Julie Swann

Bio

Julie Swann is the department head and A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is an affiliate faculty in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at both NC State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining NC State, Swann was the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. There she co-founded and co-directed the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS), one of the first interdisciplinary research centers on the Georgia Tech campus. Starting with her work with CHHS, Swann has conducted research, outreach and education to improve how health and humanitarian systems operate worldwide. Dr. Swann is the 2024 President of INFORMS and a Fellow of IISE, INFORMS, and AIMBE as well as a research leader in using analytics and system approaches to enable healthcare and supply chains to become more efficient, effective, or equitable. Her work as a systems engineer with analytics skills relates to areas of public health, public policy, epidemiology, infectious disease, supply chain management, and disaster response. She has collaborated widely with organizations such as the CDC, The Carter Center, the American Red Cross, United Nations organizations, and more. She regularly teaches practitioners in global health and humanitarian systems in addition to degree-based students in engineering.