About
From studying access to care to asking who gets access to analysis.
I’m Lina Song, a decision scientist, scholar, and founder. My research examines how institutional choices shape healthcare—from physician integration and hospital closures to patient choice and the long-term consequences of prevention and treatment.
Today, I’m working on a related question: how can rigorous analytical capability become more accessible beyond dedicated research teams? For me, that means both being able to use an analysis and being able to examine what it depends on.
Why access became my question
The resources behind the research.
Working on a research-led project at Moorfields prompted me to think about the resources that make rigorous analysis possible. I wondered how hospitals without comparable research resources could use that kind of analytical capability too. That question now connects my research background with the work I am building.
Now
From research to usable analysis.
At Doogooda, I’m working to translate research-grounded methods into software for healthcare operating decisions. Through writing and public conversation, I also explore who can use rigorous analysis and how its assumptions can be made open to scrutiny.
I hold a PhD in Health Policy / Decision Science from Harvard University and was formerly a tenure-track Assistant Professor at UCL School of Management. My earlier training was in mathematics at Caltech and statistics at Yale.
The arc
In order.
Madison, Wisconsin
Founder, Doogooda. For 2026–27, Doogooda is a member of Harvard Innovation Labs’ Launch Lab X accelerator (venture profile) and part of Creative Destruction Lab’s CDL-Wisconsin Health & Wellness program.
Seoul National University, Cognitive AI Lab
Visiting Researcher.
UCL School of Management, London
Assistant Professor (tenure track), Operations & Technology. Faculty Fellow, Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (2022–2024).
Harvard University
PhD in Health Policy / Decision Science. Principal investigator on an AHRQ R36 dissertation award; graduate researcher at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Yale University
MA, Statistics.
California Institute of Technology
BS, Applied and Computational Mathematics, with honor.
Selected honors & grants
- POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Award, first place (2019)
- AHRQ R36 Health Services Research Dissertation Award, principal investigator
- Harvard University Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2019)
Affiliations
Visiting Researcher, Cognitive AI Lab, Seoul National University (since 2026) · INFORMS · MSOM · POMS · AcademyHealth · Society for Medical Decision Making
Speaking, media, and research inquiries: hello@linasong.com · LinkedIn · Speaking & media →