MBA Experience
Many opportunities arise, both on and off campus, to engage in health care activities, network with alumni who work in the industry, and delve more deeply into various health care sectors.
Health Care Welcome Reception
Takes place each fall and is hosted by the Initiative. This kick-off meet and greet introduces first-year students to the various health care resources at HBS.
Health Care 101
Is a broad overview of the health care industry taught by faculty and includes the latest facts and figures about where students are securing internships and full-time positions.
Health Care Career Days
Offers panels and presentations designed to introduce students to diverse health care industries, including life sciences, digital health, payors, providers, international health, venture capital, private equity, investment banking, and consulting.
The Student-Alumni Mentor Program
Matches students interested in health care with alumni who can provide direction on navigating the complex health care sector.
Speakers
From all areas of health care visit campus regularly. Meet CEOs from companies such as Eli Lilly, Vertex, Tenet Healthcare, BCBS, Boston Scientific, and Partners In Health, as well as venture capital firms, entrepreneurs, and health care consultants.
The Health Care Conference
Is an annual health care event organized entirely by student club members. The conference brings together more than 600 students, alumni, and professionals, plus 30 speakers from diverse areas of health care.
Physician Shadow Program
Enables students who are interested in health care delivery to shadow physicians at area hospitals and community health centers. This program provides a glimpse into the front lines of health care delivery.
Mixers & Small Group Dinners
Provide networking and community building opportunities with alumni, students, and the broader Harvard community.
“The combination of health care-specific courses and other more generally focused courses has provided a solid base for approaching the complicated issues involved in health care.”
Martin Grasse
MBA 2012
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“The combination of health care-specific courses and other more generally focused courses has provided a solid base for approaching the complicated issues involved in health care.”
Martin Grasse
MBA 2012
Business plan challenges and case competitions offer an engaging way to collaborate with faculty and students, develop presentation and pitching skills, and potentially commercialize a health care innovation.
Past Events
Harvard University
Virtual
Virtual
Open to the Harvard community
Innovation in the Treatment of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis: The end of TB Clinical Trial". In this event, Dr. Carole Diane Mitnick, ScD, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School will share her work on the endTB clinical trial. Dr. Louise C. Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H, Faculty Director at the Harvard Global Health Institute, will moderate the conversation.
- 13 May 2024
WOMEN+ HEALTH CHALLENGE
Other
Mass General Brigham, 399 Revolution Drive Somerville, MA 02145
Mass General Brigham, 399 Revolution Drive Somerville, MA 02145
Open to the Harvard community
Get ready for an epic showdown of innovative health solutions for women - it's the final pitch event at the Women+ Health Sandbox Challenge! Features include keynote remarks from Economic Development Secretary, Yvonne Hao, welcome remarks from Dr. Elsie Taveras, Mass General Brigham Chief Community Health and Health Equity Officer, a panel discussion on reproductive and maternal health, and live pitches from nine innovative digital health companies competing for $50,000 awards to test their solutions with the cutting-edge R&D centers in the Massachusetts Digital Health Sandbox Network. This event will bring together startups, accelerators, investors, researchers, policymakers, and other key stakeholders to network in-person and showcase the strength and opportunities of the State's digital health network.
HBS Health Care Alumni Association
Virtual
Virtual
Open to the HBS community
Transforming healthcare requires strong collaboration, especially between clinical and business minds. Clinicians don't often have the most linear or prescribed path in business roles in healthcare. However, as more and more dyad models emerge in health care where clinical expertise informs design of new technologies and services and use cases, both clinical and non-clinical leaders in business will need to adapt their leadership development philosophies and pathways to unleash potential of clinical leaders. Come hear from two such unicorn clinical leaders in health care talk about their career journeys and key takeaways for business executives to ensure the success of clinicians in the business of healthcare.