We’re pleased to share that Lauren Steimle, the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Early Career Professor and Assistant Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), has been named co-lead of the Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence (Pillar 1) initiative within the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Technology Center (PTC) at Georgia Tech.

Steimle’s work applies operations research and machine learning to improve medical decision-making and advance population health, with a focus on maternal and child health. Her recent projects explore maternal healthcare access, prevention of severe maternal morbidity from cardiovascular conditions, and strategies to prevent and control poliovirus outbreaks.

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