Dan Adelman
Charles I. Clough, Jr. Professor of Operations Management
Dan Adelman
Healthcare Initiative
Integrating business and medical points of view on the complex challenges facing the healthcare sector.
The Healthcare Initiative at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business serves as a center of gravity for the diverse disciplines that engage in healthcare research at Booth, and facilitates collaboration with partners across the university.
Through rigorous research and interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty members, policymakers, industry leaders, alumni, and current students, we bring analytical and humanistic approaches to bear to make a positive impact on the healthcare industry.
Co-Directors of the Healthcare Initiative
Matthew Notowidigdo
Professor of Economics
Matthew NotowidigdoOur Faculty in This Area
John R. Birge
Hobart W. Williams Distinguished Service Professor of Operations Management
John R. Birge
Eric Budish
Paul G. McDermott Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship and Centel Foundation/Robert P. Reuss Faculty Scholar
Eric Budish
Pradeep K. Chintagunta
Joseph T. and Bernice S. Lewis Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing
Pradeep K. Chintagunta
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Associate Professor of Economics and Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Ralph S.J. Koijen
AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow
Ralph S.J. Koijen
Emma Levine
Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar
Emma Levine
Sanjog Misra
Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing
Sanjog Misra
Sendhil Mullainathan
Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science
Sendhil Mullainathan
Kevin M. Murphy
George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
Kevin M. Murphy
Veronika Rockova
Associate Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, and James S. Kemper Foundation Faculty Scholar
Veronika Rockova
Burhaneddin Sandikci
Visiting Professor of Operations Management
Burhaneddin Sandikci
Bradley Shapiro
Associate Professor of Marketing and True North Faculty Scholar
Bradley Shapiro
Christopher Stewart
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Christopher Stewart
Chad Syverson
George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
Chad Syverson
Robert H. Topel
Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
Robert H. Topel
Thomas Wollmann
Associate Professor of Economics
Thomas WollmannResearch from the Booth Community
States Could Save Lives by Sharing Ventilators with Each Other
Research from Dan Adelman suggests sharing ventilators between states could help make up a portion of any shortfall in availability amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
States Could Save Lives by Sharing Ventilators with Each Other
Can Regulation Rein in Algorithmic Bias?
Sendhil Mullainathan discusses his paper documenting how an algorithm used by health-care organizations generated racially biased results.
Can Regulation Rein in Algorithmic Bias?
Hospital Ratings are Deeply Flawed. Can They be Fixed?
The most influential rating system rests on some faulty calculations, affecting millions of people and billions of dollars, according to Dan Adelman.
Hospital Ratings are Deeply Flawed. Can They be Fixed?Healthcare Analytics Laboratory
The Healthcare Analytics Laboratory is an MBA lab course at Booth in which students learn how to apply quantitative analytical tools to improve the delivery of healthcare. At the end of each course, MBA students present their findings to executives who work at sponsoring firms.
Healthcare-Related Courses at Booth
At Booth, we believe in a multidisciplinary approach to a business education. Our MBA students are educated in the fundamentals of business: accounting, economics, psychology, sociology, and statistics.
Among the many MBA courses at Booth exist a number of classes in which students learn the ins and outs of the healthcare industry and prepare themselves for career in the healthcare industry. These classes include:
- Life Sciences: Innovation and Finance
- Healthcare Data Analytics
- Healthcare Analytics Lab
- Global Health and Social Policy
- Commercializing Innovation: Tools to Research and Analyze Private Enterprises
- New Venture Strategy
- Building the New Venture
- Social Enterprise Lab
- Managing Service Operations
- Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Health Economics
Imagine the Impact You Can Make
Join us as we make a positive impact on the healthcare industry.
Questions? Here's How to Contact Us.
If you have any questions about Booth’s Healthcare Initiative, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We would like to hear from you.
