{"66539":{"#nid":"66539","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Keskinocak Named Mello Professor in School of Industrial and Systems Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPinar Keskinocak,\nco-director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics within the H.\nMilton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech,\nhas been named the Joseph C. Mello Professor, effective July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Joseph C. Mello\nProfessorship was created through an endowment established by alumnus Mello (B.S.\nIE 1980) to support the work of an outstanding Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering faculty member whose work focuses on health care delivery\noperations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored to be named the\nJoseph C. Mello Professor,\u201d Keskinocak said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe opportunities to make a\ndifference in world health and humanitarian response are vast. Through this\nsupport, I, my colleagues, and our students, will be able to expand our reach\nand impact by pushing the boundaries of our research and education in this\nfield.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EKeskinocak\u2019s research\nfocuses on supply chain management, with an emphasis on resource allocation. She\nis actively engaged in research and applications in health care and\nhumanitarian logistics. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in industrial\nengineering from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, in 1991 and 1992, and a\nPh.D. in operations research from Carnegie Mellon University in 1997. Before\njoining Georgia Tech, she was with IBM\u0027s T.J. Watson Research Center in\nYorktown Heights, NY.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMello, who recently retired\nfrom his position as chief operating officer for DaVita, the largest independent\nprovider of dialysis services in the United States, has been a leader in the\nhealth care industry throughout his career. In addition to DaVita, Mello served\nin key management positions with MedPartners Inc. and Vivra Asthma \u0026amp;\nAllergy Inc.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EUnderstanding the need for\nincreased research and intellectual scholarship concerning the systems-based\napproach to health care delivery, the Mello\u2019s have generously supported\ninitiatives at Georgia Tech, including the establishment of the Mello\nProfessorship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0022I couldn\u0027t be\nmore pleased with the selection of Dr. Keskinocak as the Mello Professor,\u201d said\nMello.\u0026nbsp; \u201cHer work in humanitarian logistics, applying industrial\nengineering know-how to global health care concerns, integrates perfectly with\nthose issues that my wife, Ginny, and I are so committed to.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPinar Keskinocak,\nco-director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics within the H.\nMilton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech,\nhas been named the Joseph C. 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