Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 5, 2004|Volume 33, Number 10

Kaplan honored with election
to the Institute of Medicine

Edward H. Kaplan, the William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Management Sciences at the School of Management and professor of public health at the School of Medicine, has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies.

Kaplan is one of 65 new members and five foreign associates of IOM. Established in 1970, the institute is one of four organizations that make up the National Academies. It serves as a national resource for independent research and recommendations on health issues. Its members make a commitment to devote a significant amount of volunteer time as members of IOM committees, which engage in a broad range of studies on health policy issues.

"Members are elected through a highly selective process that recognizes people who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care and public health," says Harvey V. Fineberg, IOM president.

Kaplan, only the second professor from the School of Management to be elected to IOM, is an operations research and statistics expert who studies problems in public policy and management. His recent research has focused on counterterror topics such as the tactical prevention of suicide bombings, bioterror preparedness and response logistics in the event of a smallpox or anthrax attack. These studies have influenced national and international bioterror policy, and his work on smallpox was awarded the 2003 Koopman Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Military Applications Society.

Kaplan also has conducted award-winning research that evaluates the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs, such as New Haven's now-famous needle exchange initiative, while developing new mathematical models for the study of HIV transmission and prevention. His honors include the 2002 INFORMS President's Award recognizing work that advances the welfare of society, the 1994 Lanchester Prize for best publications in the operations research literature, and the 1992 Franz Edelman Award for management science achievement.

In addition to IOM, Kaplan is an elected member of another arm of the National Academies, the National Academy of Engineering. He is one of only 27 people to be an elected member of both.

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