Media Coverage
Move Fast and heal things? AI tests regulation and medicines cautious culture, Straight Arrow News interview with Soroush Saghafian, February 23, 2026 : https://san.com/cc/move-fast-and-heal-things-ai-tests-regulation-and-medicines-cautious-culture/
Solving "Wicked Problems" with Analytic Science, a conversation with Professor Soroush Saghafian and Alessandra Seiter on Behind the Book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oTPNbE6Y6E
- Amazon AWS Impact Computing Project at PIAS Lab: Harvard Data Science Interview with Soroush Saghafian: https://vimeo.com/1084840564
Interview with Richard Zeckhauser and Soroush Saghafian on Soroush's book, Insight-Driven Problem-Solving: Analytic Science to Improve the World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F7NdZu9E_Y
- Interview with Harvard Crimson, Harvard Medical School Licenses Consumer Health Content to Microsoft for AI use in New Deal: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/20/hms-microsoft-license/
Interview: Anand Subramanian talks with Soroush Saghafian about Soroush's book, Insight-Driven Problem-Solving: Analytic Science to Improve the World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_Rtxo1nXk
- Interview with Fast Company on Using AI for Public Impact: Insights from Dr. Soroush Saghafian
Five takeaways from an AI pioneer about its potential impact in healthcare
- Large Grant: Harvard Kennedy School Public Impact Analytics Science Lab Receives $3 Million From DOD [Harvard Crimson]
- The Promise and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7t8T0Q7FQ
- TV interview on societal implications of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models:
- TV interview on the impact of hospital closures:
- Interview with Harvard Gazette on the 70-year study of mortality gaps between Black and white Americans:
- Soroush Saghafian interview with NPR/WBUR on the 70-year study of mortality gaps: Soroush Saghafian.mp3 [NPR/WBUR]
- Interview with the Korean Newspaper, Chosun Ilbo: Medical disparities by region and income can be reduced through AI
- Soroush Saghafian on the Impact of Hospital Closures: Hospital Closures Mean More Than Just the Loss of Access to Medical Care
- Soroush Saghafian's work on health disparities: Black Americans twice as likely to die during childhood as whites [U.S. News]
- Soroush Saghafian's work on vertical integration in medicine: Study Finds Vertical Integration in Medicine is Leading to Higher Costs and Worse Health Outcomes
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Vertical Integration is Hurting Healthcare
- Soroush Saghafian's work on health disparities: More Black babies are dying than white infants. Scientists are blaming healthcare inequality [The Independent]
- Soroush Saghafian's work on health disparities: Black Americans twice as likely to die during childhood as whites, research reveals [Medical Press]
- Soroush Saghafian's work on health disparities: More babies are being admitted to NICUs in Indiana: CDC data brief [NPR Indianapolis]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Can AI be a Better Doctor?
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Transforming FDA Clearance: How AI and Human Insight Can Improve Medical Device Safety [Devdiscourse.com]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: From Centaurs to Cyborgs: Our Evolving Relationship with Generative AI
- Soroush Saghafian's work: The Next Frontier of Education: From Ivy Halls to Algorithmic Futures [Education.com]
- Soroush Saghafian: Making AI Impactful in Healthcare and Public Policy
- Soroush Saghafian: A Human-Algorithm Approach to Approving Medical Devices Could Slash the Recall Rate and Save Billions
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Fitbit Data Accurately Predicts Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Should Race be Used in Determining Risk for Disease? Yes. And No
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Hospitals Swallowing Independent Practices Found to Lead to Higher Costs, Worse Patient Health Outcomes [Medical Xpress]
- Soroush Saghafian's work on hospital closures: Decades after Historic Black Hospital Closes, Former Nurses Fight to Keep the Memory Alive [PBS NewsHour]
- Soroush Saghafian's work on hospital closures: Atlanta’s Health Care System Is Strained by Major Hospital’s Closing, Doctors and Patients Say [NBC News]
- Soroush Saghafian's work on hospital closures: Patients and staff criticize state’s plan to close beloved children’s hospital in Canton [Boston Globe]
- Soroush Saghafian's work on hospital closures: How Five Doctors Recovered After Hospital Closures [Medscape]
- Saghafian’s PIAS-Lab Receives DOD Award
- Soroush Saghafian's work on hospital closures: How Do Hospital Closures Impact Patient Care?
- Soroush Saghafian's work on hospital closures: After a Year, Questions Remain on Atlanta Medical Center’s Closure [The Atlanta Journal Consitution]
- Interview with Euronews: AI May Help to Predict How Patients Respond to Antidepressant Treatment [Euronews]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Integration among Healthcare Providers Is Not All it's Cracked Up To Be [DOTmed]
- Q&A with Soroush Saghafian: Big Data and Machine Learning can Usher in a New Era of Policymaking
- Interview with GrowthPolicy: Soroush Saghafian on Public Impact through Intelligent Policy Design
- Soroush Saghafian's Interview with INFORMS: the role of OR/MS and Machine Learning in Healthcare Analytics and Policy Planning, and their Impact on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- Soroush Saghafian on ChatGPT, Cheating, and the Future of Education [Harvard Crimson Magazine]
- Soroush Saghafian on Optimizing Mobile Health (mHealth) Interventions in the National Academy of Medicine
- Soroush Saghafian Awarded INFORMS Young Scholar prize
- Soroush Sahgfain Awarded INFORMS Prize
- Soroush Saghafian's work on COVID-19 policies: Soroush Saghafian Provides the Quantitative Data and Analytic Model to Help States Weigh the Health Gains and Economic Burdens of Intervention Policies
- Soroush Saghafian's work on COVID-19 policies: Soroush Saghafian Analyzes Coronavirus Policy Options for the Government of Bahrain
- Soroush Saghafian's work on How the Public Sector and Civil Society Can Respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Soroush Saghafian's Op-Ed: Why Health Care Transparency is Complicated and How It Can be Fixed [The Hill]
- Soroush Sahgfain Lunches the Public Impact Analytics Science Lab (PIAS-Lab)
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Cutting ER Lines via Tele-Triage
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Improving Quality Transparency in Healthcare [National Academy of Medicine]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare System May Not Be Always Better [www.news-medical.net]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Bette [INFORMS]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: New Research Explores on Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector [Industry Global News 24]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Bette [Global Health News Wire]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Bette [EurekAlert; American Association for the Advancement of Science]
- Soroush Saghafian's work: Increasing Transparency in the Healthcare Sector: More Might Not Be Bette [Managed Healthcare Executives]
- Soroush Saghafian's research paper received the POMS (Production and Operations Management Society) 2019 College of Healthcare Best Paper Award (first place)
- Soroush Saghafian has been awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study new data-driven ways of medication management (Award Abstract)
- Soroush Saghafian's research paper received the INFORMS Public Sector Best Paper Award (second place)
- Soroush Saghafian's research paper received the INFORMS MSOM (Manufacturing & Service Operations Management) Journal 2016 Best Paper Award (awarded to one paper among all published in the prior three years)
- Soroush Saghafian's research paper received the INFORMS MSOM Society 2016 Best Paper Award of Service Special Interest Group (SIG)