Staff Profile
Dr Sebastian Rachuba
Associate Research Fellow
My role within PenCHORD is to apply operational research to support health care decision making. This covers the analysis, evaluation, and modelling of various situations, eg scheduling at hospitals, locational analysis for health care providers and forecasting of future demand. Before I joined PenCHORD, I worked at a Municipal Hospital in Germany after having finished my doctorate. I have a background in Management and Economics with a focus on Operational Research and Econometrics.
Contact by phone
01392 72-7422
Employed by
University of Exeter
Areas of expertise
Operational research applied to health care, health care modelling, optimisation considering multiple criteria and uncertainty
Projects
PenCHORD - Pathway modelling at Exeter Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic
PenCHORD - Streamlining Pre-operative Assessments at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust PenCHORD - Determining the required size of a Clinical Decision Unit at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital PenCHORD - Review of Operational Research in scheduled and unscheduled care PenCHORD - Modelling Radiographer-led discharge at Yeovil District HospitalPublications
A fuzzy multi-criteria approach for robust operating room schedules
Redesigning the diagnostic pathway for chest pain patients in emergency departmentsUpcoming Events
Jul
13
Searching and Review Clinic
ITTC Building, Plymouth Science Park (Room N14)
These clinics have been set up to help the PenCLAHRC Evidence
Synthesis Team to manage and respond...
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Sep
06
Making Sense of Health Research...
Room 1.24 South Cloisters - University of Exeter - St Lukes Campus
An introduction to making sense of evidence Introduction to Making
Sense of Evidence During this talk a...
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News
Launch of new website to mark one year of Health Service Modelling Associates Programme
04 July 2017
“With the HSMA programme, we have developed an exciting new way for
the NHS to...
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PenCHORD strengthens links to overseas research partners
28 June 2017
Following a successful bid in 2016, PenCHORD
(PenCLAHRC’s operational research group), has been awarded
additional funding...
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Prisoner mental health collaboration receives extension and funding boost
23 June 2017
A national collaboration supported by PenCLAHRC, investigating
ways to support prisoners with mental health problems both...
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Research Projects
Public involvement in suicide prevention
Theme: Mental Health & Dementia
A research programme examining a public health intervention
designed to help members of the public...
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PenCHORD: Modelling the optimal size of Derriford Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU)
Theme: Evidence for Policy and Practice
Providing modelling evidence of the optimal size for an expanded
Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU) at...
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