Research
Publications (including Forthcoming)
(*indicates student/postdoc)Yun, J.,* V. Ahuja, and D. F. Heitjan. “Predicting hospital readmission in Medicaid patients with heart failure using administrative and claims data.” Perspectives in Health Information Management. Vol. 20 (3) 2023. [link]
Yun, J.,* G. Filardo, V. Ahuja, M.E. Bowen, D. F. Heitjan. “Predicting hospital readmission in Medicaid patients with diabetes using administrative and claims data.” The American Journal of Managed Care. Vol. 29 (8) August 2023. (2021 Impact Factor = 3.247.) [link]
Ahuja, V., A. Akunna, E. Halm, and C. Alvarez. “Association of Medical Tests Use with Care Continuity in Primary Care Service: Evidence from the Department of Veterans Affairs.” Family Practice. Vol. 40, Issue 2, Pages 338–344, April 2023. [link]
Ettari, S. V., E. Roden, V. Ahuja, and U. Samadani. “Oculogica: An Eye-Catching Innovation in Health Care and The Privacy Implications Of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Diagnostics For The Human Brain.” SMU Science & Technology Law Review. Vol. 25(1): 23, 2022. [link]
Ahuja, V., C. A. Alvarez, and B. R. Staats. “An Operations Approach for Reducing Glycemic Variability: Evidence from a Primary Care Setting” 2022. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Vol. 24, No. 3, May-June 2022, pp. 474-1493. [link]
Honorable Mention, POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Competition, 2020
Ahuja, V., C. A. Alvarez, J. R. Birge, and C. Syverson. “Enhancing Regulatory Decision-Making for Postmarket Drug Safety.” 2021. Management Science. Vol. 67, No. 12: 7472-7492. [link]
Finalist, POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Competition, 2016
Media Coverage: SMU Cox Magazine , Chicago Booth Review, INFORMS Press Release
Bountali, O.*, S. Cetinkya, and V. Ahuja. “On the Impact of Treatment Restrictions for the Indigent Suffering from a Chronic Disease: The Case of Compassionate Dialysis.” 2021. Service Science. Vol. 13, No. 3:133-154. [link]
Kamalzadeh, H.*, V. Ahuja, M. Hahsler, and M. E. Bowen. “An Analytics-Driven Approach For Optimal Individualized Diabetes Screening.” 2021. Production and Operations Management. 30(9):3161-3191. [link]
Ahuja, V., C. A. Alvarez, and B. R. Staats. “Maintaining Continuity in Service: An Empirical Examination of Primary Care Physicians.” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Vol. 22, No. 5, September–October 2020, pp. 1088–1106. [link]
Ahuja, V. and J. R. Birge. “Approximation methods for Markov Decision Processes with Application to Clinical Trial Design.” INFORMS Journal on Computing. Vol. 32, No. 4: 877-894 (2020). [link] [Matlab Code]
Runner up, POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Competition, 2018
Highlighted as one of the 3 papers of "timely importance" by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, 2020
Ahuja, V. and J. R. Birge. “Response-Adaptive Designs for Clinical Trials: Simultaneous Learning from Multiple Patients.” European Journal of Operational Research. 248 (2016) 619– 633. [link]
Winner, INFORMS Pierskalla Award for the Best Paper in Healthcare, 2012
Semifinalist, INFORMS Innovation in Analytics Award, 2012
Finalist, Lee Lusted Prize, Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM), 2012
Ahuja, V and C.-H. Chou “Novel Therapeutics for Diabetes: Uptake, Usage Trends, and Comparative Effectiveness.” Current Diabetes Reports. 2016, 16 (6), 1-10. [link]
Ahuja, V., M.-W. Sohn, J. R. Birge, C. Syverson, E. Budiman-Mak, N. Emanuele, J. M. Cooper, and E. S. Huang. “Geographic Variation in Rosiglitazone use Surrounding FDA Warnings in the Department of Veterans Affairs.” J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2015;21(12):1214-34. [link]
Media Coverage: Chicago Booth Magazine, Cited by the FDA expert panel workshop on drug safety
Working Papers
(*indicates student/postdoc)Ahuja, V., C. A. Alvarez, and B. R. Staats. “How and in What Ways Does Colocation of Services Matter? Empirical Evidence from a Large Healthcare Setting.” 2024. Under Review.
Winner, Dlin/Fischer Clinical Research Award, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP), given to the best oral paper submission to the ACLP annual meeting, 2021
Psychiatry Grand Rounds presentation, University of Texas
Media Coverage: Cox Today, D CEO Healthcare, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
Jia, Z.*, K. Hu, J.Q. Hu, and V. Ahuja. “To What Extent Do Workers’ Preferences Matter?” 2024. Under Major Revision. [link]
Finalist, 2021 INFORMS Service Science Best Cluster Paper Award (winner TBD)
Honorable Mention*, POMS College of Behavior in Operations Management Junior paper competition, 2021
2nd place, INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Section Best Working Paper Award, 2020
Ahuja, V., Y. Alan, and M. Arikan. “The Role of Route-Level Decisions in the Efficiency and Resilience of Airline Operations: Evidence from the Wright Amendment Repeal.” 2024. Under Major Revision.
Received funding from the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, SMU
Lowrey, J., B. Grant, V. Ahuja, I. Eneli. “Place-based care continuity and childhood obesity.” 2024. Working Paper.
Iveniuk J., L. Waite, V. Ahuja, C.-H. Chou and E. S. Huang. “Relationship quality and diabetes in older couples.” 2018. Working Paper.
Proceedings/Other Publications
Ahuja, V., J. R. Birge J., and Ryan C. (2014). “Approximation Methods for Determining Optimal Allocations in Response Adaptive Clinical Trials.” In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems, Angers, Loire Valley, France, March 6-8, 2014, pages 460-465. [link]
Ahuja, V. and J. R. Birge. “Designing Fully Adaptive Clinical Trials.” Proceedings of the 7th INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Health Informatics (DM-HI 2012) H. Yang, D. Zeng, O. E. Kundakcioglu, eds.
Ahuja, V., Z. Tan, K. M. Weishar, and D. W. Reeve. “Oxygen Delignification as Affected by Novel Transition Metal Catalysts.” Pulp & Paper Canada, p. 40, 103:7 (2002).