Dear colleagues,
The Center for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research (CHOIR) at the University of Twente announces the 24th talk in the ORAHS International Seminar Series.
The ORAHS International Seminars are planned monthly via MS Teams in the late afternoon (Europe), morning (US), or evening (Asia/Pacific).
Please save the date and register for this seminar here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/661e30d5-539a-4c09-b9f3-6c6428d9e6ec@723246a1-c3f5-43c5-acdc-43adb404ac4d
Our next speaker will be Professor Harwin de Vries. Harwin de Vries is Associate Professor at the Technology and Operations Management department at RSM. His research focuses on health & humanitarian logistics, with a particular focus on disaster relief logistics and the logistics behind enhancing access to essential medicines and health services in LMICs. Harwin has collaborated closely with more than twenty humanitarian/ health organizations, studying how key decisions in health/ humanitarian supply chains affect patients or beneficiaries and how they could be improved. Harwin won several prizes with his research, including the 2021 ERIM Award for Outstanding Performance by a Young Researcher and attracted several research grants, including the 2022 NWO VENI grant. Harwin published academic papers in leading scientific journals, including Production and Operations Management and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Harwin also serves on the board of the POMS College of Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management (HOCM). Before joining RSM, Harwin worked at INSEAD (France) as postdoctoral researcher and manager of the INSEAD Humanitarian Research Group. Harwin holds a PhD degree in Operations Research from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
On 28 January 2025, at 16:00 (CET), he will talk about “Enhancing Access to Family Planning Services: Challenges and Opportunities for OR”
More information about Harwin de Vries can be found here: https://www.rsm.nl/people/harwin-de-vries/
For more information about our seminar presentations, please follow this link:
https://www.utwente.nl/en/choir/research/ORAHS-International-Seminar-Series/
We look forward to seeing you soon and often in the ORAHS International Seminar Series.
CHOIR Group
University of Twente