James C. Benneyan, Ph.D.
CHOT Co-Director
Dr. James Benneyan is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Northeastern University, Executive Director of the VA New England Healthcare Engineering Partnership, and founder of Northeastern University's Quality and Productivity research laboratory.
His research foci and experience span healthcare systems engineering broadly—including statistical quality and safety methods, computer simulation modeling, novel exact risk-adjusted spatial-temporal surveillance methods, probabilistic optimization, and new risk-benefit and cost-effectiveness methodologies. Benneyan has jointly published over 75 papers in these areas; received 7 teaching, service, and research awards; and taught systems, mechanical, and design engineering to ages 6 through 60.
Professor Benneyan is a Vice President of the Institute for Industrial Engineers (IIE), past President of the Society for Health Systems (SHS), faculty fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), operations research faculty in Northeastern's NSF-NSEC Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing, and fellow of SHS and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Prior to joining Northeastern, Jim was Senior Systems Engineer for Harvard Community Health Plan, consultant at Productivity Sciences Incorporated, and an industrial engineer at IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation.
His primary funding sources include the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes for Health (NIH), National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General's Office, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Dr. Benneyan received a PhD in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering along with an MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received a BA in Mathematics from Hamilton College.