Yale School of Management - Faculty

Assistant Professor of Operations Management

Professor Long's research interests include healthcare operations, decision-analytic modeling, simulation, and queuing in hospital settings. Her research bridges the fields of operations research, mathematical epidemiology, and health economics. She has previously developed mathematical models to simulate the HIV/AIDS epidemic in resource-limited settings, and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of combination prevention and treatment interventions. She is currently studying the drivers of excessively long wait times in the intensive care unit on their impact on patient outcomes at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She earned a PhD and an MS in management science and engineering from Stanford University and a BS in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University.

Achievements and Awards
Stanford University Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award, 2010
Lee B. Lusted Award, Society of Medical Decision Making, 2005
Seth Bonder Award for Applied OR in Health Services, INFORMS, 2005

Courses Taught
MGT 403 – Probability and Statistics
MGT 879 - Healthcare Operations

Selected Publications
"HIV Epidemic Control—A Model for Optimal Allocation of Prevention and Treatment Resources" (with S.S. Alistar, M.L. Brandeau, and E.J. Beck), Health Care Management Science, forthcoming

"The Cost-Effectiveness of Biomedical HIV Intervention Portfolios in South Africa" (with R.R. Stavert), Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2013

“HIV Treatment as Prevention: Systematic Comparison of Mathematical Models of the Potential Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on HIV Incidence in South Africa” (with J.W. Eaton et al), PLoS Medicine, Vol. 9, No. 7, e1001245, 2012

"The Cost-Effectiveness and Population Outcomes of Expanded HIV Screening and Antiretroviral Treatment in the United States" (with M.L. Brandeau and D.K. Owens), Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 153, No. 12, 778-89, 2010

"Potential Population Health Outcomes and Expenditures of HIV Vaccination Strategies in the United States" (with M.L. Brandeau and D.K. Owens), Vaccine, Vol. 27, No. 39, 5402-10, 2009

"Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke" (with C.G. Patil and M.G. Lansberg), Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 10, No. 3, 508-13, 2009

"Controlling Co-epidemics: Analysis of HIV and Tuberculosis Infection Dynamics" (with N.K. Vaidya and M.L. Brandeau), Operations Research, Vol. 56, No. 6, 1366-1381, November-December, 2008

"Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Strategies to Expand Antiretroviral Therapy in St. Petersburg, Russia" (with M.L. Brandeau, C.M. Galvin, T. Vinichenko, S.P. Tole, A. Schwartz, G.D. Sanders, and D.K. Owens), AIDS, Vol. 20, 2207-2215, 2006

Working Papers
"Patients without Patience: A Priority Queuing Simulation Model of the Intensive Care Unit" (with K.S. Mathews)

Education
PhD Stanford University, 2008
MS Stanford University, 2005
BS magna cum laude, Cornell University, 2003