{"73307":{"#nid":"73307","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ayer Receives INFORMS Awards for Research in Breast Cancer Screening Policies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETurgay Ayer, assistant professor in the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), was honored with three awards\nduring the 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, November\n13-16, for his research in breast cancer screening policies. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAyer was chosen as the first place winner for the Doing\nGood with Good OR Competition for his project \u201cRedesigning the Breast Cancer\nScreening Policies.\u201d. Submissions for this award were expected to have a\nsignificant societal impact and include innovation through theory and creative\ncomputational methods. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor this project, Ayer researched the role of behavioral\nheterogeneity in women\u0027s adherence on optimal breast cancer screening\nrecommendations.. His research suggests that heterogeneity in women\u2019s adherence\nbehaviors should be explicitly considered in cancer screening recommendations. An\naccount of the award, citation, recipient, and qualifying service will be\npublished in \u003Cem\u003EOR\/MS Today\u003C\/em\u003E, the INFORMS\nmember magazine. Ayer will also be invited to submit a full paper to a future\nissue of an INFORMS journal, such as Operations Research or Interfaces. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAyer was also chosen as the second place winner among 74\nsubmissions in the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society\n(MSOM) Student Paper Competition for his paper \u201cA POMDP Approach to Personalize\nMammography Screening Policies.\u201d He was also selected as a finalist among 62\nsubmissions for the Decision Analysis Society Student Paper Competition. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis paper analyzed the potential risks, including high\nfalse-positive rates, which are involved in mammography as a mode for breast\ncancer screening. In contrast to prior research and existing guidelines which\nconsider population-based screening recommendations, Ayer proposes a\npersonalized mammography screening policy based on personal risk\ncharacteristics of women and their prior screening history. Ayer is invited to\nsubmit the abstract of his paper for publication in \u003Cem\u003EManufacturing \u0026amp; Service Operations Management\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAyer received a bachelor\u2019s in industrial engineering from\nSabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey and his master\u2019s and PhD degrees in\nindustrial and systems engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Ayer\nconducts research on stochastic modeling and optimization, with applications in\nmedical decision making, health policy, healthcare operations, service\noperations, and public policy.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETurgay Ayer, assistant professor in ISyE, was honored with three awards\nduring the 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting for his research in breast cancer screening policies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-02 15:58:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73308":{"id":"73308","type":"image","title":"Turgay Ayer","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36","alt":"Turgay Ayer","file":{"fid":"193747","name":"turgayayer_graybg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":285854,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg?itok=vSmt0QCV"}}},"media_ids":["73308"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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