Maryam Zokaeinikoo

Maryam Zokaeinikoo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. She joined WSOM in 2021 after serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business and a Research Fellow at Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Institute. Her research focuses on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning applications in healthcare and finance, particularly for disease diagnosis and prediction.

• Education: Ph.D. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (2020), Pennsylvania State University

Her scholarship includes pioneering AI models for detecting Alzheimer’s disease, osteoarthritis, and COVID-19, published in top-tier journals like INFORMS Journal on Data Science and Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. At Weatherhead, she teaches data mining, visualization, and statistics courses with hands-on projects that enhance student engagement.

Dr. Zokaeinikoo’s publications demonstrate expertise in interpretable AI architectures, medical imaging analysis, and NLP. Her work spans both theoretical innovation and practical deployment in clinical and business contexts. She has mentored students into roles at leading tech firms.

Her research integrates interdisciplinary methodologies from operations management, biomedical informatics, and data science. Current projects likely extend AI applications to emerging healthcare challenges and financial systems optimization.