Goizueta Healthcare Headquarters

Engage in healthcare.

The mission of Goizueta Healthcare Association is to build a professional network and provide an extracurricular education for students interested in the business of healthcare. In order to do so, our programming will revolve around five main objectives:

Educating members about the latest trends in the rapidly evolving industry via expert speakers and knowledge sharing
Preparing students for healthcare recruitment by offering interview support, company exposure, and a direct channel to Goizueta alumni
Creating a culture of shared learning though collaborations with Goizueta clubs and non-MBA Emory programs
Expanding the presence of healthcare-focused GBS students through participation in national case competitions
Promoting students’ physical, mental, spiritual, and financial well-being

GHA Leadership Board and Goizueta Healthcare Fellows

Swetha Rajagopalan 23MBA/MPH

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Swetha Rajagopalan is a second-year MBA/MPH student currently serving as President of Goizueta Healthcare Association.

Richard Xie 23MBA

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Richard Xie is a second-year MBA student currently serving as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Goizueta Healthcare Association.

Siena Brown 23MBA/MPH

Siena Brown is a second-year MBA student currently serving as VP of Alumni Relations for Goizueta Healthcare Association.

Griffin West 23MBA

Griffin West is a second-year MBA student currently serving as VP of Careers & Learning for Goizueta Healthcare Association.

Caroline Kimberly 22MBA/MPH

Caroline Kimberly is a one-year MBA/MPH student currently serving as VP of Careers & Learning for Goizueta Healthcare Association. She also serves as a Healthcare Fellow.

Rishab Padukone 23MBA

Rishab Padukone is a second-year MBA student currently serving as VP of Case Competitions & Conferences for Goizueta Healthcare Association. He also serves as a Healthcare Fellow.

Ayesha Krovi 24MBA/MPH

Ayesha Krovi is a first-year MBA/MPH dual-degree student currently serving as a First-Year Representative for Goizueta Healthcare Association.

Jesus Edel Castellanos 24MBA

Jesus is a first-year MBA student currently serving as First-Year Representative for Goizueta Healthcare Association.

Learning in Action

Student opportunities to engage in healthcare at Emory and beyond

Healthcare 20.40 Futuring Competition

Start Date: February 7, 2022

Join us by participating in the Healthcare Futuring Competition! Futuring is a business concept where you build a case for what the healthcare industry will look like in the future and predict what the cumulative effect of long-term outcomes will be. Essentially, what do you think the healthcare industry will look like in 2040 and why?

1^stPlace: $3,000 2^nd Place: $1,500 3^rd Place: $500

GHA Sponsored Events – Spring 2022

FEBRUARY

2/7 – GHA Futuring Competition Virtual Launch Event
2/25 – GHA Futuring Finalist Presentation

APRIL

3/20 – GHA Book Club Group Discussion
3/22 – GHA AI in Healthcare M&M Event with Dr. Angela Fusaro, CEO of Physician 360

MARCH

4/10 – GHA Book Club Group Discussion
TBD – GHA Alumni Networking Happy Hour
TBD – GHA Earth Day Volunteering and Picnic

MAY

Healthcare Organizations Across Emory and Greater Atlanta

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

The Emory Chapter of IHI Open School is an Emory-wide organization representing students from all disciplines who are interested in advancing healthcare improvement and patient safety in the next generation of health professionals worldwide.

The chapter’s overall goal is to connect people to 1) opportunities to get involved in quality improvement projects across Emory campus and in surrounding communities, 2) educational resources including free online courses offered by the IHI OS and other events on campus and, 3) build and mobilize a community of inter-professionals interested in healthcare improvement.

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Advancing Healthcare Innovation in Africa (AHIA)

AHIA is a selective accelerator program for healthcare entrepreneurs from Africa. All entrepreneurs will participate in AHIA-Educate, a 3-day workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa where they will compete for selection into AHIA-NEXT, a semester-long engagement to help innovators reach the next step in their entrepreneurship journey.
In parallel, AHIA provides Emory science and business students the opportunity to engage in experiential learning and training in lab-to-market pathways.

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Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM)

At the intersection of healthcare, medical research, and law, the Emory UAEM seeks to advocate for research at Emory into neglected diseases and contract stipulations which enable affordable production and vending of drugs in lower income countries. We also report on and seek to make easily understandable: healthcare laws, the pharmaceutical industry, and new developments in the fight against neglected diseases.

