Department Chair, Professor

Location

1877A IOE

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Education

• PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, ’98.
• MS in Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, ’92.
• BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, ’91

Teaching

The integration of business, engineering, and medicine and the development of interdisciplinary courses to teach students to use data and mathematical modeling to make better decisions.

Research Interests

Mathematical modeling of stochastic dynamic systems with emphasis on statistics and decision analysis as applied to health care, public health, education, and service environments.

Biography

Julie Simmons Ivy is a professor and the Chair of the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She was formerly a professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Fitts Faculty Fellow in Health Systems Engineering. She previously spent several years on the faculty of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also received her M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a focus on Operations Research at Georgia Tech. She is a President of the Health Systems Engineering Alliance (HSEA) Board of Directors. She is an active member of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Dr. Ivy served as the 2007 Chair (President) of the INFORMS Health Applications Society and the 2012 – 13 President for the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum. Her research interests are mathematical modeling of stochastic dynamic systems with an emphasis on statistics and decision analysis as applied to health care, public health, and humanitarian logistics. This research has made an impact on how researchers and practitioners address complex societal issues, such as health disparities, public health preparedness, hunger relief, student performance, and personalized medical decision-making and has been funded by CDC, NSF, Clinton Health Access Initiative, and the UNC Cancer Center.

Awards

• INFORMS Fellow, 2022.
• INFORMS Minority Issues Forum Fellow Award, 2021.
• INFORMS WORMS 2020 Women in OR/MS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS
• INFORMS DEI Ambassador, 2020, 2021