DrJonas Oddur Jonasson

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Operations Management, Healthcare Delivery Operations, Non-Profit Operations, Health Analytics.
Behavioral Health, Health Policy, Global Health, Social Determinants of Health.
Operational Productivity, Ambulance Operations.

RESEARCH PAPERS

15. Favorable Risk Selection in Medicare Advantage: The Effect of Allowing Non-Medical Services.
Woonam Hwang, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, and Heikki Peura.
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Forthcoming.

14. Policy Optimization for Personalized Interventions in Behavioral Health.
Jackie Baek, Justin J. Boutilier, Vivek F. Farias, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, and Erez Yoeli.
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2025), 27(3):770-788.
- First prize. 2024 INFORMS Pierskalla Award for Best Paper in Healthcare Management Science.

13. The Policy Case for Designating EMS Teams for Vulnerable Patient Populations: Evidence from an Intervention in Boston.
Mark Brennan, Sophia Dyer, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, James Salvia, Laura Segal, Erin Serino, and Justin Steil.
Health Care Management Science (2023), 1-16.
- Second prize. 2024 MSOM Responsible Research competition.

12. Robust Combination Testing: Methods and Application to COVID-19 Detection.
Sanjay Jain, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Jean Pauphilet, and Kamalini Ramdas.
Management Science (2024), 70(4):2661-2681.

11. Redesigning Sample Transportation in Malawi Through Improved Data Sharing and Daily Route Optimization.
Emma Gibson, Sarang Deo, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Mphatso Kachule, and Kara Palamountain.
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2023), 25(4):1209-1226.
- First prize. 2021 M&SOM Practice-Based Research Competition.
- Second prize. 2021 Best Paper Competition of the College of Healthcare Operations Management (CHOM) of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).
- First prize (Emma Gibson). 2020 INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR student paper competition.

10. Can digital adherence technologies reduce inequity in tuberculosis treatment success? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial.
Justin J. Boutilier, Erez Yoeli, Jon Rathauser, Philip Owiti, Ramnath Subbaraman, and Jónas Oddur Jónasson.
BMJ Global Health (2022), 7:e010512.

9. The Distributional Impact of Fatigue on Performance.
Hessam Bavafa and Jónas Oddur Jónasson.
Management Science (2024), 70(5):3319-3337.
- First prize. 2025 Management Science Best Paper in Operations Management.

8. Social Impact Operations at the Global Base of the Pyramid.
Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Kamalini Ramdas, and Alp Sungu.
Production and Operations Management (2022), 31(12), 4364-4378.

7. Vaccine Supply Chains in Resource-Limited Settings: Mitigating the Impact of Rainy Season Disruptions.
Kim De Boeck, Catherine Decouttere, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, and Nico Vandaele.
European Journal of Operational Research (2022), 301(1):300-317.

6. Improving TB Treatment Adherence Support: The Case for Targeted Behavioral Interventions.
Justin Boutilier, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, and Erez Yoeli.
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2022), 24(6):2925-2943.
- Finalist. 2021 INFORMS Pierskalla Award for Best Paper in Healthcare Management Science.

5. An Unstructured Supplementary Service Data System for Daily Tracking of Patient Samples and Diagnostic Results in a Diagnostic Network in Malawi: System Development and Field Trial.
Daniel Killian, Emma Gibson, Mphatso Kachule, Kara Palamountain, Joseph Bitilinyu Bangoh, Sarang Deo, and Jónas Oddur Jónasson (joint last author with S. Deo).
Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021), 23(7):e26582.

4. The Variance Learning Curve.
Hessam Bavafa and Jónas Oddur Jónasson.
Management Science (2021), 67(5):3104-3116.
- Finalist. 2021 MSOM Service Management Special Interest Group Best Paper Award.

3. Learning from Many: Partner Exposure and Team Familiarity in Fluid Teams.
Zeynep Ak¸sin, Sarang Deo, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, and Kamalini Ramdas.
Management Science (2021), 67(2):854-874.
- Non-technical op-ed: “Learning From Many” Psychology Today. Feb 3, 2020.

2. Recovering from Critical Incidents: Evidence from Paramedic Performance.
Hessam Bavafa and Jónas Oddur Jónasson.
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2021), 23(4):914-932.
- Finalist. 2022 M&SOM Best Paper Award.
- Non-technical op-ed: “Emotional States Matter in Service Operations Settings” Psychology Today. Nov 12, 2019.

1. Improving HIV early infant diagnosis supply chains in sub-Saharan Africa: Models and application to Mozambique.
Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Sarang Deo and Jérémie Gallien.
Operations Research (2017), 65(6):1479-1493.
- Finalist. 2019 MSOM Responsible Research competition.
- First prize. 2014 MSOM student paper competition.
- Selected by the Financial Times as one of 100 business school papers with social impact.
- Abstract published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 17(2):262-264.
- Non-technical op-ed: “We found ways to shorten the turnaround time for diagnosing babies with HIV”. The Conversation. Jan 17, 2018.

WORKING PAPERS AND PAPERS IN PROGRESS

16. Operational Dosage: Implications of Capacity Constraints for the Design and Interpretation of Experiments.
Hannah Li, Justin J. Boutilier, Erez Yoeli, and Jónas Oddur Jónasson.
Under revision.

17. Digital Adherence Support for Tuberculosis Treatment: A Multicentre Randomized Trial in Kenya.
Erez Yoeli, Jonathan Rathauser, Edwin Nyakan, Justin J. Boutilier, Jonathon R. Campbell, Moreen Chilo, Lewis Muriuki Irungu, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Maureen Kamene Kimenye, Faith Kavata Muchiri, Alice M. Mwikamba, Teresa Adhiambo Ochieng, Jill Ondigo, Philip Owiti, Kevin Schwartzman, and David G. Rand.
Submitted.

18. No Rest for the Idle: The Impact of Downtime on Productivity.
Hessam Bavafa and Jónas Oddur Jónasson.
Submitted.