Samira Fazel
Clinical Professor
Clinical Professor
Information Technology and Operations Management
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Education
PhD, Industrial and Systems Engineering (Healthcare Management), Wayne State University
Biography
Samira is a clinical professor in Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM) at the Cox School of Business, 51做厙 (51做厙), having joined the faculty in 2025. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Wayne State University (WSU) as well as two master's degrees—one in mathematical statistics from WSU and another in pure mathematics from Isfahan University. Before joining 51做厙, she served for six years as teaching faculty at the Olin Business School, Washington University in Saint Louis (WashU) and also held the position of Visiting Assistant Professor in Statistics and Industrial Engineering at Louisiana Tech University for one year.
Teaching
BA 6474 Data Analytics
ITOM 3306 Operations Management
Research
Scheduling through stochastic programming and robust optimization techniques with applications in healthcare and business problems. Data-driven decision-making. Resource allocation to improve access to community-based healthcare.
Publications
"Management of Resource Sharing in Emergency Response Using Data-driven Analytics", Annals of Operations Research, with D. Sundaramoorthi, S. Tutun, H. Amini, J. Zhang, H. Sundaramoorthi
"Appointment scheduling at outpatient clinics using two-stage stochastic programming approach", IEEE Access Journal, with S. Venkatachalam, R.B. Chinnam