Research Reverb

Episode 19 - Give or Get? The Science of Workplace Recognition

Alex Vandenberg discusses the results of history on what makes a positive peer-to-peer recognition program in the workplace.

Episode 18 - Smarter Scheduling for Chronic Care

A new framework from Gies Business professor Ujjal Mukherjee combines machine learning with scheduling optimization to tackle one of healthcare's toughest problems: the sickest patients are often the least likely to get time with a doctor.

Episode 17 - The Surprising Link Between FDA Action and Drug Supply

Anand and Wang discuss the results of their study, which found unfavorable FDA inspection outcomes to be associated with fewer drug shortages

Episode 16 - The Pollution Shell Game: Why Divestment Doesn’t Always Leave the Planet Greener

Firms can sell their dirty plants but keep using that plant's output. Professor Qiping Xu reveals the "cosmetic redrawing" of corporate boundaries and why divestment sometimes fails the planet.

Episode 16 - How Human-Machine Teamwork is Transforming Healthcare

Every year, 39 million American women get a mammogram, and about 10% of them receive an unsettling call that could trigger weeks of anxiety. Gies Business professor Eren Ahsen thinks new technologies can fix that. His research finds that a "delegation" model (where algorithms triage low-risk cases and flag the tricky ones for human experts) could cut screening costs by up to 30% without sacrificing clinical accuracy - and could mean high-risk patients getting answers in hours instead of weeks.