In September, Georgia Tech celebrated the dedication of George Tower and Scheller Tower, a new home for industrial engineering and business education, including the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS). The facility brings together the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and the Scheller College of Business to encourage collaboration across departments and prepare future leaders to strengthen innovation in Georgia's economy and beyond.

ISyE earns the No. 1 undergraduate ranking for 26th consecutive year in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. Undergraduate engineering reaches No. 2 and Georgia Tech ranks as the No. 6 public university. All 10 undergraduate engineering programs were ranked among the nation's top five. Congratulations to our students, faculty, staff, and alumni who have made this accomplishment possible!

Health and Humanitarian Supply Chain Management (HHSCM) Certificate  

We are excited to offer practitioners the opportunity to strengthen their organization’s supply chain through the Health and Humanitarian Supply Chain Management certificate program (HHSCM).  

The synchronous, online three-course curriculum equips participants with the practical tools to improve logistics and operations in contexts ranging from emergency response and disaster recovery to strengthening public health and humanitarian systems. Click here to learn more about requirements and upcoming courses in 2027.

Health Systems Minor - Starting Fall 2026

ISyE launched a new minor in Health Systems which is open to undergraduates from all majors across Georgia Tech. The 15-credit-hour minor equips students with the analytical, modeling, optimization, and decision-making tools needed to address complex issues in healthcare delivery, public health, and health-related policy.

Through interdisciplinary coursework and electives that span health systems analytics and modeling, health policy and economics, machine learning and data science for health, and systems optimization, students will learn how to improve healthcare access, strengthen operations, and make better use of limited resources. Click here to learn more about requirements and courses.

Summer Interns

This past summer, CHHS welcomed three interns through the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation (PIN): Syeda Salma, a computer science Ph.D. candidate at Kennesaw State University; Asmita Naitam, a computer science Ph.D. candidate at Georgia State University; and Munashe Mukweya, a computer science and cybersecurity student at Grambling State University.

The interns presented their poster "Advancing Data-Driven Decision-Making in Health and Humanitarian Systems through Interactive Digital Dashboards" and earned the Best in Show Award at the PIN Summer Internship Poster Showcase. Congratulations to our interns!

Click here to learn more about the 2027 PIN Summer Internship Program

Supply Chain Day

On September 9th, CHHS collaborated with the Ga Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute to host Supply Chain Day. The event brought together 43 companies and 443 registered students interested in supply chain and logistics careers. In addition to supply chain organizations, we aim to connect students across the Georgia Tech ISyE with organizations applying systems and operations thinking to healthcare and humanitarian challenges, healthcare operations and analytics, consulting, payers, health tech, med device, public and global health. This collaboration puts both worlds in the same room, commercial and humanitarian, industry and impact.

Missed this event? Click here to learn about attending the next Supply Chain Day on Jan 20th, 2027 | 10am-2pm ET | George Tower. 

ISyE Outstanding Mid-Career/Senior Faculty Achievement in Research Award Recipient 

Congratulations to A. Russell Chandler III Professor Xiaoming Huo, Ph.D., on receiving ISyE’s Outstanding Mid-Career/Senior Faculty Achievement in Research Award!

Dr. Huo's theoretical research explores why modern deep learning is successful. 

Dr. Dima Nazzal selected as a 2026 Fellow in the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) Faculty Innovation Fellowship

Chosen as part of a competitive national program representing 20 institutions across 15 states, Dr. Nazzal will participate in a nine-month initiative designed to empower faculty leaders to align academic programs with modern workforce needs. Through the fellowship, she will focus on accelerating work-integrated learning and expanding student access to career pathways and AI-enabled skills.

Paving the way for more accessible cancer care in low-income countries with optimization

Ph.D. candidate Abel Sapirstein, along with Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Early Career Assistant Professor Lauren Steimle and Associate Professor Mathieu Dahan, published their paper "Paving the way for more accessible cancer care in low-income countries with optimization". They propose a mathematical model to improve geographic access to cancer care by considering both expansions to care facilities and improvements to road networks. Using Rwanda as a case study, the researchers show how planning these investments together could reduce patients’ travel times. 

Geographic and Socioeconomic Barriers to Cancer Treatment

Virginia C. and Joseph C. Mello Chair and Professor Turgay Ayer co-authored the paper "Geographic Variation and Inequities in Burden and Access to CAR T-Cell Therapies for Multiple Myeloma in the US." The researchers examined geographic differences in multiple myeloma burden and studied factors associated with unequal access to CAR T-cell therapy to inform strategies to improve access to treatment. 

A real-time early warning system to anticipate respiratory disease outbreaks using transfer learning

Harold E. Smalley Early Career Assistant Professor Shihao Yang, co-authored the paper "A real-time early warning system to anticipate respiratory disease outbreaks using transfer learning." The study presents a machine learning early warning system that combines Google search trends with traditional epidemiological data.

Wednesday, October 14,   9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, October 14,  1 p.m. - 3 p.m.