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Alumnus Ryan Chen speaks at IOE 101 Career Seminar Series
On Friday, September 29th, Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety (CHEPS) alumnus Ryan Chen participated in the Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) 101 Career Seminar Series hosted by the University of Michigan’s IOE Department. Having graduated from U-M in 2014 with dual degrees in IOE and Euphonium Performance, Chen told students and faculty about…
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CHEPS Fall 2023 Seminar Series: Max Li and Dana Habers
This week at the Providing Better Healthcare Through Systems Engineering Seminar Series, students, staff, faculty, clinicians, and community members had the opportunity to discuss the intersection of two distinct industries: pharmaceuticals and aerospace. Drones and privacy Max Li, PhD, MSSE is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Industrial and Operations Engineering at U-M. He…
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CHEPS Fall 2023 Seminar Series: Alexander T. Janke
Same series, new structure This year in U-M’s Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) 813 course, the Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety (CHEPS) is experimenting with a new format focused on enhancing innovation by leveraging resources across the University. Titled Providing Better Healthcare Through Systems Engineering and led by Professor Amy Cohn, this series…
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Cole Weber, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate
Cole Weber, a Biomedical Engineering student at U-M, muses on his motivation for working in healthcare, remaining true to himself, and the power of parental support. At birth, I almost killed my mom. During the fifty-six hour labor in a Wisconsin blizzard (once again, sorry Mom), she started to hemorrhage to the point where the…
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Summer Moments at CHEPS
Yueyun Xia, an Industrial and Operations Engineering student at U-M, reflects on her summer at CHEPS. Looking back at my time at CHEPS this past summer, all of the memories swirl in my head: my handwriting on the whiteboards for the optimization model, meetings with collaborators, lunch and learns…but there are a few special moments…
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University of Michigan’s Amy Cohn identified as top Chief Transformation Officer
According to Becker’s Hospital Review, Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety (CHEPS) Faculty Director Amy Cohn is one of 49 chief transformation officers to know in 2023. Becker’s explains that “Chief transformation officers inspire, model and implement lasting change at their organizations. Armed with problem-solving and leadership skills, these executives set the goals and…
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CHEPS Takes Toronto: Aparna Reddy’s Experience at the 2023 INFORMS Healthcare Conference
Aparna Reddy, a Public Health student at U-M, reflects on her experience traveling to Toronto, Canada to present her CHEPS research at the 2023 INFORMS Healthcare Conference. My name is Aparna Reddy, and I am a rising senior at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Last month I had the opportunity to attend…
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From Healthcare Novice to Healthcare Innovator
Maddy Heyer, a Computer Science and Engineering student at U-M, shares about what she has learned from her summer at CHEPS. “We had a young patient in critical condition today, but thankfully we got them stabilized.” “Creating this month’s schedule was such a headache.” “My feet are already aching and I have two more twelves…
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CHEPS alumnus publishes ureteroscopy irrigation research
CHEPS alumus and fourth-year medical school student Bassel Salka recently published a research article on irrigation practices during ureteroscopy (the process of looking into the ureters and kidneys using a camera) in Thereapeutic Advances in Urology. The article, titled “Under pressure: irrigation practice patterns during flexible ureteroscopy,” investigates the challenges of irrigation during these procedures and consults…
