Assistant Professor
Department of Information Technology & Decision Sciences
Yi Tang
2020 CONSTANT HALL
NORFOLK, VA 23529
Ph.D. in Supply Chain & Operations, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, (2024)
M.S. in Statistics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, (2024)
B.E. in Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, (2015)
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Tang, Y. and Wu, H. "OMNette: Building a Knowledge Hub for High-Quality Operations Management Datasets to Advance AI-Enabled Decision-Making" $15,000. Old Dominion University. December 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027
Research Interests
Healthcare service delivery; health IT; health disparities; LLM for healthcare; causal inference.
Articles
- Doss, C. D., Osborn, M. J., Stark, S., Rhein, J., Donkersgoed, J., Budde, D., Champeau, S., Meyer, C., Hayden, M., Landini, L., Ouyang, D., Chung, L., Tang, Y., Vetter, S. and Schacker, T. W. (2025). Wastewater Measures of SARS-CoV-2 Accurately Predict Frequency of Symptomatic Infections in the Community. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 232 (3) , pp. e459-e465.
- Tang, Y., Sinha, K. K., Moen, A. and Ertekin, N. (2024). Towards Achieving Mental Health Equity for the Underserved Population: Evaluating the Potential of Mobile Apps. Production and Operations Management 33 (1) , pp. 87 - 107.
Presentations
- Tang, Y., Sinha, K. K. and Moen, A. (November 24, 2025). Designing and Innovating AI-Enabled Service Frontlines: A Personalized Mental Health Care Referral Platform. Paper 2025 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference. Orlando, FL, USA.
- Tang, Y., Xu, E. and Sinha, K. K. (November 24, 2025). Enhancing Telemental Health Uptake: The Critical Role of Technological Infrastructure and Parity. Paper 2025 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference. Orlando, FL, USA.
- Tang, Y. (November 22, 2025). Essays on Digital Technology-Enabled Mental Healthcare Delivery. Other 2025 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference. Orlando, FL, USA.
- Tang, Y., Xu, E. and Sinha, K. K. (August 22, 2025). Enhancing Telemental Health Uptake: The Critical Role of Technological Infrastructure and Parity. Paper 2025 Midwest Healthcare Management Conference. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- 2025: Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award, Decision Sciences Institute
- 2023: College of Service Operations Management Best Student Paper Finalist, Production and Operations Management Society