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ENGINEERING ACADEMY
The innovation in Aleman's work is that it takes operational research techniques
of industrial engineering and applies them to a new field-medical decision
making. While she is repurposing traditional techniques, the field of medical
knowledge is not used to this, leading to this odd status where neither group feels
totally comfortable claiming her research, and therefore, funding her research.
what is traditionally used by health
care officials. It kind of ends up that this
work ends up in a neither here nor there
area." The innovation in Aleman's work
is that it takes operational research
techniques of industrial engineering
and applies them to a new field-
medical decision making. While she is
repurposing traditional techniques, the
field of medical knowledge is not used
to this, leading to this odd status where
neither group feels totally comfortable
claiming her research, and therefore,
funding her research.
In addition to the interdisciplinary
funding struggle, there is also the
difficulty caused by trying to combine
different priorities. "Epidemiologists
tend to be very comfortable with the
methods that they have [...] I think part
of that is more so thinking about how
the disease is moving on a very high
level. They're not necessarily thinking
about the nuance of public policy."
While epidemiologists are thinking
on a high level, Aleman is hoping
that the deeper analysis provided by
her pandemic modeling can provide
specific evidence to help make public
policy changes aimed to stopping a
pandemic.
Despite the hesitance in some
areas, Aleman and her team continue
to do pioneering work that thinks
outside the box and can lead us out of
crisis like COVID-19. It's important to
remember in unstable times of the wide
impact engineers can have on society.
Aleman stands as an excellent example
of leadership in engineering, and how
rigorous, evidence-based thinking can
lead to wise policy decision making.
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