Benjamin Armbruster
Benjamin Armbruster
Assistant Professor
E-mail: armbruster @ northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 491-3326
Fax: (847) 491-8005
Office: M237
Website: http://users.iems.northwestern.edu/~armbruster
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Field(s) of Expertise/Research Area(s)
Health policy, optimization in health care, social networks, & optimization
Biography
My research interest is in applying modeling and optimization tools to problems in health care. My dissertation research focused on modeling the spread of infectious diseases and the cost effectiveness of contact tracing to find infected people. I have also worked on optimization problems in radiation treatment planning.Research
Contact Tracing to Control Infectious Disease: When Enough is Enough Health Care Management Science 10 (2007) 341-355, with Margaret L. Brandeau
Optimal mix of screening and contact tracing for endemic diseases Mathematical Biosciences 209 (2007) 386-402, with Margaret L. Brandeau.
