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Amazon AWS Impact Computing Project at PIAS Lab:
Harvard Data Science Interview with Soroush Saghafian.
Interview with Richard Zeckhauser and Soroush Saghafian: on YouTube
Interview with Soroush Saghafian on his book, Insight-Driven Problem-Solving: Analytic Science to Improve the World
Move Fast and heal things? AI tests regulation and medicines cautious culture, Straight Arrow News interview with Soroush Saghafian, February 23, 2026
Solving “Wicked Problems” with Analytic Science, a conversation with Prof. Soroush Saghafian and Alessandra Seiter on Behind the Book
Interview with Harvard Crimson, Harvard Medical School Licenses Consumer Health Content to Microsoft for AI use in New Deal:
Interview with Fast Company on Using AI for Public Impact: Insights from Dr. Soroush Saghafian. Five takeaways from an AI pioneer about its potential impact in healthcare
Large Grant: Harvard Kennedy School Public Impact Analytics Science Lab Receives $3 Million From DOD [Harvard Crimson]
Interview with PolicyCast on the role of data analysis and intelligent policy design in healthcare:
TV interview on societal implications of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models
TV interview on the impact of hospital closures
Interview with Harvard Gazette on the 70-year study of mortality gaps between Black and white Americans
Soroush Saghafian interview with NPR/WBUR on the 70-year study of mortality gaps [NPR/WBUR]
Interview with the Korean Newspaper, Chosun Ilbo: Medical disparities by region and income can be reduced through AI
Soroush Saghafian on the Impact of Hospital Closures: Hospital Closures Mean More Than Just the Loss of Access to Medical Care
Soroush Saghafian’s work on health disparities: Black Americans twice as likely to die during childhood as whites [U.S. News]
Soroush Saghafian’s work on vertical integration in medicine: Study Finds Vertical Integration in Medicine is Leading to Higher Costs and Worse Health Outcomes
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Vertical Integration is Hurting Healthcare
Soroush Saghafian’s work on health disparities: More Black babies are dying than white infants. Scientists are blaming healthcare inequality [The Independent]
Soroush Saghafian’s work on health disparities: Black Americans twice as likely to die during childhood as whites, research reveals [Medical Press]
Soroush Saghafian’s work on health disparities: More babies are being admitted to NICUs in Indiana: CDC data brief [NPR Indianapolis]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Can AI be a Better Doctor?
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Transforming FDA Clearance: How AI and Human Insight Can Improve Medical Device Safety [Devdiscourse.com]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: From Centaurs to Cyborgs: Our Evolving Relationship with Generative AI
Soroush Saghafian’s work: The Next Frontier of Education: From Ivy Halls to Algorithmic Futures [Education.com]
Soroush Saghafian: Making AI Impactful in Healthcare and Public Policy
Soroush Saghafian: A Human-Algorithm Approach to Approving Medical Devices Could Slash the Recall Rate and Save Billions
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Fitbit Data Accurately Predicts Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Should Race be Used in Determining Risk for Disease? Yes. And No
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Hospitals Swallowing Independent Practices Found to Lead to Higher Costs, Worse Patient Health Outcomes [Medical Xpress]
Soroush Saghafian’s work on hospital closures: Decades after Historic Black Hospital Closes, Former Nurses Fight to Keep the Memory Alive [PBS NewsHour]
Soroush Saghafian’s work on hospital closures: Atlanta’s Health Care System Is Strained by Major Hospital’s Closing, Doctors and Patients Say [NBC News]
Soroush Saghafian’s work on hospital closures: Patients and staff criticize state’s plan to close beloved children’s hospital in Canton [Boston Globe]
Soroush Saghafian’s work on hospital closures: How Five Doctors Recovered After Hospital Closures [Medscape]
Saghafian’s PIAS-Lab Receives DOD Award
Soroush Saghafian’s work on hospital closures: How Do Hospital Closures Impact Patient Care?
Soroush Saghafian’s work on hospital closures: After a Year, Questions Remain on Atlanta Medical Center’s Closure [The Atlanta Journal Consitution]
Interview with Euronews: AI May Help to Predict How Patients Respond to Antidepressant Treatment [Euronews]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Integration among Healthcare Providers Is Not All it’s Cracked Up To Be [DOTmed]
Q&A with Soroush Saghafian: Big Data and Machine Learning can Usher in a New Era of Policymaking
Interview with GrowthPolicy: Soroush Saghafian on Public Impact through Intelligent Policy Design
Soroush Saghafian’s Interview with INFORMS: the role of OR/MS and Machine Learning in Healthcare Analytics and Policy Planning, and their Impact on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Soroush Saghafian on ChatGPT, Cheating, and the Future of Education [Harvard Crimson Magazine]
Soroush Saghafian on Optimizing Mobile Health (mHealth) Interventions in the National Academy of Medicine
Soroush Saghafian Awarded INFORMS Young Scholar prize
Soroush Sahgfain Awarded INFORMS Prize
Soroush Saghafian’s work on COVID-19 policies: Soroush Saghafian Provides the Quantitative Data and Analytic Model to Help States Weigh the Health Gains and Economic Burdens of Intervention Policie
Soroush Saghafian’s work on COVID-19 policies: Soroush Saghafian Analyzes Coronavirus Policy Options for the Government of Bahrain
Soroush Saghafian’s work on How the Public Sector and Civil Society Can Respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Soroush Saghafian’s Op-Ed: Why Health Care Transparency is Complicated and How It Can be Fixed [The Hill]
Soroush Sahgfain Lunches the Public Impact Analytics Science Lab (PIAS-Lab)
Soroush Saghafian’s Interview with INFORMS on Healthcare Transparency
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Cutting ER Lines via Tele-Triage
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Improving Quality Transparency in Healthcare [National Academy of Medicine]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare System May Not Be Always Better [www.news-medical.net]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Bette [INFORMS]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: New Research Explores on Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector [Industry Global News 24]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Bette [Global Health News Wire]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Bette [EurekAlert; American Association for the Advancement of Science]
Soroush Saghafian’s work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Bette [Managed Healthcare Executives]
Soroush Saghafian’s research paper received the POMS (Production and Operations Management Society) 2019 College of Healthcare Best Paper Award (first place)
Soroush Saghafian has been awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study new data-driven ways of medication management (Award Abstract)
Soroush Saghafian’s research paper received the INFORMS Public Sector Best Paper Award (second place)
Soroush Saghafian’s research paper received the INFORMS MSOM (Manufacturing & Service Operations Management) Journal 2016 Best Paper Award (awarded to one paper among all published in the prior three years)
Soroush Saghafian’s research paper received the INFORMS MSOM Society 2016 Best Paper Award of Service Special Interest Group (SIG)