Healthcare Initiative

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

Dan Adelman

Charles I. Clough, Jr. Professor of Operations Management

Matthew Notowidigdo

Professor of Economics

Our Faculty in This Area

Baris Ata

Chookaszian Family Professor of Operations Management

John R. Birge

Hobart W. Williams Distinguished Service Professor of Operations Management

Eric Budish

Steven G. Rothmeier Professor of Economics and Centel Foundation/Robert P. Reuss Faculty Scholar

Pradeep K. Chintagunta

Joseph T. and Bernice S. Lewis Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing

Rebecca Dizon-Ross

Associate Professor of Economics and Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar

Ralph S.J. Koijen

AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow

Sanjog Misra

Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing

Sendhil Mullainathan

Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science

Kevin M. Murphy

George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics

Veronika Rockova

Associate Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, and James S. Kemper Foundation Faculty Scholar

Burhaneddin Sandikci

Associate Professor of Operations Management

Bradley Shapiro

Associate Professor of Marketing and True North Faculty Scholar

Christopher Stewart

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Chad Syverson

George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor of Economics

Robert H. Topel

Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Economics

Thomas Wollmann

Associate Professor of Economics

Research 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.

Illustration of a man using a part of a network of lines and circles as a magnifying glass

Can Regulation Rein in Algorithmic Bias?

Sendhil Mullainathan discusses his paper documenting how an algorithm used by health-care organizations generated racially biased results.

Illustration of a hand holding a scalpel cutting a line of stars

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.

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.

Learn More About the Course

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