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Yiwen Jin

Ph.D. Candidate | (He/Him/His)
Operations and Logistics Division, UBC Sauder School of Business
yiwen.jin@sauder.ubc.ca


About Me

Hello, and welcome to my website! I am a Ph.D. candidate in Management Science at the Operations and Logistics Division, UBC Sauder School of Business. I am actively on the 2023-2024 job market. My advisors are Yichuan Ding, Mahesh Nagarajan, Steven Shechter.

My primary areas of interest lie in healthcare operations management, data analytics, and behavioral queueing. I am passionate about leveraging data-driven methods to facilitate innovative solutions in the healthcare delivery process, from emergency departments to operating rooms. I have developed and applied empirical, behavioral queueing, optimization, and machine learning techniques with complex healthcare datasets. I aim to harness these tools to improve healthcare delivery and generate meaningful insights to inform better policy and decision-making in collaboration with frontline healthcare practitioners. My research has been acknowledged with the 2023 POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Award. I am also interested in company diversity, sustainability, supply chain management and open to other fields in operations management.

In the realm of teaching, I have a proven track record in delivering high-quality education, particularly in business analytics. My commitment to teaching excellence has been recognized through a strong evaluation score of 4.8/5.0 and the 2023 UBC Paul Chwelos Memorial Graduate Scholarship of Teaching Excellence. I am dedicated to fostering an active learning environment that inspires students and caters to diverse learning styles.

My CV can be found here.

Upcoming Talks in the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting

Research

    Papers Under Review

  1. [1]. The cost of task switching: Evidence from emergency departments
    Yiwen Jin, Yige Duan, Yichuan Ding, Mahesh Nagarajan, Garth Hunte
    under second round review at M&SOM, first round R&R
    -- Winner, 2023 POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Award
    -- Winner, 2021 Canadian Operational Research Society Healthcare SIG Best Paper in Statistical/Econometric Modelling
    -- Winner, The 18th International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management Best Paper Award
  2. [2]. Adaptive server behavior to deviations in schedules and its consequences: Evidence from operating rooms
    Yiwen Jin, Yichuan Ding, Steven Shechter, Jugpal Arneja
    Major revision at M&SOM
    -- Third Place, 2023 POMS International (China) Conference Best Student Paper Competition
    -- Finalist (Top 5), 2023 Canadian Operational Research Society Healthcare SIG Graduate Student Presentation Competition

    3. Accepted Papers

  3. [3]. High-risk plastic surgery: An analysis of 108,303 cases from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP)
    Wan, M., Zhang, J.X., Ding, Y., Jin, Y., Bedford, J., Nagarajan, M., Bucevska, M., Courtemanche, D.J. and Arneja, J.S.
    Plastic Surgery, 28(1), pp.57-66.
  4. [4]. Do microsurgical outcomes differ based on which specialty does the operation? A NSQIP analysis
    Zhang, J.X., Wan, M., Ding, Y., Jin, Y., Nagarajan, M., Courtemanche, D.J., Bedford, J. and Arneja, J.S.
    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 8(4).

    5. Working Papers

  5. [5]. Beyond tokenism: The impact of board ethnic diversity on supply chain diversification
    with Minjia Li, Jenny Li Zhang
    Manuscript ready
    -- Winner of $5,000 EDI Catalyst Grant of UBC Sauder School of Business
  6. [6]. Patient routing in emergency rooms: A polling system with switchover times and piecewise linear cost rate
    with Yichuan Ding, Mahesh Nagarajan
    In preparation
  7. [7]. Coping with nurse burnout: Key drivers and operational interventions
    with Steven Shechter, Yichuan Ding, Jugpal Arneja
    In preparation

Teaching

Instructor

Teaching Assistant of MBA and Master of Business Analytics

Conference Presentations

Awards and Grants

Services