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Curriculam Vitae: Naoru Koizumi, PhD

I. APPOINTMENTS

Academic Appointments

George Mason University Arlington, VA

Director for Research 2015 - Present

Associate Professor (tenured) 2011 - Present

Assistant Professor 2005 - 2011

Visiting Assistant Professor 2004 - 2005

Schar School of Policy and Government

Associate Director 2009 - Present

Center for International Medical Policies and Practices (CIMPP)

George Washington University Washington, DC

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery 2013 - Present

School of Medicine and Health Sciences

George Washington University

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Research Associate 2010 - 2014

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine


Post-doctoral Researcher 2003 - 2005

Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Economic Analyst 2002-2003

Leonard Davis Institutes (LDI), Wharton School of Business/School of Medicine

London School of Economics (LSE) London, U.K.

Research Assistant Summer 1996

Other Professional Appointments

Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Inc. Washington, DC

Consultant/Economist 2001 - 2002

Consulting Group, Regulation and Privatization Practice

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) London, U.K.

Evaluation Analyst 1998 - 1999

Project Evaluation Department

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Washington, DC

Social Development Consultant, Summer Intern (Summer 1996) 1996 - 1997

Social Operations Division / Region II

CURRICULAM VITAE: NAORU KOIZUMI, PhD ( of 22)

II. EDUCATION

Hyogo College of Medicine Hyogo, Japan

Ph.D. in Environmental and Preventive Medicine March 2005

(Concentrations: biostatistics, kidney and liver diseases)


Ph.D. in Regional Science December 2002

(Concentrations: GIS, spatial statistics and health care system)


M.A. in Regional Science May 1994

Aoyama-Gakuin University Tokyo, Japan

B.A. in Business Administration (Minor: Economics) March 1992

Warwick University (Visiting Program) Coventry, U.K.

Department of Economics 1989 - 1990

III. RESEARCH CONCENTRATIONS

Applications of the quantitative techniques in health care and medical research:

- Medical-/Bio- statistics

- Chronic disease (end-stage renal and liver diseases) treatment

- Organ transplantation, Organ allocation system

- Spatial statistics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

- Applied stochastic modeling and simulation

IV. PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS

Peer-reviewed Publications (Impact Factor & Citation counts as of June 2019)

1. DasGupta, D., and Koizumi, N. “Spatial Dependence in Geographically-aggregated Fertility Data: An

empirical analysis using the spatial autoregressive (SAR) framework”, Spatial Demography [Under

review, March 2019]

2. Rady, E., Wiederhold, P., Koizumi, N. and Ortiz, J. “Disparate Formulations for Machine Perfusion:

A Survey of Organ Procurement Organizations’ Medication Additives and Outcomes Analysis”,

Clinical Transplantation [Under review, Transferred by American Journal of Transplantation, February

2019]

3. Melancon, J.K., Nayebpour, M., Mahendran, K., Spivak, H., Lee E., Muralidaran, J., and Koizumi, N.

“ABO Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation - Time To Remove The Barrier”, Clinical

Transplantation [Under review, Transferred by American Journal of Transplantation, January 2019]

4. Karami, F., Gentili, M., Nayebpour, M., Koizumi, N., and Melancon, J.K. “Optimal Integration of

Desensitization Protocols into Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Programs, Operations Research for

Health Care (ORHC) [Revision & re-review, March 2019]


5. Siddique, A. B., Krebs, M., Alvarez, S., Greenspan, I., Kinsolving, J., and Patel, A., and Koizumi, N.

“Review of Mobile Health Technologies for Medication Compliance and Nutrition Tracking for

Possible Use by the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients”, JMIR Mhealth Uhealth [Forthcoming,

doi:10.2196/12604, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/12604] (IF: 4.54)

6. Wenig, A., Koizumi, N., Nayebpour, M., and Ortiz, J. “Evaluation of Kidney Paired Donation: Does

It Improve Overall Transplant Center Performance” Exp Clin Transplant, 2019 doi:

10.6002/ect.2018.0266. [Epub ahead of print]

7. Tolkacz, M., Friedman, J.M., Koizumi, N., Tang, L., Ortiz, J. “United Network of Organ Sharing

(UNOS) Rule Changes and their Effects on Kidney and Liver Transplantation Outcomes”, Exp Clin

Transplant, 2019 doi: 10.6002/ect.2018.0311. [Epub ahead of print]

8. Ganesan, R., Hung, W.C., Chen, CH, Peng, T.Y., Koizumi, N. “A Hybrid Liver‐Candidate

Transportation System to Improve Accessibility and Extend Organ Life in Liver Transplantation”,

InINCOSE International Symposium, 2018, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1123-1137

9. Brooks, J.T., Koizumi, N., Neglia, E., Gdoura, B., Wong, T.W., Kwon, C., Smith, T.E. and Ortiz, J.,

“Improved Re-transplant Outcomes: Early Evidence of the Share35 Impact”, Journal of the

International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Assoc. (HPB), 2018 (IF: 3.00)

10. Nayebpour, M. and Koizumi, N., “The Social Stigma of Selling Kidney in Iran as a Barrier to Entry:

A Social Determinant of Health”, World Medical & Health Policy, 2018, Vol. 10, pp. 55-64 (Cited by:

1)

11. Brooks, J.T., Wong, T., Koizumi, N., Neglia, E., DeLeonibus, A. and Ortiz, J., “Improvements in

Outcomes for Ethnic Minorities During the Share 35 Era Are Not Due to Decreased Rates of Early

Graft Loss”, Exp Clin Transplant. 2018, Vol. 16(6):714-720. doi: 10.6002/ect.2017.0047

12. Islam, M.S., Chaussalet, T., and Koizumi, N. “Towards a Threshold Climate for Emergency Lower

Respiratory Hospital Admissions”, Environmental Research, 2017, Vol. 153, pp. 41-47 (IF: 4.73)

(Cited by: 6)

13. Brooks J., Becker, K., Doura, B., Koizumi, N., Rees, M., and Ortiz J. “Identifying Risk Factors for

Graft Loss within 90 days of Kidney Transplantation in the Modern Era: A Review of Single Center

and UNOS Databases”. Trends in Transplantation, 2017, doi: 10.15761/TiT.1000234 (IF: 1.69)

14. Mayer J.D., and Koizumi N. “Is There a Culture or Religion of Torture? International Support for

Brutal Treatment of Suspected Terrorists”, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2017; 40(9):758–71 (IF:

1.07) (Cited by: 1)

15. Callender, C.O., Koizumi, N., Miles, P., Kwan, C., and Melancon, J.K. “Organ Donation in the U.S.:

The Tale of the African American Journey of Moving from the Bottom to the Top”, Transplantation

Proceedings, 2016, Vol. 48(7), pp. 2392-2395 (IF: 0.99) (Cited by: 1)

16. Mayer J. D. Cai, X., Patel, A., Kulkarni, R., Stanford, I., and Koizumi, N. “Reading Tea Leaves: What

1331 Protest Placards Tell Us About the Tea Party Movement”, Visual Communication Quarterly, 2016,

Vol. 22(4), pp. 237-250 (IF: 0.77) (Cited by: 2)

http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/12604


17. Koizumi, N., DasGupta, D., Patel, A., Smith, T.E., Mayer, J.D., Callender, C., and Melancon J.K.

“Geographic Variation in Cold Ischemia Time: Kidney vs. Liver Transplantation in the United States,

2003-2011”, Transplantation Direct, 2015, Vol. 1(7) e27 (Cited by: 4)

18. Patel, A., Koizumi, N., and Crooks, A. “Measuring slum severity in Mumbai and Kolkata: A

household-based approach”, Habitat International, 2014, Vol. 41, pp. 300-306 (IF: 3.00) (Cited by: 35)

19. Koizumi, N., Ganesan, R., Gentili, M., Chen, C.H., Waters, N., DasGupta, D., Nicholas, D., Patel, A,

Srinivasan, D., and Melancon, K. “Redesigning Organ Allocation Boundaries for Liver Transplantation

in the United States. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Care Systems

Engineering, 2014, pp. 15-27 (Cited by: 6)

20. Patel, A., Crooks, A., and Koizumi, N. “Simulating Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in

Ahmedabad, India”, In Proceedings for the Sixth Urban Research and Knowledge Symposium, Vol.

