{"681043":{"#nid":"681043","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two ISyE PhD Students Win Awards at the 2025 Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo outstanding ISyE PhD students were honored for their research at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiactsa.org\/research\/cmdts\/statewide-conference\/2025.html\u0022\u003E2025 Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference\u003C\/a\u003E in Pine Mountain, Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference brings together researchers from across the southeast to present the best new health-related studies and build collaborative relationships. This year\u0027s conference celebrated the latest advancements in preclinical, clinical, implementation, and population-based research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the award winners at this year\u2019s conference were ISyE PhD students \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/meghan-meredith\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeghan Meredith\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E and Jingyu Li\u003C\/strong\u003E, who each showcased their recent research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeghan Meredith earned the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award\u003C\/strong\u003E for her research titled \u0022Identifying Regions that Are Vulnerable to Obstetric Unit Closures in Georgia Using Mathematical Optimization.\u0022 Meghan\u2019s study addressed the growing issue of rural hospital closures, particularly obstetric units, which make it harder for pregnant people in rural areas to access timely maternity care.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy using mathematical optimization models, Meghan identified which hospital closures would have the largest impacts on travel distances for rural populations and proposed ways the government could allocate subsidies to keep them open. Her research is crucial for ensuring better access to high-quality obstetric care, especially for those living in rural Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, \u003Cstrong\u003EJingyu won 1st Place Poster in Public Health\u003C\/strong\u003E for her project titled \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2025.02.14.25322280v1\u0022\u003E\u0022Examining Perinatal Regionalization in Practice: A Network Analysis of Maternal Transport in Georgia.\u0022\u003C\/a\u003E Her work focused on how maternal transport is coordinated in Georgia, particularly for women in rural areas who need to be transferred to hospitals that can provide appropriate care.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJingyu analyzed birth records from 2017 to 2022 to map out transport routes between obstetric facilities and discovered that transport rates were highest in certain rural areas, indicating limited access to proper care in those regions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer research also found that the state\u2019s designated perinatal regions didn\u2019t always align with how maternal transport actually occurs in practice. Jingyu suggested that redesigning these regions could improve access to the care pregnant people need.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth students were praised for their recent research, which tackles real-world problems in maternal healthcare in the state of Georgia. Meghan and Jingyu\u2019s research not only demonstrates their academic excellence but also their commitment to improving healthcare systems in Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir awards at the Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference highlight how researchers in ISyE are innovating to improve healthcare systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeghan and Jingyu are both advised by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/lauren-steimle\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Lauren Steimle\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, who is the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Early Career Professor in ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo outstanding ISyE PhD students were honored for their research at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiactsa.org\/research\/cmdts\/statewide-conference\/2025.html\u0022\u003E2025 Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference\u003C\/a\u003E in Pine Mountain, Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two ISyE PhD students awarded for public health and clinical research"}],"uid":"36284","created_gmt":"2025-03-10 16:27:16","changed_gmt":"2025-03-10 17:38:40","author":"chenriquez8","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-03-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676509":{"id":"676509","type":"image","title":"Jingyu Li and Meghan Meredith","body":null,"created":"1741628256","gmt_created":"2025-03-10 17:37:36","changed":"1741628256","gmt_changed":"2025-03-10 17:37:36","alt":"Jingyu Li and Meghan Meredith","file":{"fid":"260306","name":"J-M-Large-Medium.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/10\/J-M-Large-Medium.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/10\/J-M-Large-Medium.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":81226,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/10\/J-M-Large-Medium.jpeg?itok=euo_NUh6"}}},"media_ids":["676509"],"groups":[{"id":"1250","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)"},{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"193157","name":"Student Honors and Achievements"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}