Jacqueline Griffin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Northeastern University
Biography
Jackie Griffin is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on applications of Operations Research, Optimization, and Simulation methodologies in designing, managing and operating resilient healthcare delivery systems, ranging from outpatient clinics to regional emergency response networks to global pharmaceutical supply chains. Currently, she leads a National Science Foundation-funded project focused on tackling the ongoing challenge of drug shortages in the United States through the analysis of analytical models of pharmaceutical supply chains. Additionally, she is involved in an AHRQ-funded project focusing on addressing diagnostic errors.
Additionally, she has partnered with many prominent healthcare organizations to examine new strategies for improving the design and operation of healthcare systems while accounting for the need to balance multiple system objectives in ensuring delivery of high-quality health care services. Her recent collaborations include organizations such as Tufts Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. Other past collaborators include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, DeKalb Medical Women’s Center, Emory University Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, and World Vision International.
She received her Ph.D. from the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Additionally, she completed her MS and BS degrees in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department at Lehigh University.