Rochester Institute of Technology
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
81 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester,
NY
USA
14623
Biographical Sketch:
2008-2009, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2004-2008, Research Assistant, Simulation and Optimization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
2003-2004, Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Strengthening the supply chain of pediatric vaccines by applying operations research optimization models to problems affecting vaccine availability.
RELEVANT JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
• Jacobson S.H., Sewell E.C., Proano R.A. Analysis of the Pediatric Vaccine Supply
Shortage Problem, Health Care Management Science (2006) 9: 371-389.
• Jacobson S.H., Sewell E.C., Proano R.A., Jokela J., Stockpile levels for Pediatric
Vaccines: How much is enough?, Vaccine (2006) 24: 3530-3537
• Proano R.A., Jacobson S.H., Sewell E.C., Setting Pediatric Vaccines Stockpiles : A
Multi-Attribute Approach (submitted for publication)