Mohamad Soltani

Mohamad Soltani is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the Department of Accounting and Business Analytics, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta. He holds an Honorary Fellow appointment with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. His research focuses on data-driven analysis of healthcare and service operations, emphasizing policy-provider-patient interactions to improve healthcare efficiency and quality. His work has been published in top journals like Management Science and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM).

• Education: PhD in Operations Management (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020), MS and BS in Industrial Engineering (Amirkabir University of Technology and Isfahan University of Technology, Iran).

Research Interests: Empirical studies in service and healthcare operations, leveraging data analytics for systemic insights. Media appearances: CBC, Global News, CTV, and Edmonton Journal.

• Awards: POMS Healthcare Operations Best Paper (2020), POMS Behavioral Operations Runner-Up (2022).

Advising and Grants: No explicit student or grant details provided in the text. Focus on academic research and policy impact.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with interdisciplinary healthcare operations research through his dual appointments.