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The Tolan Center for Healthcare Opportunities

The Tolan Center for Healthcare has a number of opportunities for you to engage with us, from events to job openings, scholarships and more.

Upcoming Tolan Center Events

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Healthcare Speaker Series: Novartis CEO, Vas Narasimhan

Join the Tolan Center for Healthcare for a Speaker Series conversation with Vas Narasimhan, AB’98, CEO of Novartis and Ream Qato, MBA ’15, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Healthcare Management.

As the leader of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Vas brings a perspective shaped by bold strategic vision, purpose-driven leadership, and the complexities of leading a highly-regulated enterprise in a rapidly changing world.

This session will offer insights relevant to anyone interested in healthcare, leadership, and the evolving role of business in advancing patient outcomes.

Thursday, February 26 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Harper Center

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Healthcare Speaker Series: Novartis CEO, Vas Narasimhan
Gleacher Center

Booth Healthcare Conference 2026

Adapting to What’s Next in the Healthcare Landscape

The FT Student Healthcare Club presents a full day of insight, dialogue, and connection designed to bring together leaders shaping the future of healthcare.

Join the FT Student Healthcare Club for keynote conversations with Pat Basu, CEO of Lincoln Liberty Capital; Deb Glasser, Head of Specialty North America at Sanofi; and Janet Lin, Chief Strategy Officer at UI Health. The program features expert panels on healthcare leadership, investing in healthcare services, emerging biotech in Chicago, and the evolving role of AI in healthcare, alongside a startup fair and networking social. 

February 28 | 9:00am - 5:30 pm | Gleacher Center

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Booth Healthcare Conference 2026
Healthcare Mark

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Booth Healthcare Conference

Saturday, February 28

The Booth Healthcare Conference, sponsored by the Booth Full-time MBA Student Healthcare Group, brings together leaders, students, and professionals from across the healthcare community to discuss today’s most pressing issues in the field. The Chicago-based conference showcases innovative startups, highlights important topics, and creates valuable opportunities for networking and collaboration. It’s a chance to learn, connect, and engage with the future of healthcare.

More details to come on the Booth Healthcare Group website

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Healthcare Scholar in Residence (Spring 2026)

April 2026

Researcher Sylvia Chou is former Director in the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch (HCIRB) of the Behavioral Research Program (BRP) at the National Cancer Institute. Her work centers on health messaging and misinformation. She visits campus this Spring as a guest in the Scholar-in-Residence program of the Tolan Center for Healthcare.

Job Openings

Healthcare Analytics Lab affiliates

The Healthcare Analytics Laboratory recruits PhD students, MD students, residents, and MBA students with significant content expertise in healthcare to join the Lab as mentors, research assistants, and content experts.

If interested, please reach out to healthcarelab@chicagobooth.edu for more information.

Healthcare Fellowship

The Booth Healthcare Fellowship is awarded each year to select incoming Full-Time MBA students with backgrounds in a care provider role (e.g. MD, RN, Social work in a healthcare setting).

The aim of the program is to provide tuition support, foster community among the Fellows, and provide additional access or support. Such areas of support include one-on-one conversations with distinguished speakers at events sponsored or co-sponsored by the Tolan Center, covered fees for the annual Booth student-led Healthcare Conference and more programming.

Meet our Healthcare Fellows

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