Dionne Aleman is the Associate Dean of Cross-Disciplinary Programs in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto, and is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. She holds appointments in the UofT Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, the UofT Institute for Pandemics, and the UHN Techna Institute. She is also a co-Director of the International Centre for Translational Digital Health. She received her PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida (2007), MSc from the University of Florida (2006), and BSc from the University of Florida (2003).

Dr. Aleman’s research focuses on the application of operations research to healthcare systems to improve the quality, timeliness, and efficiency of care. This research includes using optimization, simulation, machine learning, and graph theory to design radiation therapy treatment plans, to predict and mitigate the spread of pandemic diseases, to improve surgical scheduling, and to optimize organ transplant matches. Dr. Aleman has held grants from NSERC, CIHR, CFI, ORF, and NSF. She is a two-term past President of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS). Within INFORMS, she has served as a member of the Meetings Committee and the Committee for Teaching and Learning and as Chair/President of the Health Applications Society (HAS), Public Sector OR Section (PSOR), Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG), and INFORM-ED. Within IISE, she is the Canada Regional VP. Dr. Aleman has also served in editorial positions for Royal Society Open Science, Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, OMEGA, International Journal of Biomedical Data Mining, and Operations Research in Health Care.

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Appointments and affiliations

• Professor

  • Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
  • Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

• Associate Dean, Cross-Disciplinary Programs, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

• Co-Director, International Centre for Translational Digital Health

• Director, Medical Operations Research Laboratory (morLAB)

• Faculty co-Chair, Engineering Positive Space (EPS)

• Dean’s Advisor on LGBTQ2S+ Initiatives

• Affiliations:

  • T-CAIREM (Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine)
  • Institute for Pandemics
  • Data Sciences Institute
  • Centre for Healthcare Engineering
  • Centre for Social Services Engineering
  • Centre for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering
  • Techna Institute (Guided Therapeutics Core), University Health Network