Margaret L. Brandeau Professor Management Science and Engineering Medicine (by Courtesy) Deputy Chair, Management Science and Engineering Office: Terman 407 | Phone: 650-725-1623 | Fax: 650-723-1614 Email: brandeau @ stanford.edu

Margaret L. Brandeau is Professor of Management Science and Engineering. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford.  She is an operations researcher and policy analyst with extensive background in the development of applied mathematical and economic models, and a distinguished investigator in HIV.  Among other awards, Professor Brandeau has received a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, the Pierskalla Prize from the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) for research excellence in health care management science, and the departmental Outstanding Teaching Award.  She also holds a patent on a method for operation assignment in printed circuit board assembly. 

Professor Brandeau has published numerous articles in areas of applied operations research and policy analysis, has co-edited the books Modeling the AIDS Epidemic: Planning, Policy, and Prediction and Operations Research in Health: A Handbook of Methods and Applications, and has served as Principal Investigator on a broad range of funded research projects.  She has served on the board of several journals, including Operations Research, Management Science, and Health Care Management Science.  Her HIV research focuses on using mathematical and economic models to assess the value of different HIV and drug abuse interventions, both in the U.S. and abroad.  Her recent research has focused on preparedness planning for potential bioterror attacks, including modeling and analysis of the bioterrorism response supply chain.

Degrees

B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Mathematics (1977)
M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Operations Research (1978)
Ph.D. Stanford University - Engineering Economic Systems (1985)