{"62135":{"#nid":"62135","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Keskinocak, Team Win 2010 EURO Excellence in Practice Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter\nbeing selected as one of six finalists out of a pool of seventy-three\nsubmissions from all over the world, the paper titled \u201cCatch-Up Scheduling for Childhood Vaccination\u201d was\nawarded the 2010 EURO Excellence in Practice\nAward. The paper is co-authored by Pinar Keskinocak,\nwho is the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor in Industrial and Systems\nEngineering (ISyE), co-director in the\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003E Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics,\u003C\/a\u003E and associate director of\nresearch in the Health Systems Institute; former ISyE Ph.D.\nstudent Faramroze Engineer (DR IE 2009); and Dr. Larry Pickering from the CDC. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper\ndescribes the decision-support tool for constructing catch-up schedules\nfor childhood immunization. The\nweb-based tool creates a safe and effective catch-up schedule for any missed\nvaccinations to ensure that a child receives timely coverage\nagainst vaccine-preventable diseases. The catch-up scheduler is available for\nfree download from CDC\u2019s website \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/scheduler\/catchup.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/scheduler\/catchup.htm\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Keskinocak, \u201cour\napproach is unique in methodology, information, strategy, and advice it offers\nto the user.\u201d The tool is being advocated by the Centers for Disease Control\nand Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EKeskinocak presented the paper at\na special session of the EURO INFORMS 2010 conference in Lisbon, Portugal in\nJuly. EURO is the Association of\nEuropean Operational Research Societies\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ewithin IFORS,\nthe International Federation of\nOperational Research Societies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith\nthe goal of recognizing outstanding accomplishments in the practice of\noperations research, the Excellence in Practice Award is given based upon scientific quality; relevance to operational research; originality\nin methodology, implementations and\/ or field of application; a real impact to\npractice; and appreciation by the organization involved with the application. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter\nbeing selected as one of six finalists out of a pool of seventy-three\nsubmissions from all over the world, the paper titled \u201cCatch-Up Scheduling for Childhood Vaccination\u201d was\nawarded the 2010 EURO Excellence in Practice\nAward. The paper is co-authored by Pinar Keskinocak,\nwho is the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor in Industrial and Systems\nEngineering (ISyE), co-director in the Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics, and associate director of\nresearch in the Health Systems Institute; former ISyE Ph.D.\nstudent Faramroze Engineer (DR IE 2009); and Dr. Larry Pickering from the CDC.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Keskinocak, Team Win 2010 EURO Excellence in Practice Award"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2010-10-13 13:58:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:34","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60112":{"id":"60112","type":"image","title":"(From left to right) Pinar Keskinocak, Faramroze Engineer, and Larry Pickering","body":null,"created":"1449176253","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:33","changed":"1475894520","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:00","alt":"(From left to right) Pinar Keskinocak, Faramroze Engineer, and Larry Pickering","file":{"fid":"191055","name":"EURO_AWARD_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EURO_AWARD_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EURO_AWARD_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":729095,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EURO_AWARD_0_0.jpg?itok=UhkfC6nT"}}},"media_ids":["60112"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10956","name":"Catch-Up Scheduling"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"10957","name":"Health and Humanitarian Logistcis"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1239","name":"Pinar Keskinocak"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}