Nadia Lahrichi is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, where she holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics and Logistics (HANALOG). She serves as Deputy Director at CIRRELT and is an active member of multiple research centers including IVADO (Institute for Data Valorization) and the Interuniversity Research Center on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transport. Her research focuses on applying operational research and mathematical modeling techniques to healthcare systems, with particular emphasis on patient flow optimization, resource allocation, scheduling, and logistics. She has developed innovative approaches that integrate machine learning with traditional optimization methods to address complex healthcare challenges. Her work spans multiple healthcare domains including radiology, chemotherapy scheduling, emergency department operations, and pandemic response systems. Professor Lahrichi's publications demonstrate consistent growth in applying advanced analytics to healthcare problems, with recent work focusing on pandemic response systems (particularly related to COVID-19 testing in Nepal), integration of machine learning with optimization techniques, and resilience planning for healthcare systems. Her research bridges theoretical operations research with practical healthcare applications, resulting in tangible improvements to healthcare delivery systems. Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics and Logistics (HANALOG) Deputy Director at CIRRELT Member of CIRRELT (Interuniversity Research Center on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transport) Member of IVADO (Institute for Data Valorization) Professor Lahrichi has supervised an impressive number of graduate students throughout her career, including 5 PhD students and 34 Master's students, demonstrating her commitment to training the next generation of researchers in healthcare analytics. Her research has been supported by significant grants that have enabled large-scale projects addressing critical healthcare system challenges. She collaborates extensively with healthcare institutions to ensure her research has direct practical applications and impacts real-world healthcare delivery systems.






