2007 Small Grants ProgramAward Winners

Deploying RFID in the Healthcare Industry

Principal Investigator

- Saif Benjaafar, Professor and Director, Industrial & Systems Engineering Division & Center for Supply Chain Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Institute of Technology


Research Team

- Kevin Linderman, Associate Professor, Operations & Management Science, Carlson School of Management

- Karen Donohue, Associate Professor, Operations & Management Science, Carlson School of Management


Industry Support

- Mayo Clinic, Department of Health Sciences Research


Executive Summary (pdf)

Final Report (pdf)



Bio-Materials Discovery

Principal Investigator

- Arthur Erdman, Richard C. Jordan Professor, Morse Alumni, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology


Research Team

- Carl Adams, Director, Management Information Systems Research Center, Carlson School of Management


Industry Support

- St. Jude Medical


Executive Summary (pdf)

Final report (pdf)


Exploring the Value of a Personal Health Records System to Improve Preventative Health Screening

Principal Investigator

- Ayse Gurses, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health


Research Team

- Stephen Parente, Associate Professor, Finance Department, Carlson School of Management

- William Riley, Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, SPH


Industry Support

-mySafe-T.Net

Executive Summary (pdf)
Final report (pdf)


Improving Chronic Disease Care Using Data Mining and Personalization Technologies

Principal Investigator

- Paul Johnson, Professor, Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Decision Sciences, Information/Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Management


Research Team

- Gedas Adomavicius, PhD, Information and Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Manaement

- Jaideep Srivastava, Computer Science and Engineering, Institute of Technology

- Patrick O’Connor, MD, MPH, HealthPartners Medical Group

- William Rush, PhD, Health Partners Research Foundation


Industry Support

-HealthPartners


Executive Summary (pdf)

Final report (pdf)