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.
“I wanted to transition away from a finance career path to taking on an operational role in health care, because I felt that I ultimately would be able to have a greater impact on patients and consumers at a health care company.”
Joel Vidal-Phillips
MBA 2012
“I wanted to transition away from a finance career path to taking on an operational role in health care, because I felt that I ultimately would be able to have a greater impact on patients and consumers at a health care company.”
Joel Vidal-Phillips
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.
Harvard University
Virtual
Virtual
Open to the Harvard community
Registration to attend the Harvard Global Health Institute hosted 2024 Global Health Symposium virtually is now open! This year's theme of partnerships in action will convene some of the most thoughtful health experts across Harvard and the globe to highlight innovative, action-oriented approaches to achieving global health equity. The agenda will feature conversations around financing and governance for global health, the climate and health crisis, the conflicts between research, science, and service delivery, and advancing AI for global health.
- 01 Apr 2024
A New Way Home: Medicaid & Reentry Symposium
Harvard Law School Petrie Flom Center
Wasserstein Hall, WCC 2036, 18 Everett St, Cambridge, MA. 02138
Wasserstein Hall, WCC 2036, 18 Everett St, Cambridge, MA. 02138
Open to the Harvard community
Join the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) for A New Way Home: Medicaid and Reentry Symposium. State Medicaid programs have begun exploring new pathways to improve linkage and access to health care for people reentering the community from jails and prisons. The transition from incarceration back to the community is notoriously fraught with competing, complex social and behavioral health needs, as well as staggering rates of overdose and other adverse health events. With innovative state policymaking through the use of 1115 waivers for pre-release Medicaid coverage currently underway, there is a unique opportunity to identify and promote best practices for improving health outcomes and reducing costly reliance on emergency services. The Symposium will highlight opportunities and limitations related to Medicaid 1115 Waivers, encourage networking amongst stakeholders involved in the policymaking process, and explore barriers and solutions to collaboration.