Hui Zhao, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
Hui Zhao is an associate professor and the Robert G. and Caroline Schwartz Fellow within the Smeal Supply Chain and Information Systems (SCIS) Department. Zhao’s research applies analytics to the healthcare systems with particular interests in pharmaceutical supply chains, public policy, and innovative design of healthcare systems (such as telehealth and online platforms). Most of her work looks at the incentive misalignment in the healthcare value chain including manufacturers, distributors, retail, providers, insurance, patients, government, and many intermediaries unique to the healthcare system, seeking solutions to resolve such problems.
Zhao's research has been published in top journals and received multiple awards including being a finalist for the 2015 Pierskalla award by INFORMS and the runner-up for the 2018 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award by the Industry Studies Association (ISA).
Zhao holds a variety of degrees, her latest being a PhD in industrial engineering from Purdue University. She has been invited by the FDA to participate on an expert panel for drug shortages and has gone to the Department of Health and Human Services multiple times to make presentations.