Health Care Initiative

Supporting a dynamic community

The Health Care Initiative impacts managerial practice and the pace of innovation by educating leaders and innovators who aspire to improve value across the health care industry. The Initiative fosters and promotes faculty research, supports the development of a portfolio of high-impact educational programs, and creates an interconnected HBS health care community.

History

Explore the history of health care teaching and research at the School dating back to the first health care case in 1967.

Making a Difference in Health Care

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Physicians volunteered to have students shadow them to learn more about the front lines of care delivery

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Pairs were matched as part of the Student-Alumni Mentor Program in 2018

First-year students complete summer internships in health care

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Leadership

Our dedicated team of staff and faculty works to deliver engaging courses, programming, and content for students, alumni, executives, and recruiters.

Advisory Board

This active group of senior health care professionals from across the globe provides insight on the health care curriculum, offers opinions on research direction, supports student placement efforts, and assists in promoting the Health Care Initiative.

The HBS Difference

At HBS, students become tomorrow’s health care leaders. They study innovative health care organizations, put leadership into action through field-based activities, and participate in over 200 health care events across Harvard.

With thousands of health care alumni around the world, HBS graduates are making a difference in health care. From Brooke Pratt to Dan Brown & Mike T. Surgibox to Gabby Choi - HBS alumni fund, start, and run health care organizations that create innovative change.