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Professor Chaitra Gopalappa, PhD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Post-Doctoral

2012

Decision Sciences and Public Health

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Ph.D.

2010

Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Tapas K. Das

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

MS

2006

Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Tapas K. Das

Visveshwaraiah Technological University, India

BS

2002

Industrial Engineering
Work Experience

2014-present Honors Faculty and Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

2012-2014 Senior Modeler and Analyst, Center for Modeling and Policy Analysis, Futures Institute, Glastonbury, CT

2010-2012 Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Post-doctoral fellow, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA

Honors

2016- Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia fellow, National Academy of Sciences, December 2016

2011- Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

2010- Pierskalla Best Paper Award Finalist, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)

2009- Graduate Student Challenge Grant award for multidisciplinary research

2008- Summer researcher, Cancer Care Engineering project, Purdue University Funded by Regenstrief Foundation, Purdue University

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