ANNOUNCE Taylor/Dangerfield awarded 2005 Goodeve Medal (SD6061)

[eric wolstenholme eric.wolstenholme symmetricsd.co.uk]

Posted by  "eric wolstenholme" <eric.wolstenholme at symmetricsd.co.uk>
I am sure that members of the list and colleagues throughout the SD world
will be delighted to know that Kathy Taylor and Brian Dangerfield have been
awarded the 2005 Goodeve Medal by the OR Society in the UK for their paper
"Modelling the feedback effects of reconfiguring health services" (JORS Vol.
56 pp658-675).

The paper based on Kathy’s doctoral work looks at the impact of moving
decisions to offer health care services closer to the patient and has some
strong conclusions about improved supply stimulating demand and increasing
capacity not being the best way to improving access to services (conclusions
close to my own heart).

An interesting postscript is that Brian is now the only non-retired person
to hold both the Goodeve & President's Medals of the UK OR Society. The
President’s Medal came in 1991, also with an SD paper in JORS (on AIDS
modelling).

I am sure you will all join me in offering well deserved congratulations to
Kathy and Brian.

Best wishes,

Eric Wolstenholme
Posted by  "eric wolstenholme" <eric.wolstenholme at symmetricsd.co.uk>
posting date  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:10:01 -0000