I’m starting three data collaborator opportunities. Feel free to reach out, I’m open to research collaboration or just talking together.

1. Pediatric Hospital’s cardiovascular surgery center elective surgery scheduling with downstream impact on ICU and CACU in IRB and DUA stage

2. Global Medical Equipment Company’s AI-powered care team communication project in Spring 26

3. U.S. Leading Virtual Care Platform’s virtual clinician project in Spring 26

Hi there, I would be delighted to meet and chat in person.

• I’ll present my VN work at 2025 DSI ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Saturday, Nov 22, 2025, 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM, Crystal B, at Orlando FL, USA

1. I recently shared my VN project at the Virtual Health System Round Table, which brought together 12 health systems (in and outside North Carolina) with attendees ranging from leaders of innovation centers to C-suite executives, on June 20, 2025.

2. I recently spoke with the CTO of a Midwest hospital and Sales Representatives from a Global Medical Equipment Company about measuring the impact of an AI-tech communication tool on care team productivity and patient outcomes on October 24, 2025.

3. I recently shared my virtual nurse project journey, which involved understanding data structures, identifying relevant data elements, and performing causality analysis, with the Chief Clinical Officer from a U.S.-leading virtual care platform on October 30, 2025. The company’s executive members have all reviewed an executive summary of my virtual nurse paper and hope to replicate the causal identification success in hundreds of hospitals.

First time on film: This September, representing all the PHD students at UNC Business School, I attended the filming for UNC Business School’s new building’s opening ceremony. It was fun and a new experience!

This May, I’ve got the first teaching award, UNC Business School Latané Outstanding Student Teaching Award.

According to our PhD Program Coordinator Ali Parlaktürk, “This is a well-deserved honor–Blair did a fabulous job teaching BUSI 403, also served as teaching assistant for several key courses. I reached out to the instructors of those courses, and all enthusiastically supported her nomination.”

I’m so grateful for our Operations Area, all the faculties, lecturers, and prior PhD students for coaching me on teaching.

1. UNC Chapel Hill University News, August 25 Issue on VN paper: Link

2. UNC Kenan-Flagler News and Impact, June 25 Issue on VN paper: Link

3. UNC News and Story June 2025, Standout Students and Alumni on my Latané Outstanding Student Teaching Award: Link

4. UNC Center for Business of Health on VN paper: Link

5. UNC Center for Business of Health Instagram: Link