2012, pp. 336387-1369969101352 (Cited by: 7)

21. Patel, A., Crooks, A. T., and Koizumi, N. “Slumulation: an Agent-based Modeling Approach to Slum

Formations”, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2012, Vol. 15(4) 2 (IF: 0.99) (Cited

by: 41)

22. Hayashi, C., Koizumi, N., Nishino, H., Koizumi, N., and Ikeda, M. “Cadmium and Other Metal Levels

in Autopsy Samples from a Cadmium-polluted Area and Non-polluted Control Areas in Japan”,

Biological Trace Element Research, 2012, Vol. 145(1), pp. 10-22 (IF: 2.36) (Cited by: 8)

23. Koizumi, N., Rothbard, A. Smith, T.E. and Mayer, J. “Communities of Color? Client-to-Client Racial

Concordance in the Selection of Mental Health Programs for Caucasians and African Americans”,

Health Care Management Science, 2011, Vol. 14(4), pp. 314-323 (IF: 1.31) (Cited by: 3)

24. Koizumi, N, Nicogossian, A., Patel, A., and Kloc, M. "A Preliminary Assessment of Chlamydia and

Gonorrhea Infections in the U.S.A. Communities Neighboring Military Installations’, World Medical

& Health Policy, December 2010, Vol. 2(4), pp. 138-147 (Cited by: 1)

25. Thatchenkery, S. and Koizumi N. “Lab Coats versus Business Suits: A Study of Career Preferences

among Indian Adolescents”, Career Development International, 2010, Vol. 15(6), pp. 524 – 543 (IF:

1.73) (Cited by: 4)

26. Koizumi, N. “Geographical Disparity in Access to Organ Transplant in the United States and Other

Western Countries: A Prolegomenon to A Solution”, World Medical & Health Policy, July 2010,

Vol.2(2), pp. 111-131 (Cited by: 4)

27. Koizumi, N. and Ikeda, M. “Lack of Correlation between Cadmium Level in Local Brown Rice and

Renal Failure Mortality among the Residents; A nation-wide Analysis in Japan”, International Archives

of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2010, Vol. 83(3), pp. 333-339 (IF: 2.20) (Cited by: 11)

28. Kloc, M., Nicogossian, A., Koizumi, N., and Patel, “A. Space-time Spread of Sexually Transmitted

Diseases (STDs) in 2 states: A preliminary analysis”, In IEEE; 2009. p. 1–6.

29. Koizumi, N., Kuno, E., Rothbard, A. “Distance Matters in Choice of Mental Health Program: Policy

Implications for Reducing Racial Disparities in Public Mental Health Care”, Administration and Policy

in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2009, Vol. 36(4), pp. 424-431 (IF: 2.45) (Cited

by: 19)


30. Koizumi, N, Murata, K, Hayashi, C, Nishio, H, and Goji, J. “High Cadmium Accumulation among

Humans and Primates: Comparison across Various Mammalian Species - A Study from Japan”,

Biological Trace Element Research, 2008, Vol. 121(3), pp. 205-214 (IF: 2.36) (Cited by: 26)

31. Koizumi, N. and McCann, P. “Living on a Plot of Land as a Tenure Choice: The Case of Panama”,

Journal of Housing Economics, 2006, Vol. 15(4), pp. 349-371 (IF: 1.04) (Cited by: 13)

32. Koizumi, N., Kuno, E., and Smith, T.E. “Modeling Patient Flows Using a Queueing Network with

Blocking”, Health Care Management Science, 2005, Vol. 8(1), pp. 49-60 (IF: 1.31) (Cited by: 159)

33. Koizumi, N., Iguchi, H and Smith, T.E. “Comparison and Verification of BSE Surveillance in USA

and Japan”, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2005, Vol. 10(3), pp. 130-137 (IF: 1.21)

(Cited by: 4)

34. Kuno, E., Koizumi, N., Rothbard, A., and Greenwald, J. “A Service System Planning Model for

Individuals with Serious Mental Illness”, Mental Health Services Research, 2005, Vol. 7(3), pp. 135-

144 (Cited by: 10)

35. Koizumi, N. and Kuno, E. “A Queuing Network Model with Blocking: Analysis of Congested Patient

Flows in Mental Health Systems”, In Proceedings of the Western Multi-conference of the Society for

Modeling and Simulation International, 2002 (Cited by: 25)

Book Chapters (Citation counts as of June 2019)

1. Karami, F., Nayebpour, M, Gentili M., Koizumi, N., Rivard A., “Analyzing Geographic Disparity in

the US Heart Allocation System” in Analytics, Operations, and Strategic Decision Making in the Public

Sector Edited by Evans, G.W., Biles, W.E., and Bae, K.H., IGI Global, 2018

2. Patel, A., Crooks, A., Koizumi, N. “Integrating GIS and ABM to Explore Spatio-Temporal Dynamics

of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India” in Geocomputational Analysis and Modeling of Regional

Systems. Edited by Thill J.C. and Drajicavic, S., Springer, 2018 (Cited by: 4)

3. Koizumi, N., Gentili, M., Ganesan, R. Chen., C.H., Melancon, K. Waters, N., et al., “Ch. 15.

Mathematical Optimization and Simulation Analyses for Optimal Liver Allocation Boundaries” in

Healthcare Data Analytics in the Wiley Series in Operations Research and Management Science. Edited

by Yang Hui and Eva Kylee, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2016 (Cited by: 2)

4. Mayer J.D. and Koizumi, N. “Does Terror Cause Torture? A Comparative Study of International

Public Opinion about Governmental Use of Coercion”, in Examining Torture: Empirical Studies of

State Repression. Edited by Tracy Lightcap and James P. Pfiffner. New York: Palgrave Macmillan,

2014 (Cited by: 2)

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers (Citation counts as of June 2019)

1. Mahendran, K., Koizumi, N., and Melancon, J., 2019, January. “Bortezomib Based Induction Therapy

Decreases Delayed Graft Function after High Risk Kidney Transplantation”. In AMERICAN JOURNAL

OF TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 19, pp. 45-45). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA:

WILEY.


2. Rivard, A., Gentili, M., and Koizumi, N., “Interactive Maps for UNOS Data Visualization”. The

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2019;38(4):S398.

3. Ortiz, A., Wiederhold, P., Pranjal, A., Siskind, E., Nayebpour, M., Mitro, G., Koizumi, N. and Ortiz,

J., 2019, January. “Variations in DCD Procurement Procedures across OPOs and Its Effects on

Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Outcomes”. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF

TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 19, pp. 91-91). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA:

WILEY.

4. Melancon, J., Nayebpour, M., Mahendran, K., Spivak, H., & Koizumi, N., 2018, June. “ABO

Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation-Time to Remove the Barrier.” In AMERICAN

JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 18, pp. 670-670). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-

5774, NJ USA: WILEY

5. Rees, M., Michelin, E., Koizumi, N., & Ortiz, J., 2018, June. “Evaluation of KPD: Does It Improve

Overall Transplant Center Performance?”. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION (Vol.

18, pp. 529-529). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

6. Rivard A, Karami F, Gentili M, Nayebpour M, Koizumi N. “Analyzing Geographic Disparities in the

US Heart Allocation System”. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018;37(4):S342.

(Cited by: 1)

7. Rivard A, Koizumi N. Human Leukocyte Compatibility and Heart Transplant Survival Using a

Validated Matching Algorithm. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018;37(4):S183.

8. Koizumi N, Rivard A. “Transplant Outcomes of Adult Donor Hearts with Prior Quality-based Offer

Refusals”. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018;37(4):S197.

9. Brooks, J., Wiederhold, P., Jiles, K., Ortiz, A.C., Dewey, M., Bailey, M., Koizumi, N., Rady, E. and

Ortiz, J., June, 2018. “Differences in Preservation Solution Formulas and Its Effects on Early Graft

Function”. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 18, pp. 903-903). 111 RIVER

ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

10. Karami, F., Nayebpour, M., Gentili, M., Koizumi, N. and Melancon, K., 2018, June. “Integration of

Blood Type Incompatibility Desensitization Protocols into Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Programs”.

In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 18, pp. 531-531). 111 RIVER ST,

HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

11. Fraser, C. and Koizumi, N. “Human Organ Trafficking: A study of change in the Egyptian kidney

market 2008-2016. Transplantation. 2017;101:S13.

12. Koizumi, N., Rivard, A., and Gentili, M. “Regional Variability in and Factors Related to Offer

Rejections of Adult Donor Hearts”. Transplantation. 2017;101:S33.

13. Ortiz, J., Koizumi, N., Kwon, C., Zhang, Y. and Ortiz, C., 2016, June. “Assessing the Impact of the

Share35 Liver Allocation Policy: Survival Outcomes Among Liver Re-Transplant Recipients”. In

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 16, pp. 245-245). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN

07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.


14. Ortiz, J., Koizumi, N., Ortiz, C., Kwan, C. and Zhang, Y., 2016. When Kidney Transplants and

Procurement Occur at One Location: A National Study of Graft Survivals: abstract# P-81. American

Journal of Transplantation, 16, p.60.

15. Ortiz, J., Koizumi, N., Kwon, C., Zhang, Y., Ortiz, C. 2016, “When Liver Transplants and Procurement

Occur at One Location – A National Study of Graft Survivals”. American Journal of Transplantation,

16 (suppl 3).

16. Baghmanli, Z., Ortiz, C., Koizumi, N. and Ortiz, J., 2015, May. “Outcomes in Liver Re-Transplant

Recipients With MELD above 40: A Decade Long Experience”. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF

TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 15). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY-

BLACKWELL.

17. Melancon, J., Koizumi, N., Callender, C., DasGupta, D. and Smith, T., 2015, May. “Kidney and Liver

CIT Variations Across OPOs and Their Implications: US Experience Between 2003 and 2011”. In

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 15). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774,

NJ USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Other Publications (Editorials, Book Reviews, Working Papers, and Reports; Citation counts as of June

2019)

1. Nayebpour M., and Koizumi, N., Book Review: “The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran”,

World Medical & Health Policy 2017, Vol. 9(3): 389-391

2. Nicogossian, A., Stabile, B., Kloiber, O., Zimmerman, T., Septimus, E., Koizumi, N., et al., Editorial:

“Population Health: Assessing Gains and Addressing Challenges Ahead”, World Medical & Health

Policy, 2016;8(1):4–7.

3. Nicogossian, A., Stabile, B., Kloiber, O., Zimmerman, T., Septimus, E., Koizumi, N., et al. Editorial:

“Increasing Emphasis on Humanitarian Assistance”, World Medical & Health Policy. 2015;7(4):307–

8.

4. Koizumi, N., Rothbard, A., Patel, A., Noll L. and Smith, T.E “Assessing Geographical Clustering of

Outpatient Psychiatric Service Utilization in Philadelphia” GMU School of Public Policy Research

Paper No. 2010-27. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1692968

5. Nicogossian, A., Zimmerman, T., Kloiber, O., Grigoriev, A.I., Koizumi, N., Heineman‐Pieper, J., et

al. Editorial: “Disaster medicine: The need for global action”, World Medical & Health Policy.

2011;3(1):1–4. (Cited by: 6)

6. Koizumi, N. and Mayer, J.D., Book Review: “Review of Vaccine: The Controversial Story of

Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver”, World Medical and Health Policy, 2010, Vol. 2(4): 113-116

7. Nicogossian, A., Kloiber, O., Zimmerman, T., Grigoriev, A.I., Koizumi, N., Mayer, J.D., Hallock, K.,

Jacobs, W., Doarn, C.R. and Beritashvili, T., Editorial: “Of Peer Review, Research Ethics and Journal

Publications”. World Medical & Health Policy, 2010: 2(3): 1-4 (Cited by: 1)

8. Nicogossian, A., Kloiber, O., Zimmerman, T., Grigoriev A.I., Koizumi, N., Mayer, J.D., et al.

“Medicine, Ethics, and Information Technology: The Road Ahead” World Medical & Health Policy,

2010;2(1):1–3. (Cited by: 1)

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1692968


9. Mayer, J.D., and Koizumi, N., Book Review: “A Review of David Watts's Bedside Manners”, World

Medical and Health Policy, 2009:1(1): 147-150

10. Koizumi, N., Sockett H., Mayer J. and Wilde J., The Washington DC Chapter in “Report on

International Basic Survey on Study of Fifth Grade Students” In Japanese, Benesse Corp. January 2008

11. Koizumi, N., Sockett H., Mayer J. and Wilde J., The Washington DC section in the report “Basic

Research on Academic Performance: International Survey of Six Cities” [In English], Benesse Corp.

December 2007

12. Mayer, J.D., Koizumi N. and Laporte T., “Partisan Patterns in the Aftermath of Terror: Civil Liberties,

Spending and the Centrality of Fear” GMU Working Paper, 2005 (Cited by: 1)

13. Metlay, J., Smith, T., Koizumi, N., Branas, C., Lautenbach, E., Fishman, N. O., & Edelstein, P. H.,

“Small Area Clustering of Cases of Pneumococcal Bacteremia”. In 43rd Annual Meeting. Idsa. October

2005 (Cited by: 1)

V. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Extramural Research Grants & Contracts

- National Science Foundation (NSF - 1906097) 2018 - 2019

Title: Conference and Grantee's Meeting: Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks; Arlington

Virginia; March 25-26, 2019

Amount: $50,000

Role: PI

(Grant)

- National Science Foundation (NSF - EAGER: ISN: / 1838306) 2018 - 2020

Title: Network Analysis and Opportunities for Disruption of Organ Trafficking

Amount: $300,000

Role: PI [with Co-PIs & Investigators including Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera (GMU); Dr. Hadi El-

Amine (GMU); Dr. Monica Gentili (UofL); Dr. Monir Moniruzzaman (MSU); Dr. Jim Olds (GMU);

Dr. Jorge Ortiz (U.Toledo); Dr. Amit Patel (UMB); Dr. Sunil Shroff (Mohan Foundation, India); Mr.

Juan Carlos Morales Quirós, the Government of Costa Rica; and Dr. Duminda Wijesekera (GMU)]

(Grant)

- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Campus 2017 - Present

Consultant/Instructor: Biostatistics

(Contract)

- The World Bank 2017

Consultant / Instructor: GIS and Spatial Statistics

(Contract)

- Hibernicor LLC. 2016 - 2017

Title: Analysis of Optimal Geographic Boundaries and Organ Allocation Mechanism in Heart

Transplantation

Amount: $8,000

Role: PI

(Grant)


- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Round 12 Grand Challenges Explorations 2014 - 2016

Title: Integrating ICT-based Tuberculosis Treatment Innovations

Amount: $100,000

Role: PI [with Drs. Debasree DasGupta and Amit Patel (Co-PIs) at GMU]

(Grant)

- National Science Foundation (NSF - BCS: GSS: / 1225851) 2012 - 2014

Title: An Integrated Simulation Framework to Explore Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation

in Ahmedabad, India

Amount: $100,000

Role: Co-PI [with Dr. Andrew Crooks (PI) and Dr. Amit Patel (Post-doc) at GMU]

(Grant)

- Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK), Turkey 2014

A Workshop Grant: “Systematic reviews and the use of and GIS in health care”

Host Institution: The Institute of Public Health, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey ($5,000 approx.)

(Grant)

- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom 2012

Travel Grant to the UK for A Secondary Data Analysis Proposal Development

Host Institution: The University of Westminster, London, UK (£2,000 approx.)

(Grant)

- National Institutes of Health (NIH-R21 DK088368-01) 2010 - 2013

Title: Using GIS and Simulation for Analyzing Optimal Geographical Boundaries and Organ

Allocation Mechanism for Liver Transplantation

Amount: $400,000

Role: PI [with Dr. Chung-Hung Chen (Co-PI) at GMU, Dr. Nigel Waters (Co-PI) at GMU and Dr.

Zobair Younossi (Consultant) at INOVA Health System]

(Grant)

- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) / US Department of Justice (DOJ) 2009

Title: Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs

Amount: $400,000

Role: Co-PI [with Dr. Faye Taxman (PI) at GMU]

(Grant)

- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) / US Department of Defense (DOD)

Mentor - Protégé Programs (MPP) / Mason Enterprise Center (MEC) 2008 - 2012

GIS-related advisory and training work for several Mentor and Protégé companies including: 1)

Northrop Grumman - CSSS, Chenega Technology Services (CTSC) – DMG; 2) CTSC - Stargates

Corp.; 3) CTSC - Global Consulting International Inc. (GCI).

(Contract)

- National Institutes of Health (NIH-R01 MH074877-01) 2006 - 2011

Title: Simulation Model for Mental Health Systems Planning (R01 MH074877-01)

Amount: $1,500,000; Amount Subcontracted to GMU: $301,171

Role: Co-PI [with Dr. Eri Kuno (PI) at UIPUI and Dr. Aileen Rothbard (Co-PI) at the University of

Pennsylvania]

(Grant)


- Benesse Corp, Japan 2006 - 2007

Title: International Benchmarking Survey on Study Habit of 5th Graders

The US Primary Investigator for a 5 country survey project involving 1,000 students in each country.

(Contract)

- The National Institutes of Health (NIH - K01) 2004 - 2006

Title: “Risk Factors for Drug Resistant Pneumococcal Infections” as a post-doc fellow (2004 - 2005)

and then as a consultant (2005 - 2006).

Role: Consultant/Post-doctoral Researcher [with Dr. Josh Metlay (PI) and Dr. Tony Smith (Co-PI) at

University of Pennsylvania]

(Grant)

- National Institutes of Health (NIH-R21 MH65307-01) 2003 - 2005

Title: Mental Health Residential Capacity Planning

Amount: $300,000; Amount Funded Post-doc Salaries: $66,013

Role: Main Analyst/Post-doctoral Researcher (as a member of Key Personnel) [with Dr. Eri Kuno (PI)

at UIPUI and Dr. Aileen Rothbard (Co-PI) at the University of Pennsylvania]

(Grant)

Internal Grants

- Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, George Mason University 2019

The extension of the summer 2018 URSP grant.

With Mr. Farhaj Murshed (GMU undergraduate student)

Title: Organ Trafficking in South Asia - A case study for Bangladesh

Amount: $5,000

Role: Mentor

- University Program Development Grant, George Mason University 2018

Amount: $2,000

Role: PI

- Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, George Mason University 2018

With Mr. Farhaj Murshed (GMU undergraduate student)

Title: Organ Trafficking in South Asia - A case study for Bangladesh

Amount: $5,000

Role: Mentor [with Dr. Monir Moniruzzaman (Co-PI), Michigan State University]

- George Mason University Multidisciplinary Seed Grant 2016 - 2017

Title: Clandestine Human Organ Trade: Analyses of Social Networks and their Evolution, and Payment

Schemas used in the Trade

Amount: $50,000

Role: Co-PI [with Drs. Duminda Wijesekera (PI) and Emily Ihara (Co-PI) at GMU, and Dr. Campbell

Fraser (Co-PI), Griffith University, Australia]


Title: Impacts of the 2011 MIPPA Bundled Payment System on ESRD Care Provision: A Patient

Outcome Comparison between Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Modalities

Amount: $50,000

Role: PI [with Drs. Emily Ihara (Co-PI) and Liansheng Tang (Co-PI) at GMU]



Title: Assessing Mobile Health Technologies for Medication Compliance and Nutrition Tracking for

Possible Use by Kidney Transplant Candidates

Amount: $25,000

Role: PI [with Drs. Duminda Wijesekera (Co-PI), Emily Ihara (Co-PI) and Liansheng Tang (Co-PI) at

GMU]

- George Mason University Center for Global Studies Faculty Workshop Grant 2015 - 2016

Title: Women's Global Health

Amount: $7,500

Role: PI [with Dr. Bonnie Stabile (Co-PI) at GMU]

- George Mason University Seed Grant (#102480) 2010 - 2011

Title: Using GIS and Simulation for Analyzing Optimal Geographic Boundaries and

Organ Allocation

Amount: $5,167

Role: PI

VI. PRESENTATIONS

Conferences

Melancon, J.K., Mahendran, K., Jagadeesan, M., Paul, R., Ranga, R. and Koizumi, N. (June 2019), Oral

presentation, “Bortezomib Based Induction Decreases Delayed Graft Function In High-risk Kidney

Transplantation”, Boston, MA, USA

Choubey, A.P., Siskind, E. J., Ortiz, A. Nayebpour, M., Koizumi, N., Wiederhold P., and Ortiz, J. (June

2019), Oral presentation, “Variations in DCD Procurement Procedures across OPOs and Its Effects on

Liver Transplant Outcomes”, Boston, MA, USA

Rivard, A., Gentili, M., and Koizumi, N. (April 2019), Poster presentation, “Web Application for

Interactive Maps to Visualize UNOS Heart Allocation Data”, International Society for Heart and Lung

Transplantation (ISHLT), Annual Meeting, FL, USA

Ortiz, A. Wiederhold P., Pranjal, A., Siskind, M., Nayebpour, M., Mitro, G., Koizumi, N., and Ortiz, J.

(February, 2019), Poster presentation, “Variations in DCD Procurement Procedures across OPOs and Its

Effects on Kidney Transplant Outcomes”, 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC), Houston, TX,

USA

Karami, F., Nayebpour, M., Gentili, M., Koizumi, N., Melancon, J.K. (November 2018), Oral presentation,

“Optimal Integration of Desensitization Protocols into Kidney Paired Donation Programs”, the 2018

INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Karami, F., Nayebpour, M., Gentili, M., Koizumi, N., Rivard, A. (November 2018), Oral presentation,

“Effective Adult Heart Allocation Policies: An Optimization Approach”, the 2018 INFORMS Annual

Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Koizumi, N., Nayebpour, M., El-Amine, H. (November 2018), Oral presentation, “Optimization of Human

Leukocyte Antigen Based Donor Recipient Matching in Kidney Transplantation”, the 2018 INFORMS

Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA


Nayebpour, M., Melancon, J.K., Koizumi, N., Mahendran, K. (November 2018), Oral presentation,

“Simulating the Outcome of Blood Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation - Time to

Remove the Barrier”, the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Shrivastava, S., Koizumi, N., Nayebpour, M., Malhotra D., and Ortiz, J. (October 2018), Oral presentation,

“Evaluation of Outcomes and Characteristics of Preemptive Renal Transplants Occurring at Higher

Residual Native Renal Function, GFR>19 ml/min” American Society of Nephrology- National Kidney

Week, San Diego, CA, USA

Ganesan, R., Chen, C.H., Koizumi, N. (July 2018), Oral presentation, “A Hybrid Liver-Candidate

Transportation Approach to Improve Accessibility and Extend Organ Life in Liver Transplantation”, the

28th Annual INCOSE International Symposium (IS), Washington, DC, USA

Koizumi, N., Karami, F., Nayebpour, M., Gentili, M., Rivard, A. (June 2018), Oral presentation,

“Analyzing Disparity in the US Heart Allocation System”, the 2018 INFORMS International Meeting,

Taipei, Taiwan

Nayebpour, M., Koizumi, N., Mahendran K., Melancon, J. K. (June 2018), Oral presentation, “Blood

Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation - Time to Remove the Barrier”, the 2018 INFORMS

International Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan

Melancon, J. K., Nayebpour M., Mahendran K., Spivak, H., Lee, E., Muralidaran J., and Koizumi, N. (June

2018), Poster presentation, “ABO Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant - Time To Remove

The Barrier” American Transplant Congress (ATC), Seattle, WA, USA

Karami, F., Nayebpour, M., Gentili, M., Koizumi, N., and Rivard, A. (June 2018), Oral presentation,

“Analyzing Geographic Disparity in the US Heart Allocation System”, American Transplant Congress

(ATC), Seattle, WA, USA

Karami, F., Nayebpour, M., Gentili, M., and Koizumi, N. (June 2018), Poster presentation, “Integration of

Blood Type Incompatibility Desensitization Protocols into Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Programs”,

American Transplant Congress (ATC), Seattle, WA, USA

Brooks, J.T., Wiederhold, P., Jiles, K., Ortiz, A., Dewey, M, Bailey, M, Koizumi, N., Rady, E., and Ortiz,

J. (June 2018), Poster presentation, “Differences in Preservation Solution Formulas and its Effects on Early

Graft Function”, American Transplant Congress (ATC), Seattle, WA, USA

Rees, M., Michelin, E., Koizumi, N., Ortiz, J. (June 2018), Poster presentation, “Evaluation of KPD: Does

It Improve Overall Transplant Center Performance?”, American Transplant Congress (ATC), Seattle, WA,

USA

Schafer, KE, Arishi, A., Nayebpour M., Koizumi, N. and Ortiz, J. (May 2018), “Implications and Predictors

of Delayed Graft Function after Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation”, Oral presentation,

Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery (USTRS) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA,

USA

Rivard, A. and Koizumi, N. (April, 2018), Oral presentation, “Human Leukocyte Compatibility and Heart

Transplant Survival Using a Validated Matching Algorithm”, International Society for Heart and Lung

Transplantation (ISHLT) Annual Meeting, Nice, France


Koizumi, N. and Rivard, A. (April 2018), Oral presentation, Transplant Outcomes of Adult Donor Hearts

with Prior Quality-based Offer Refusals”, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

(ISHLT) Annual Meeting, Nice, France

Rivard, A. Karami, F., Gentili, M., Nayebpour, M., and Koizumi, N. (April 2018), Poster presentation,

“Analyzing Geographic Disparities in the US Heart Allocation System”, International Society for Heart

and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Annual Meeting, Nice, France

Brooks, J., Koizumi, N., Neglia, E., Gdoura, B., Wong, T., and Ortiz, J. (January 2018), Oral presentation,

“Improved Outcomes for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Share 35 Era.”, AHPBA

2018. Miami, FL, USA

Melancon, J. K., Nayebpour M., Mahendran K., Spivak, H., Lee, E., Muralidaran, J., and Koizumi, N.

(January 2018), Oral presentation, “ABO Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant - Time To

Remove The Barrier” at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Winter Symposium 2018,

Miami. FL, USA

Brooks, J., N. Koizumi, N., Neglia, E., Gdoura, B., Wont T., and Ortiz, J. (January 2018), Oral presentation,

“Improved Outcomes for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney and Re-Transplant Recipients in the Share 35 Era”

at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Winter Symposium 2018, Miami. FL, USA

Karami F., Nayebpour, M., Gentili, M., and Koizumi, N. (October 2017), Oral presentation, “Using GIS

and Optimization for Optimal Organ Allocation for Heart Transplant” at the INFORMS Annual Meeting

2017, Houston TX, USA

Fraser, C. and Koizumi, N. (September 2017), Oral presentation, “Human Organ Trafficking: A study of

change in the Egyptian kidney market 2008-2016” at the 14th Congress of the International Society for

Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP), Geneva, Switzerland

Koizumi, N. (June 2017), Oral presentation, “Systems Science Approach for Developing Optimal Liver

Allocation System for Transplantation” at a Special (System Science) Session of the Annual Research

Meeting (ARM) for Academy Health, New Orleans, LA, USA (as one of the 5 awardees of the 2017 RWJF-

AcademyHealth System Science Fellowship)

Brooks, J., Becker, K., Gdoura, B., Koizumi, N., and Ortiz, J. (January 2017), Oral presentation,

“Identifying risk factors for graft loss within 90 days of kidney transplantation in the modern era: a

retrospective review of the UNOS database”, American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Winter

Symposium, Miami, FL. USA

Koizumi, N., and Gentili, M. (November 2016), Oral presentation, “Optimal Integration of Kidney

Exchange Programs With Antibody Reduction Therapy to Increase Successful Transplant in Difficult to

Match Recipients” at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. USA

Gentili, M., Koizumi, N., Ganesan, R. and Chen, C.H. (November 2016), Oral presentation, “Mathematical

Optimization and Simulation Analyses For Optimal Liver Allocation Boundaries” at the 2016 INFORMS

Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. USA (Organized session by Koizumi, N.)

Friedman, J.M., Tolkacz, M., Koizumi, N., Zhang, Y., Tang, L, Wellen, J.R., and Ortiz J. (November,

2016), Oral presentation, “The Effects of Distance Between Procurement and Engraftment Sites on Kidney

Transplantation Outcomes”, AMA Research Symposium. Orlando, FL. USA


Callender, C., Koizumi, N., Miles, P. and Melancon, J.K. (August 2016), Oral presentation, “Organ

donation in the U.S.: The tale of the African American journey of moving from the bottom to the top”, an

oral presentation at the International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Hong Kong, China

Ortiz, J., Koizumi, N., Kwon, C., Zhang, Y., and Ortiz, C. and Tang, L. (June 2016), Oral presentation,

“Assessing the Impact of the Share35 Liver Allocation Policy: Survival Outcomes Among Liver Re-

Transplant Recipients” at the 2016 American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA. USA

Ortiz, J., Koizumi, N., Kwan, C., Zhang, C., and Tang, L. (January 2016), Oral presentation, “When Liver

Transplants and Procurement Occur at One Location: A National Study of Graft Survivals.” American

Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Winter Symposium Miami, FL. USA

Fraser, C. and Koizumi, N. (March 2016), Oral presentation, “A Trend Analysis of International Human

Organ Trade in Egypt between 2008 and 2015” at the 8th IMA Conference on Quantitative Modelling in

the Management Of Health and Social Care. London, UK

Koizumi, N., Gentili, and Melancon, J.K. (March 2016), Oral presentation, “Optimal Integration of Anti-

body Reduction Therapy in Kidney Exchange Programs for Disparity Reduction”, at the 8th IMA

Conference on Quantitative Modelling in the Management Of Health and Social Care, London, UK

Koizumi, N., Ortiz, C., and Ortiz, J. (January, 2015), Oral presentation, “Liver Re-Transplantation

Outcomes in Patients with Meld>40” at the ASTS Winter Symposium, Miami, FL, USA

Koizumi, N., Ortiz, C., and Ortiz, J. (January, 2015), Oral presentation, “Outcomes of Combined Liver

and Kidney Transplant in Patients with Meld >40:A Decade Long Experience.” at the ASTS Winter

Symposium, Miami, FL, USA

Ortiz, J., Koizumi, N., Ortiz, C., and Sodeman, T. (November, 2014), Oral presentation, “Outcomes of

Combined Liver and Kidney Transplant in Patients with Meld >40: A Decade Long Experience” at the

AASLD, Boston, MA. USA

Koizumi, N., Gentili, and Melancon, J.K. (November 2015), Oral presentation, “Optimal Integration of

Anti-body Reduction Therapy in Kidney Exchange Programs for Disparity Reduction”, at the INFORMS

Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. USA

Koizumi, N., Baghmanli, Z., Ortiz, C., and Ortiz, J. (May, 2015), Oral presentation, “Liver Re-

Transplantation Outcomes in Patients with Meld>40” at the American Transplant Congress (ATC),

Philadelphia, PA. USA

Callender, C., Koizumi, N., Miles, P. and Melancon, J.K. (October 2015), Oral presentation, “Organ

donation in the U.S.: The tale of the African American journey of moving from the bottom to the top”, an

oral presentation at the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP), Seoul, South

Korea

Koizumi, N., Gentili, M., Rajesh, G., Waters, N., Chen, C.H., Melancon, J.K.., et al. (July 2015), Oral

presentation, “Mathematical Optimization and Simulation Analyses for Optimal Liver Allocation

Boundaries” at the European Conference on Operational Research Meeting, Glasgow, UK

Callender, C., Koizumi, N., Miles, P. and Melancon, J.K. (May 2015), Oral presentation, “Organ donation

in the U.S.: The tale of the African American journey of moving from the bottom to the top”, an oral

presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA. USA


Melancon, J.K., Koizumi, N., Callender, C. (May 2015), “Kidney and Liver CIT Variations across OPOs

and Their Implications: US Experience Between 2003 and 2011”, an oral presentation at the American

Transplant Congress (ATC), Philadelphia, PA. USA

Shaikh, M.F., Koizumi, N., Karipineni, F., Panchal, H., and Ortiz, J. (May 2015), Oral presentation,

“Outcomes in Liver Re-Transplant Recipients with MELD≥40: A Decade Long Experience”, a poster

presentation at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2015, Philadelphia, PA. USA

Melancon, J.K., Koizumi, N., Callender, C. (April, 2015), Oral presentation, “Racial and Geographic

Variations in Cold Ischemia Time: Kidney vs. Liver Transplants”, an oral presentation at the Society of

Black Academic Surgeons Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC. USA

Shaikh, M.F., Koizumi, N., Karipineni, F., Panchal, H., and Ortiz, J. (Jan. 2015), Poster presentation,

“Outcomes of Combined Liver and Kidney Transplant in Patients with Meld>40: A Decade Long

Experience”, at ASTS 15th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Miami, FL. USA

Koizumi, N., Gentili, M., Rajesh, G., Waters, N., Chen, C.H., Melancon, M., et al. (Nov. 2014), Oral

presentation, “Mathematical Optimization and Simulation Analyses for Optimal Liver Allocation

Boundaries” at the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI),

Washington, DC. USA

Koizumi, N. (Oct. 2014), Oral presentation, “Information and Communication Technologies for

Prevention, Surveillance, Management and Treatment Compliance of Infectious Diseases in Developing

Countries”, for the plenary session “Water Sanitation & Other Infectious Diseases” at the International

Conference on “Reducing Burden of Preventable Infections: Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st

Century”, at the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Mayer, J.D. and Koizumi, N. (March, 2014), Oral presentation, “Does Terrorism Cause Global Citizens

to Support Torment? Explaining International Attitudes Towards Torture.” with Naoru Koizumi. A paper

presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting, Toronto, Canada

Koizumi, N., Chen, C.H., Ganesan, R. Gentili, M., et al. (Nov. 2013), Oral presentation, “Applications of

Spatial, Mathematical and Simulation Models to Construct Efficient and Equitable Allocation System for

Liver Transplantation” at the North Regional Science Association International (NRSAI), Atlanta, GA.

USA

Chen, C.H., Koizumi, N., Ganesan, R. Gentili, M., et al. (May 2013), Oral presentation, “Redesigning

Organ Allocation Boundaries for Liver Transplantation in the United States”, at the International

Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering, Milan, Italy

Patel, A., Crooks, A. and Koizumi, N. (April, 2013), Oral presentation, "A Spatial ABM Approach to

Explore Slum Formation Dynamics in Ahmedabad, India" as part of Agent-Based & Cellular Automata

Models for Geographical Systems 2: Land-Use Models at the Annual Meeting of Association of American

Geographers held at Los Angeles, CA. USA

Koizumi, N. and DasGupta, D. (March, 2013), Oral presentation, “Forming optimal organ allocation

boundaries for liver transplantation: Integer programming and simulation approaches” at the 7th IMA

Conference on Quantitative Modelling in the Management of Health and Social Care, London, United

Kingdom


DasGupta D. and Koizumi, N. (March, 2013), Oral presentation, “Analyzing Geographic Disparity in Cold

Ischemia Time (CIT) in Deceased-donor Adult Kidney Transplantation in the US” at the 7th IMA

Conference on Quantitative Modelling in the Management of Health and Social Care, London, United

Kingdom, The Winner of the 1st Prize at the Poster Competition.

Koizumi, N., Chen, C. and Ganesan R. (May 2012), Oral presentation, “Using Simulation for Analyzing

Optimal Organ Allocation for Liver Transplant” at the 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research

Conference (ISERC), Orlando, FL, USA

DasGupta, D. and Koizumi, N. (April, 2012), Oral presentation, “Using GIS and Simulation for Analyzing

Optimal Organ Allocation for Liver and Kidney Transplant” at the 23rd Annual Conference of the

Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), Chicago, IL. USA

Patel, A., Crooks, A. and Koizumi, N. (Nov., 2012), Oral presentation, "Integrating GIS and ABM to

Explore Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India" as part of a Special Session

on GeoComputation at the 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association

International at Ottawa, Canada

Patel, A., Koizumi, N., and Crooks, A. (Oct., 2012), Oral presentation, "Simulating Spatio-temporal

Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India" 6th Urban Research and Knowledge Symposium on

"Cities of Tomorrow: Framing the Future" at Barcelona, Spain

Patel, A., Koizumi, N., and Crooks, A. (Nov., 2011), Oral presentation, "Defining Slum Severity in Indian

Mega-cities: a Comparison of Mumbai and Kolkata". 58th Annual North American Meetings of the

Regional Science Association International held at Miami, Florida, USA

Hu, Y., Waters N., and Koizumi, N. (September 2011), Oral presentation, “Using GIS for Analyzing

Optimal Organ Allocation for Liver Transplantation” at ESRI GIS User Conference, Washington D.C. USA

Koizumi, N. and Patel, A. (June 2011), Oral presentation, “Using GIS and Simulation for Analyzing

Optimal Organ Allocation for Liver Transplant” at INFORMS Health Care Conference, Montreal, Canada

Koizumi, N., Isaac, W. and Patel, A. (November 2010), Oral presentation, “Changes in the Spatial Pattern

of Racial and Social Segregation in the Gateway Region of New Jersey” at Annual North American

Conference of Regional Science Association, Denver, CO, USA

Koizumi, N. (March 2010), Oral presentation, “Using GIS and Simulation for Analyzing Optimal Organ

Allocation for Liver Transplant” at 6th the Institute of Mathematics and Its Application (IMA) Conference

on Quantitative Modeling in the Management of Health Care, London, United Kingdom

Koizumi, N. (December 2009), Oral presentation, “Use of Geographical Information Systems in Health

Policy” at PSO DuPont Summit, Washington DC, USA

Koizumi, N., Rothbard, A., Patel A. and Noll, L. (November 2009), Oral presentation, “Racial Factors

Associated with Spatial Clustering of Mental Health Service Utilization” at American Public Health

Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Public Health Exposition in Philadelphia, PA, USA

Koizumi, N. (November 2009), Oral presentation, “Assessing Geographical Clustering of Outpatient

Psychiatric Service Utilization in Philadelphia” at North American Conference of Regional Science

Association (NRSA), San Francisco, CA, USA


Kloc, M., Patel, A., Koizumi, N., and Nicogossian, A. (August 2009), Oral presentation, “Space - Time

Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) in Virginia” at the 17th International Conference of

Geoinformatics, Fairfax, VA, USA

Koizumi, N. and Checherita, C. (March 2008), Oral presentation, “Multi-Method Investigation of

Economic Convergence at Different Levels of Spatial Units” at 4th Southern Regional Science Annual

Meeting, Arlington, VA, USA

Koizumi, N. (November 2007), Oral presentation, “Optimal Policy Solutions for States with Limited

Tobacco Control: Space - Time Analysis” at North American Conference of Regional Science Association

(NRSA), Savannah, GA, USA

Koizumi, N. (April 2007), Oral presentation, “Minimizing Welfare Loss Due to Congestion in a Mental

Health System: Queueing and Simulation Analyses” at the Health Care Management Science section of the

Institute of Mathematics and Its Application (IMA), London, United Kingdom

Koizumi, N. (November 2006), Oral presentation, “Factors Affecting the Choice of Mental Health Care

Providers” at North American Conference of Regional Science Association, Toronto, Canada

Rothbard A., Koizumi, N., Brown G., Sosjan D. and Beck A.T. (November 2006), Oral presentation, “Cost

Effectiveness of a Suicide Prevention Program” at American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual

Meeting and Public Health Exposition in Boston, MA, USA

Koizumi, N. (November 2005), Oral presentation, “Cost Minimization Using Simulation: An Application

of a Meta-model to Analyze an Optimal Housing Array for Mentally Ill” at the North American Conference

of Regional Science Association, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Koizumi, N. (November 2004), Oral presentation, “Decision Factors in Mental Health Service Provider

Selection and Client Utility Changes Caused by Changes in the Mix of Service Providers” at the North

American Conference of Regional Science Association, Seattle, WA, USA

Koizumi, N. (October 2003), Oral presentation, “A Queueing Network Model with Blocking: Analysis of

Congested Patient Flows in Mental Health Systems” at the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations

Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Atlanta, GA, USA

Koizumi, N. and McCann, P. (August 2003), Oral presentation, “Housing Decisions in Panama: A Log-

Linear Analysis” at the European Conference of Regional Science Association, Jyväskylä, Finland

Invited Workshops and Talks

Koizumi, N. (September 2017), “Systems Science Approach to Health Care System Analysis” on Sep 25,

2017, Invited Guest Speaker at Office of Analysis and Epidemiology (OAE), National Center for Health

Statistics (NCHS) at the Center for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Koizumi, N. (June 2017), “Systems Science Approach for Developing Optimal Liver Allocation System

for Transplantation” at a Special (system science) Session of the Annual Research Meeting (ARM) for

Academy Health, New Orleans, LA, USA (as one of the 5 awardees of the 2017 RWJF-Academy Health

System Science Fellowship)


Koizumi, N. (January 2017), “Applications of OR Techniques to Analyze Disparity in Health Care Access”

at the University of Westminster as an invited seminar speaker, London, United Kingdom

Koizumi, N. (November 2015), “Redesigning Organ Allocation Boundaries for Liver Transplantation in

the United States” at the GIS Day - GIS and Health, George Mason University, Fairfax VA, USA

Koizumi, N. (October 2014), “Geographic Information Systems and Simulation Methods for Healthcare

Planning”, at the Infrastructure Engineering & Management (MIEM) Program, CEPT University,

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Koizumi, N. (September 2011), “Where you live matters! Disparities in Organ Transplant” (as part of

“Lightening Talks” of Technical Plenary Session) at ESRI GIS Health Conference, Rosslyn, VA, USA

Koizumi, N. (November 2010), “Using GIS and Simulation for Analyzing Optimal Organ Allocation for

Liver Transplant”, GIS Day, Fairfax, VA, USA

Koizumi, N. (September 2010), “A Short Course on GIS - Introduction: What is GIS? What can we do

with GIS?” (as the organizer of a short course on GIS, together with other 7 presenters in academia and

industry) at 2010 Annual Political Science Association Meeting, Washington DC, USA

Koizumi, N. (March 2010), “Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Health Care” at the

University of Westminster as an invited seminar speaker, London, United Kingdom

Koizumi, N. and Patel, A. (June 2009), “Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Health Care”

at Center for Global Development (CGD) as an invited seminar speaker, Washington, DC, USA

Koizumi, N. (January 2008), 1- week statistics advisory and GIS workshop Master and PhD programs at

Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, The Netherlands

Koizumi, N. (November 2006), “School of Public Policy GIS Course: Spatial Data Analysis with GIS”

representing the school on GIS Day, Fairfax, VA, USA

VII. TEACHING AND TRAINING

Regular GMU Teaching

- PUBP754: Spatial Data Analysis with GIS (Elective quantitative method course for Master and PhD

students) (2006-Present)

- PUBP704/POGO511: Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis (Required introductory statistics course

for Master students) (2004-Present)

- PUBP705/POGO705: Advanced Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis (Elective time series course

for Master and PhD students) (2007-Present)

- PUBP804: Multivariate Statistical Analysis in Public Policy (Required statistics course for PhD

students) (2007-Present)

- PUBP720: Managerial Economics and Policy Analysis (Required economics course for Master

students) (2004-2007)

Periodical GMU Teaching/Training

- Math Camp

- STATA Programming Seminar

- The Institutional Review Board (IRB) Overview Workshop


Contracted External Teaching/Training

A Biostatistics Training for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI): Two rounds of seminar

series on statistical testing, bootstrapping, basic data-mining, and R,

Janelia Campus (Fall 2018, Summer 2017)

- A GIS/Spatial Modeling Training for The World Bank (Summer 2017)

- Periodical 1 to 3 day GIS/Spatial Modeling Trainings under National Geospatial Agency (NGA) funded

Mentor-Protégé Programs (2008 - 2012)

VIII. AWARDS AND HONORS

Research Fellowships and Scholarships

- Academy Health/RWJF: Systems Science Scholarship 2017

- Cochrane Research Fellowship 2011 - 2014

- Post-doctoral Research Fellowship 2003 - 2005

(Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania)

- University Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 1994 - 1996

Teaching Awards

- Nominations to GMU Teaching Excellence Award 2010, 2015, 2016

- School of Public Policy (SPP) Teaching Award 2008

- Finalists of University-wide of GMU Teaching Excellence Award 2008

Other Awards

- Nomination to GMU Career Connection Faculty Award 2019

- Excellence in Reviewing, Operations Research for Health Care 2013

- Finalist of GMU Emerging Scholar Award 2011

- Phi Sigma Omega Award from Policy Studies Organization (PSO) 2010

IX. SERVICES

Professional Service

Editorship:

- Senior Associate Editor for the Journal, World Medical and Health Policy (2009 - Present)

- Editor for the Journal, Clinical Nursing Studies (2012 - Present)

Conference Organization:

- Session Organizer, the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. USA (November 2019)

- NSF-GMU Conference on Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks; Arlington, VA. USA

(February 2019): 150+ Invitees including policy makers in DC, NGO and Industry experts worldwide,

and academic researchers nationwide (funded by NSF - 1906097)

- Cluster Chair: the 2018 INFORMS international meeting, Taipei, Taiwan (June 2018)

- Co-organizer, Workshop on “Organ Donation among Minorities” (June 2018). Funded by MOHAN

Foundation. As part of the American Transplant Congress (ATC), Seattle, WA, USA

- Symposium Organizer: Seminar on “Organs for Transplant Expanding Sources and Ethical

Considerations”, Arlington Campus, George Mason University (March 2017)


- Conference Co-organizer, the 8th IMA Conference on Quantitative Modelling in the Management of

Health and Social Care. London, UK (March 2016)

- Session Organizer, the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. USA (November 2016)

- Session Organizer: A Short Course on GIS - Introduction: What is GIS? What can we do with GIS?”,

Annual Political Science Association Meeting, Washington DC, USA (September, 2010)

Professional Committee Service:

- A member of the Simulated Allocation Models (SAMs) Improvement Subcommittee under Scientific

Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) Technical Advisory Committee - Appointment through the

Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Services (CMS) (2012 - Present)

- Mentorship of a high school student who is an award participant of the NIH/NIDDK Short-Term

Education Program for Underrepresented Persons at UCLA (UCLA STEP-UP Program:

http://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R25-DK113659-01) (Summer 2019)

- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) US-Israel Binational Industrial Research

and Development (BIRD) Foundation Grant Ad-hoc Proposal Review (2019)

- National Science Foundations (NSF) Ad-hoc Proposal Reviews (2015, 2016, 2019)

- National Science Foundations (NSF) Proposal Review Panel (2014, 2016)

- A committee member of the North American Regional Science (NARSC) student-led paper

competition (2014)

Journal Reviews:

- BMC Health Services Research

- Health Care Management Science

- Operations Research for Health Care

- IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics

- Journal of Simulations

- World Medical and Health Policy

- Social Science & Medicine

- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

- IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering

- International Journal for Equity in Health

- Papers in Regional Science

- Annals of Regional Science

Schar School/GMU Service

Master Thesis & PhD Dissertation Committees

For Master Thesis (2 students as a committee member)

Completed: 1 student in School of Environmental Science and Public Policy (Haiying Lin)

Completed: 1 student in Department of Geography & Geoinformation Science (Maggie Rieder)

For PhD Dissertation (9 students as the Chair, 31 students as a committee member)

Schar School (6 completed + 3 current students as the Chair; 16 completed + 8 current

students as a committee member)

Completed - 23 students (6 as the Chair, 17 as a committee member)

Chair: 1. Michelle Kloc, 2. Douglas Anderson, 3. Carol Davis, 4. Divya Srinivasan, 5. Tina

Himathongkam, 6. Kirk Heffelmire

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Committee: 1. Michael S. Jackson, 2. Christina Checherita, 3. Uma Kelekar, 4. Caterina Au,

5. Debasree DasGupta, 6. Darius Tirtosharto, 7. Huaqun Li, 8. Matthew Hardy, 9. Pietro Masci,

10. Jiamin Wang, 11. Amit Patel, 12. Xin Zhou, 13. Karen Buckley, 14. Alfred Sarkissian, 15.

Keith Luter, 16. Erik Goepner,

In Progress – 11 students (3 as the Chair, 8 as a committee member)

Chair: 1. Charles Armentrout; 2. Elizabeth Neglia; 3. Mehdi Nayebpour

Committee: 1. Maurice Johnson, 2. Monica (Hyun Ju) Kim, 3. Yi-Ting Chiu, 4. Wendy Chen,

5. Mary Sproull, 6. Camilo Pardo, 7. Kurt Bison, 8. Owen Nucci

Geography & Geoinformation Science (GSS) / College of Science (COS) (3 students as a

committee member)

Completed: Xi Mei

In Progress: Katherine Kulbicki, Chris Nobles

Department of Computational Social Science (CSS) / Volgenau School of Engineering (VSE)

(2 students as a committee member)

Completed: Cristina Metgher; Maysam Alizaveh

Department of Computer Science (CS) / Volgenau School of Engineering (VSE) (1 student as

a committee member)

Completed: Kamaleldin Mohamed

School of Environmental Science and Public Policy (1 student as a committee member)

Completed: Jennifer Biddle

Internship Advisory: Internship Advisory involves (i) mentoring students while they work as an intern

outside school and (ii) instructing them while writing an academic report related to their internship

programs.

Fall 2010 MPP student (1)

Spring 2006 MPP students (2)

Summer 2006 MPP student (2)


Spring 2005 MPP student (1)

Summer 2005 MPP student (1)


Independent Study Supervisor: Advisory to Independent Study involves instruction to a student while

he/she writes an academic paper.


Fall 2008 MPP students (1)

Spring 2007 MPP students (1)

Directed Readings and Research: Advisory for Directed Readings and Research involves instruction and

assistance to PhD students while they prepare a field statement (which is the first step towards writing

dissertation).

Spring 2019 PhD Student (1)

Fall 2018 PhD Student (1)

Spring 2018 PhD Students (3)






Fall 2014 PhD student (2)

Spring 2012 PhD student (1)

Summer 2009 PhD Student (1)


Spring 2006 PhD student (1)

Summer 2006 PhD student (1)

Spring 2007 PhD students (3)

Summer 2007 PhD student (1)


Other Service:

- Director for Research of the Schar School of Policy and Government (2015 - Present)

- A member of the GMU-IRB Review Board (2016 - Present)

- University Working Group to design the new multidisciplinary research center “Institute for Digital

InnovAtion” (IDIA) (2019)

- Public Policy PhD admission committee (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

- Public Policy PhD fields of study working group (2019)

- A committee member for the political science quantitative faculty hiring (2018)

- A liaison committee member for the security faculty hiring (2017)

- GMU-INOVA Health Symposium Steering Committee (2017)

- GMU-INOVA Ethics and Policy Conference on Personalized Health Conference Committee (2017)

- PhD qualifying exam preparation and grading (2009, 2013, 2016)

- MPP/MPA Program Curriculum Committee (2014)

- Research Committee (2014)

- Faculty Search Committee for a health/quantitative position at SPP/GMU (2007-2008)

- Committee member for the recipient selection of the SPP Dissertation (Fisher) Award recipient (May

2007)

X. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

- Institute of Mathematics and Its Application (IMA)

- Regional Science Association International (RSAI)

- Academy Health

- Policy Studies Organization (PSO - Honorary life-time membership)

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