We are grateful to the 1966 graduates in industrial engineering (IndE 6T6), who are proud to support this scholarship to contribute to the development of industrial engineering expertise for the healthcare sector.
Recipients
Elnaz Ziad
PhD candidate
Award: 2026
Thesis topic: Enhancing care for geriatric cancer patients using artificial intelligence
Mahsa Zokaee
PhD candidate
Award: 2026
Thesis topic: Evidence-based workforce and capacity planning model for home-based palliative care in Canada
Tosin Akintunde
PhD candidate
Award: 2025
Thesis topic: understanding challenges and envisioning solutions to address racial disparities in black women and birthing persons’ maternal care within clinical systems
Myesha Senior
PhD candidate
Award: 2025
Thesis topic: equitable design of mental healthcare systems and technology for marginalized groups
Tselot Tessema
PhD candidate
Award: 2024
Thesis topic: design of automation for digital self-care interventions for patients with chronic heart failure
Faraz Khoshbakhtian
PhD 2025
Award: 2023
Thesis: Advanced machine learning techniques for survival analysis in medical data
Current position:
Applied Scientist II Intern, Amazon
Jangwon Park
PhD candidate
Award: 2023, 2022
Thesis topic: optimizing interfacility patient transfers to improve load imbalances in a network of hospitals
Erik Fredin
PhD candidate
Award: 2022
Thesis topic: tracking methods for a minimally-invasive surgical microrobot using endoscopic computer vision and magnetic hall sensors
Benjamin Kwan Hon Leung
PhD 2024
Award: 2021
Thesis: Geospatial analytics and mathematical optimization in prehospital resuscitation
Current position:
Fellow, Duke University
Benjamin Zhen Hong Tham
PhD 2024
Award: 2021
Thesis: Optimisation methods for advanced Gamma Knife radiosurgery treatment
Current position:
Senior Data Scientist, Canadian Tire Corp.
Hamed Shourabizadeh
PhD 2024
Award: 2020
Thesis: Advanced machine learning techniques for survival analysis in medical data
Current position:
Data Scientist, Manulife
Pooja Bhalerao
PhD 2023
Award: 2019
Thesis: Modeling supply and demand of general internists in Ontario
Current position:
Data Scientist, Sanofi
Bahram Mirani
PhD 2024
Award: 2019
Thesis: Recapitulating native tissue biaxial mechanical properties in tissue-engineered pulmonary valves to improve their hemodynamic function and tissue homeostasis
Current position:
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Justin Boutilier
PhD 2018
Award: 2018
Thesis: Emergency medical services response optimization
Current position:
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Christopher Sun
PhD 2019
Award: 2017
Thesis: Improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes and automated external defibrillator placement guidelines through optimization and predictive modeling
Current position:
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa