What’s Your StORy: Changing Healthcare, Changing Lives – With Data Science

Published in OR/MS Today (Host: Kara Tucker), 2025

In this video interview with Kara Tucker (editor of OR/MS Today), Louis Luangkesorn discusses the application of Operations Research (OR) and data science in healthcare.

Luangkesorn shares his career trajectory from logistics to healthcare simulation, highlighting the “Translation Gap” between technical analysts and clinical decision-makers and emphasizing the necessity of uncovering stakeholders’ tacit knowledge to build trusted decision-support models. He also reflects on his volunteer service with the American Red Cross and offers career advice for students entering the field.

Watch the interview on YouTube