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Dr. Vera Tilson is an Associate Professor at the Simon Business School, University of Rochester, specializing in Healthcare Operations Management and Operations Management. Her research focuses on healthcare operations optimization, stochastic scheduling, and supply chain management. Prior to academia, she held roles as a software engineer and project manager in telecommunications, medical instrumentation, and finance.
Her teaching interests include quantitative decision-making and healthcare operations, for which she received the MBA Superior Teaching Award in 2009. Her work bridges academic research with practical applications, addressing challenges such as patient no-show management, medication waste reduction, and healthcare GPO strategies. She has published extensively in journals like Management Science, MSOM, and Operations Research.
Recent research explores emergency department workflow optimization, humanitarian supply chains, and real-time capacity management in healthcare settings. Her contributions highlight interdisciplinary approaches combining operations research, data science, and healthcare analytics.
