UIC MHA Newsletter

UIC MHA NEWSLETTER

Further Growth of the UIC MHA Program

The 2022-23 academic year was very positive and eventful for our UIC MHA students, alumni, and faculty. Our students demonstrated strong leadership skills through their capstone work, taking the lead on coordinating several events including the CHEF/ACHE networking event and Women in Healthcare Leadership panel, and participation at the ACHE Congress. The UIC Alumni Council was formally launched this past year and has many exciting initiatives planned. Our faculty is busy creating new knowledge through their research and launching new, innovative courses such as Rebuilding Healthcare from the Inside Out- a collaboration between faculty member, Frank Borgers, and the UIC Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design. To top it all off, we were recognized by US News & World Report as a top 30 program nationally in healthcare management.

The upcoming year will be very busy and exciting. I anticipate more program growth and further strengthening of our UIC MHA community I am looking forward to year 2 as program director and very grateful for everyone’s support and partnership

Adam Andersen, DPT, MBA UIC MHA Program Director

An official publication of the University of Illinois Chicago Master of Healthcare Administration program

The 2023-2024 UIC MHA Association of Future Healthcare Administrators (AFHA) Board would like to welcome first-year students to UIC! Our goal is to be a leading resource for you on campus and within the program so please feel free to reach out to us anytime! We are SO happy to have you here!

STUDENT EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

SAVE THE DATE(S)

CHEF Fellowship Fair

Date: September 21st

Time: 5:30 - 8 PM

What: Learn more about Administrative Fellowships

Where: @ Rush

CHEF ACHE Student Committee: Paving the Way for Leadership & Innovation

Time: 5:00 - 8 PM

Thanks to everyone who came out to our social at Vintage! This was just the first of many social events we will be having this year so be sure to stay tuned!

Date: November 7

What: Learn how to give a Professional Elevator Pitch and explore careers in Associations, Consulting, Insurance, and Technology (ACIT) for Future Healthcare Leaders

Where: @UIC SCW

ANNOUNCEMENT(S)

Interested in being involved in leadership within AFHA? Stay tuned for information about 1st year representative applications!

We wanted to share some exciting news from our UIC Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) Alumni Council! We're proud to report on our recent accomplishments and our ongoing commitment to strengthening our alumni community

Successful Alumni Events:

ACHE Event: Our event at the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) was a hit! It united MHA alumni from diverse healthcare backgrounds, fostering insightful discussions and valuable connections.

Happy Hour & Get Together: A few weeks ago, we enjoyed a lively happy hour, rekindling old friendships and forging new ones.

Our next areas of focus:

As our Council continues to work to connect students and alumni, we are working toward an initial fundraising goal of being able to send 12 Students to the ACHE Annual Conference in 2024! In the coming newsletters, we plan to provide profiles of different alumni from across our network to provide insight into how the UIC MHA has impacted them and their careers.

We're excited about our network's growth and look forward to future success stories. Stay tuned for updates and opportunities to connect!

YEAR IN REVIEW

Great turnout for the first alumni mixer at London House. It was a night to remember.

UIC exceeds half a billion dollars in research funding for first time in 2023

Faculty have been very busy this past year in their teaching, research, and publications. Here is a brief summary of some of their accolades:

Adam Andersen, Clinical Assistant Professor: Golden Apple Award Winner, nominated and voted on by students in SPH for teaching excellence

Pierre Léger, Associate Professor: Winning article in the UIC SPH Research Article Award Competition for Physician Practice Style and Healthcare Costs: Evidence from Emergency Departments Management Science (Gowrisankaran, G , Joiner, K , & Léger, P T (2022))

Lisa Powell, Distinguished Professor: Named as a top contributor to UIC’s research funding exceeding half a billion this past Academic Year

Emily Stiehl, Clinical Assistant Professor: Awarded with co-PI Manu Khar (COMRockford) a Special Interest Project (SIP) from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention entitled Identifying Optimal Messages and Messengers for Community-Level Vaccine Conversations in Rural and Urban Settings

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Advisory Board Announces New Chair

We are excited to announce that Sarah Carter has agreed to serve as the next Chair of the UIC MHA Advisory Board Not only is Sarah a graduate of our program (2014), but she has also been a member of our board since 2020 Sarah has accomplished quite a lot in her short 9 years since graduating from our program and we welcome you to read the following biography that highlights some of her accomplishments

Sarah Carter holds a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following her graduate studies, Sarah joined Kaiser Permanente as an Administrative Fellow where she led projects aimed at cost containment and productivity enhancement. She continued on with the company, taking on roles with increased responsibility, as an Assistant Department Administrator and Executive Consultant. In 2019, Sarah joined Northwestern Medicine where she currently works as a Division Administrator in Women’s Health. Sarah is an active member in the American College of Healthcare Executives and previously served as the President of the Board for the YWCA of Greater Portland.

Thank you, Tim Weidman, Senior Director, Business Development at The Walsh Group for all your leadership and guidance of our Advisory Board as Chair these past years