Yi Tang

Research

My work connects healthcare operations, digital technology, and equity.

Publications

Working papers

Telehealth and Continuity of Care in Mental Health Care Delivery: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Claims Database

With Shenghan Li (PhD student, UMN) and Kingshuk K. Sinha

Shenghan Li’s telehealth and continuity-of-care project is a finalist in the 2026 DSI Doctoral Research Showcase. The competition is scheduled for November 21, 2026.

Gender and Racial Gaps in Federal Procurement for Veteran-owned Small Businesses

With Dwaipayan Roy

Enhancing Telemental Health Uptake: The Critical Role of Technological Infrastructure and Parity in Improving Population Mental Health Condition

With Eric Xu and Kingshuk K. Sinha

Work in progress 4 projects

Large Language Models for Optimization Modeling: A Survey of Methods, Benchmarks, and Open Challenges

With Harris Wu

Mapping the Economics of IS: An AI-Driven Analytical Model Repository

With Jessica Wu and Harris Wu

The relationship between IT investment and firms’ CSR performance

With Hansol Lee

Generative AI and Medical Education Competencies

With Anca D. Dobrian and Ismail El Moudden

Grants & recognition

2025–2027

OMNette

A knowledge hub for operations management datasets and AI-enabled decision-making. Principal investigator; Harris Wu, collaborator. Strome Problem-Solving Challenge · $15,000 total award.

2021–2023

Cisco Tech for Healthcare

AI-enabled service frontlines for mental health. Co-investigator; Kingshuk K. Sinha, principal investigator. $180,000 total project funding.