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.
“The Health Care Initiative and Health Care Club at HBS provide amazing resources and opportunities to meet and interact with leaders in the health care industry, whether as visitors in class, speakers and panelists, or small-group dinner guests.”
Michael Chang
MBA 2012
“The Health Care Initiative and Health Care Club at HBS provide amazing resources and opportunities to meet and interact with leaders in the health care industry, whether as visitors in class, speakers and panelists, or small-group dinner guests.”
Michael Chang
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.
Past Events
Harvard Business School
Klarman Auditorium
Klarman Auditorium
Open to the Harvard community
Join us in person for our biggest annual entrepreneurship celebration, the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition Finale! Feel the energy and excitement and hear pitches from the Finalists in the student business and social enterprise tracks. A total of $225,000 in cash prizes will be awarded and YOU get to vote for the winner of the crowd favorite prizes! Hosted by HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Social Enterprise Initiative.
Harvard Business School
HBS Campus
HBS Campus
Open to the Harvard community
This full-day design workshop will kick off with a morning panel discussion between investors, scientists, and business leaders working at the frontier of women’s health. Building on this discussion, in the afternoon, you will then participate in a design sprint focused on identifying where and how new digital tools, increasing amounts of data, and contemporary business models can create value in a space that has been historically overlooked and underserved. The sprint will involve active collaboration and a chance to talk to and get feedback from leaders in women’s health. It will culminate in a pitch session outlining actionable next steps for each scientific, business, or policy idea.
Harvard Law School
Zoom
Zoom
Open to the Harvard community
Applications of algorithmic and data-driven technologies in mental health care settings are rapidly expanding. While well-designed digital technologies may be used to promote effective mental health and crisis support, they raise thorny ethical issues. Moreover, the potential for a range of “data harms” is enormous, including algorithmic hiring programs that discriminate against people with histories of mental health treatment, weaponization of mental health data by criminal justice and border agencies, and invasive biometric monitoring and surveillance regimes that dehumanize care. At the same time, the legal and policy frameworks that regulate the use of these technologies in mental health contexts have been underinclusive of the perspectives of people with lived experience of profound psychological distress, mental health conditions, psychosocial disabilities, and other stakeholders.