Soroush Saghafian is an Associate Professor at Harvard University. He is interested in using and developing operations research and management science techniques that can have significant public benefits. He is the founder and director of the Public Impact Analytics Science Lab (PIAS-Lab) at Harvard, which is devoted to advancing and applying the science of analytics for solving societal problems that can have public impact. His current teaching focuses on Machine Learning and related analytical tools for solving societal problems. His current research focuses on the application and development of operations research methods in studying stochastic systems with specific applications in healthcare and operations management. He has been collaborating with a variety of hospitals to improve their operational efficiency, patient flow, medical decision-making, and more broadly, healthcare delivery policies. He also serves as a faculty affiliate for the Harvard Ph.D. Program in Health Policy, the Harvard Center for Health Decision Science, the Harvard Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG), the Harvard Data Science Initiative, and is an associate faculty member at the Harvard Ariadne Labs (Health Systems Innovation). He has won various awards for his research, including the INFORMS MSOM Young Scholar Prize (2021), the Inaugural INFORMS 2020 Mehrotra Research Excellence Award, POMS 2019 College of Healthcare Best Paper Award (first place), INFORMS MSOM (Manufacturing & Service Operations Management) Journal 2016 Best Paper Award, INFORMS MSOM Society 2016 Best Paper Award of Service Special Interest Group (SIG), INFORMS 2012 MSOM Best Student Paper Award, 2012 IOE Richard Wilson Prize, 2010 INFORMS Pierskalla Award, University of Michigan College of Engineering Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award, 2010 Murty Prize for best research paper in optimization. Dr. Saghafian serves on the editorial board of a few journals including Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, INFORMS Service Science, and IISE Transactions. He also serves as an AE or referee for various journals including Operations Research, Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Mathematical Reviews (American Mathematical Society), Operations Research Letters, Naval Research Logistics, and Production and Operations Management.