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Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI)

EGHI connects Emory University, students and its global partners to improve health and well-being around the world. Student have the opportunity to be involved in an array of programs and research projects to inform and inspire global change.

Find out how you can help others in communities all over the world by exploring the many opportunities that EGHI has to offer.

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Health Students Taking Action Together (H-STAT)

H-STAT is a student run non-profit organization that engages professional students throughout the state in community service, education and advocacy to improve the health of all Georgians.

With the vision of creating a healthier Georgia through the development of professional leaders who effect change through interdisciplinary collaboration and community outreach.

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Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives (GAHE)

GAHE is a profession organization committed to the development of leadership skills, knowledge exchange, and facilitation of networking opportunities for members. GAHE members include a broad range of healthcare executives, professionals, consultants, faculty and students of healthcare administration programs.

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Emory Biotech Consulting Club (EBCC)

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Events & Opportunities

What’s happening in healthcare at Emory and beyond

Case Competitions

SEPTEMBER

Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition

Texas A&M Mays Business School in partnership with Humana presents an annual Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition. This competition offers an opportunity for U.S. master’s students to showcase their analytical skills and solve a real-world business problem for Humana utilizing real data. The competition commences in September, and ends November. The monetary prizes will be awarded to the top three teams of the competition in December.

2021 Prize Pool:

1^st place: $50,000

2^nd place: $20,000

3^rd place: $10,000

OCTOBER

UNC Healthcare Case Competition

Graduate students across disciplines (business, public health, pharmacy, medicine, nursing, dentistry, etc.) are encouraged to leverage their unique educational and career experiences to develop an innovative solution to a healthcare issue! Teams must consist of 4-5 graduate students with at least two disciplines represented. Email Kristen Koepsell (MBA Healthcare Club President) at Kristen_Koepsell@kenan-flagler.unc.edu to register.

2021 Prize Pool

Internal Round Prize: $1,000

External Round 1^st Place Prize: $10,000

Penn Healthcare Case Competition

The Penn Healthcare Case Competition (PHCC) showcases the troubleshooting analytical and entrepreneurship skills of talented students who are passionate about careers in consulting, finance and other pharmaceutical/biotechnology-related industries. No prior consulting experience is required!

2021 Prize Pool

1^stplace: $4,000

2^ndplace: $2,000

3^rdplace: $1,000

2nd Annual Gilead Pharma Case Competition

Gilead Sciences is hosts an annual Pharma Business Case Competition tailored for MBA, MPH, PharmD and MS (biotech-related) students with finalist presentations to be held in November. Registration in October with teams of 4 people.

2021 Prize Pool

1^st place: $10,000 + 2022 Summer Internship at Gilead for each team member

2^nd place: $5,000

3^rd place: $3,000

NOVEMBER

Emory Global Health Case Competition: Applications open November – December

The Intramural Emory Global Health Case Competition provides multidisciplinary teams of Emory students with an opportunity to address a real-world global health challenge in a competitive and collaborative environment. Student teams work together for a week to analyze a case challenge and develop a comprehensive programmatic solution by incorporating perspectives from multiple disciplines.

Requirements:

Teams of 4-6 students
Teams must be comprised of students enrolled in at least three different Emory schools

Timeline:

January 28: Case challenge released
February 1-3: Virtual case advisor sessions
February 4: Case solutions due
February 5: Competition presentation day

2022 Prize Pool

1^st place: $3,000
2^nd place: $2,000
3^rd place: $1,000

BAHM Case Competition hosted by Baylor University: Registration in November

Students across BAHM’s 21-member schools have the unique opportunity to work collaboratively and compete for cash prizes as they envision the “Hospital of the Future.” This case competition will be held in a hybrid format.

Team Options

3-4 students
Can be across different programs as long as 1 student is in an MBA program
In lieu of a Program Team, programs may select 1 or 2 students to compete in a Joint International Team (JIT), where they will attend a mixer with students across the world to form teams.
If you would like to be placed on an international team, please e-mail Sonia Sharma (sonia.sharma@emory.edu) before registering. Placement on a global team will be on a first come first serve basis, since Emory has limited spots.

