues Forum Poster Competition.
- 2013 Student 1st Prize, SMDM Lee Lusted award for Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments, Baltimore 2013, for “Comparison of Control Algorithms for Scheduling Testing Visits,” G.J. Schell, M.S. Lavieri, J.E. Helm, M.P. Van Oyen, D.C. Musch, and J.D. Stein.
- 2013 2nd Place Best Paper Award, POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), “Operational Planning Models with Service Pathways: Project Portfolio for Phase 1 Trials,” by J. Deglise-Hawkinson, B.J. Roessler, and M.P. Van Oyen.
- 2013 Honorable Mention (Finalist) for Best Student Paper Award: POMS Supply Chain College, “Compensating for Dynamic Supply Disruptions with Backup Flexibility,” by advisee S. Saghafian and M.P. Van Oyen.
- 2012 First prize, Best Student Paper Award, INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM)to Ph.D. student advisee Soroush Saghafian for “Complexity-Based Triage: A Tool for Improving Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency,” with Wallace Hopp, Mark Van Oyen, Jeffrey Desmond, and Steven Kronick.
- 2012 First prize: Doing Good with Good OR Prize, INFORMS Society, awarded to my PhD advisee, J. Helm, and G. Schell (mentored student) for the paper “Dynamic Monitoring of Chronic Disease” and related research performed jointly with Mariel Lavieri, Mark Van Oyen, and two members from the Kellogg Eye Institute, Joshua Stein, M.D. and David Musch.
- 2012 Finalist for Best Paper Award, College of Healthcare Operations Management of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), “Malaria Treatment Distribution in Developing World Health Systems and Application to Malawi,” Parvin, H., S. AhmadBeygi, J.E. Helm, P.S. Larson, and M.P. Van Oyen.
- 2011 Top 5 Finalist in the Doing Good with Good OR Prize, INFORMS Society, awarded to S. Saghafian for “Complexity-Based Triage: A Tool for Improving Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency,” co-authored with W.J. Hopp, M.P. Van Oyen, S. Kronick, and J. Desmond.
- 2011 1st Place, Best Paper Award, College of Healthcare Operations Management of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), “Design and Optimization Methods for Elective Hospital Admissions,” J.E. Helm and M.P. Van Oyen.
- 2011 2nd Place, Best Paper Award, College of Healthcare Operations Management of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), “Patient Streaming as a Mechanism for Improving Responsiveness in Emergency Departments,” S. Saghafian, W.J. Hopp, M.P. Van Oyen, J. Desmond, and S. Kronick.
- 2011 1st Prize, William Pierskalla INFORMS Award for best paper in healthcare management science, from the INFORMS Society in Nov. 2010 for “Patient Streaming as a Mechanism for Improving Responsiveness in Emergency Departments,” S. Saghafian, W.J. Hopp, M.P. Van Oyen, J. Desmond, and S. Kronick.
- 2009 Finalist, Best Paper Award, College of Supply Chain Management, POMS Society. “The Value of Flexible Backup Suppliers and Disruption Risk Information: Newsvendor Analyses with Recourse,” by S. Saghafian and M.P. Van Oyen.
- 2008 Department Award, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Michigan
- (Fall 2004 – Summer 2005) Honor: Selected and served as a Loyola University Chicago Faculty Mentor
- 2004 Elected Vice-chair ofDean’s Advisory (executive) Committee, Loyola School of Business Administration
- 2002 Researcher of the Year Award, Loyola University of Chicago, School of Business Administration.
- 2001 Finalist for INFORMSManufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Best Student Paper Award, paper co-authored with Ph.D. student Eylem Tekin and Wallace Hopp.
- 2001 Best Paper Award, IIE Transactions: Operations Engineering. E. Kim and M.P. Van Oyen, Finite-capacity multi-class production scheduling with setup times, IIE Transactions, 32:9, (2000) 807–818.
- 1997 Elected to INFORMS Applied Probability Council, served (1997 – 1999)
- 1997 ALCOA Manufacturing Systems Faculty Fellow (3 years)
- 1991 Graduate Fellowship, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 1991 Honor: Workshop leader, University of Michigan teaching assistant training · (Winter 1991) · (Fall 1991) · (Winter 1992)
- 1990 Commendation for excellence in teaching, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- (1987–1990) Regents Fellowship, University of Michigan
- 1986 Salutatorian (Rank 2 of 967) · H. Kok Memorial Award (1985)
- 1982 Honors in High School: Valedictorian · Harvard Book Award · Amer. Chemistry Soc. Award · 1st Prize, Economics Club of Grand Rapids Award of 1982, · 3rd Prize Economics Club of Grand Rapids Award 1981.
Selected Service and Outreach Activities
- Elected VP, President, & Past President, Board of INFORMS Health App’s. Society (HAS) (2018-2021). He led the organization of the annual meeting HAS cluster in 2019, generating 72 sponsored sessions and 330 talks
- Elected to the Applied Probability Society Council of INFORMS and organized the Applied Prob cluster for the annual conference.
- Director of EGL: Engineering Global Leadership Honors Program and the Engineering Global Leadership Honor Society (2005-2009)
- Tauber Institute
- Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS)
Professional Memberships
- INFORMS (Inst. for Operations Research and Management Science)
- IISE (Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineering)
- POMS (Production and Operations Management Society)