Distinction for two PhD Students of Prof. Thomas Weber

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Two doctoral students supervised by Professor Thomas Weber were honored at this year’s INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

Naveed Chehrazi was a finalist in the Best Student Research Paper Competition of the Financial Services Section for his work on “Dynamic Valuation of Delinquent Credit-Card Accounts,” co-authored with Prof. Weber. Lauren Cipriano won the Lee Lusted Award for Best Student Presentation in the area of Applied Health Economics in a joint session with the Society for Medical Decision Making for her work on “Optimal Health Program Intervention with Information Acquisition,” co-authored with Prof. Weber. Both students are currently on the academic job market.