Timeline:

November 30^th: Team Registration Deadline
April 7-8, 2022: Competition Dates

2022 Prize Pool

1^st place: $10,000 for program team or $11,000 for an international team
2^nd place: $5,000 or $6000 for an international team
3^rd place: $2,500 or $3500 for an international team
Peoples’ Choice: $1,000 or $2000 for an international team (based on peer voting on the one-page summaries)

Upcoming Webinars

THE BUSINESS CASE FOR NURSING SUMMIT – March 22, 2022 8:00am-4:00pm ET

The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and Goizueta Business School are proud to present the Business Case for Nursing Summit – a one-day, one-of-a-kind event bringing together healthcare, business, and nursing thought leaders to explore trends in the nursing workforce. The summit will incorporate the School of Nursing’s Ada Fort Lecture, featuring Dr. Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP.

Register Here: Here

Internal Emory Sponsored Healthcare Webinars

Emory University School of Medicine Webinars:

Most recent webinars: Here

Office of the Senior Vice President for Research Webinars:

Most recent webinars: Here

External Healthcare Industry Webinars

Modern Healthcare: Link for most recent webinars Here

HealthcareITNews: Link for most recent webinars Here

healthcare innovation: Link for most recent webinars Here

FIERCE Healthcare: Link for most recent webinars Here

Healthcare Strategy institute: Link for most recent webinars Here

BeaconLive: Link for most recent webinars Here

Becker’s Hospital Review: Link for most recent webinars Here

Business School Alliance for Health Management (BAHM) Webinars

The Business School Alliance for Health Management supports premier business school health management programs in educating the next generation of health sector leaders and advancing thought leadership in the field.

March

Harvard Business School

Biomedical Informatics Entrepreneurs Salon: Diana Brainard, AlloVir

March 24, 5:00pm – 6:00pm ET

University of Minnesota

Social Bonds as a Pooled Financing Mechanism to Address Social Drivers of Health Equity

Featuring Pinar Karaca-Mandic

March 2, 11:00am CT

Convene Conference: Consumerization of Healthcare & Digital Health

April 26, 9:00 – 1:00 pm CT

University of Pennsylvania – Wharton

Vaccination Equity by Design (with Lessons for Designing Equitable Transportation, Housing, and Education Policy)

March 1, 5:00pm – 6:00pm EST

HEALTH ECONOMICS WORKSHOP (SEMINAR SERIES)

Tim Layton (Harvard), March 25, 10am ET

An Action Plan for Reducing Opioid Overdose Deaths

March 4, 12pm – 1:00pm ET

Emerging Scholars Exchange Program: Geoffrey Hoffman, PhD, MPH

March 16, 12pm – 1pm ET

Research Seminar with Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD

March 18, 12pm – 1:20pm ET

University of Toronto

OutSpoken – Understanding Canadian’s Evolving Views on Business during COVID

March 29, 5:00pm – 6:00pm ET

5th Annual Research Roundtable: Data Analytics in Healthcare

March 22, 8:00am – 1:15pm ET

The Economics of Primary Care Post COVID

March 29, 5:00pm – 6:15pm ET

University of North Carolina

Career Networks: Provider & Healthcare Delivery Fireside Chat w/ Dr. Edward Kim

March 15, 6:00pm – 7:00pm ET

Career Networks: Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences Fireside Chat w/ Lynn Lewis

March 29, 6:00pm – 7:00pm EST

Yale

YSPH/CDE 526 Seminar in Chronic Disease Epidemiology: “Using Community-Based System Dynamics to Improve Health Equity”

March 8, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

YSPH EMD Seminar Series: “Covid-19’s Devastating Effect on Tuberculosis Care — The Path to Recovery Must Address Vaccine Apartheid”

March 9, 12pm – 1pm ET

Baruch – Zicklin School of Business

To Waive or Not to Waive: Vaccine Patent Rights
(featuring BAHM faculty representative Alex Mills and Arthur Caplan, founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City)

March 15, 12:30pm – 2:00pm EDT

Indian School of Business – Max Institute of Healthcare Management

HealthScape 2022: Next Generation Business Models in Healthcare

(Featuring BAHM faculty representative Sarang Deo and other ISB faculty)

March 25, 4:00pm – 8:30pm IST

University of Colorado Denver

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Symposium – Strategies to implement DEI projects in healthcare

March 3, 5:00pm MT

April

Harvard Business School

Biomedical Informatics Entrepreneurs Salon: Vivian Lee, Verily Life Sciences

April 27, 2022, 5:00pm – 6:00pm ET