Ari Lerner

Hi! I’m a Ph.D. candidate in Operations Research at the Yale School of Management, where I’m also a Planetary Solutions Doctoral Fellow. My research explores how mathematical modeling and spatial optimization can support resilient environmental and humanitarian systems, with applications in conservation planning and disaster response. I hold a B.S. in Mathematics from Tufts University.

In my free time, I enjoy charcoal drawing, reading literary fiction and essays (a list of favorites), watching old Soviet films, and feeling the unnecessary stress of supporting both Chelsea FC and my hometown Boston Celtics.

I can be reached at ari.lerner@yale.edu.

Papers (by Topic)

Operations

• Conservation Planning at Scale: Efficient Methods for Designing Connected Reserve Networks via Random Spanning Trees, with V. Manshadi and J. Tucker-Foltz. Under review, 2026.
  • Interactive Demo: Connected Conservation Planning
  • Media: “How a Political Redistricting Technique Could Help Protect More Wildlife for Less”, Yale Insights.

Public Health and Outcomes Research

• Real-World Neoadjuvant Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Resected Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer, with J. Donington, X. Hu, S. Zhang, Y. Song, A. Arunachalam, D. Chirovsky, C. Gao, A. Jiang, J. Signorovitch, and A. Samkari. Clinical Lung Cancer, 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2024.03.006. PMID: 38627155.

• Event-Free Survival as a Predictor of Overall Survival and Recurrence Burden of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Therapy, with J. Donington, X. Hu, S. Zhang, Y. Song, A. Arunachalam, D. Chirovsky, C. Gao, A. Jiang, J. Signorovitch, and A. Samkari. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.12.006. PMID: 38092284.

• Evaluation of Disease-Free Survival as a Predictor of Overall Survival and Assessment of Real-World Burden of Disease Recurrence in Resected Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, with H. West, X. Hu, S. Zhang, Y. Song, D. Chirovsky, C. Gao, A. Jiang, J. Signorovitch, and A. Samkari. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 2023. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2023.29.7.749. PMID: 37404067; PMCID: PMC10387987.

• Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Resected Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An Analysis of the SEER-Medicare Data, with H. West, X. Hu, S. Zhang, Y. Song, D. Chirovsky, C. Gao, A. Jiang, J. Signorovitch, and A. Samkari. Clinical Lung Cancer, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2022.12.005. PMID: 36641325.

• Surgical Implant Generation Network Implant Follow-Up: Assessment of Squat and Smile and Fracture Healing, with K. Alves, G. Silva, and J. Katz. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 2020. PMID: 31652187.

• Clinical Outcomes and Risk-Factor Analysis of the Ponseti Method in a Low-Resource Setting: Clubfoot Care in Haiti, with R. Qudsi, F. Selzer, S. Hill, J. Hippolyte, E. Jacques, F. Alexis, C. May, R. Cady, and E. Losina. PLOS ONE, 2019. PMID: 30870447.