Purdue University
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Carolina Vivas-Valencia is a Ph.D. candidate and graduate research assistant in the Biomedical Analytics Systems Optimization (BASO) Lab at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue. She received her bachelor’s degree (2011) in biomedical engineering from the Universidad EIA-Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia, and her master’s degree (2015) in biomedical engineering from Purdue. She also holds certificates from Purdue in mental health first aid and the Foundations in College Teaching through the Center for Instructional Excellence. Her research focuses on building innovative data-driven solutions to improve community-based health problems. Her work has leveraged insurance claims data to develop risk prediction models within vulnerable groups. The objective of the research is to provide early intervention for patients at high risk of dropping out of treatment. Her interdisciplinary approach has led to collaboration with researchers in medicine, computer science, pharmacology and operations. While at Purdue, she has served as a teaching assistant and graduate mentor and has received the 2014 and 2019 Bourland Travel Award, Best Pitch Award, and the 2018 Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management of Sciences (INFORMS) and Biomedical Engineering Graduated Students Association at Purdue. She strives to become a role model who inspires younger Latinas to become successful researchers and educators.

Research Interests

Health systems engineering