Blog Archive Study Health Enterprise Management at Northwestern Kellogg

Blog Archive Study Health Enterprise Management at Northwestern Kellogg An often unsung  program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management is the school’s  Health Enterprise Management program,  and a “star” within this program is  the  Global Health Initiative  (GHI)â€"co-founded by former Kellogg professor (now the university’s provost) Daniel Diermeier, with several students in leadership and advisory rolesâ€"in which academics, students, corporations, and nonprofits create products that solve medical problems around the world. As evidence of the program’s profile,  in 2006, the GHI received a $4.9M grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop diagnostic devices capable of identifying the HIV virus. Another impressive experiential offering is the multidisciplinary “NUVention: Medical Innovation” lab class, which brings together industry leaders, top faculty members, and students from several of Northwestern’s graduate schools (Law, Engineering, Medicine, and Business). In this two-term course, students experience the “entire innovation and entrepreneurial life cycle” from a variety of perspectives: scientific, legal, and entrepreneurial/managerial. Students even shadow surgeons and observe clinicians to facilitate their own brainstorming sessions for an innovative productâ€"an actual product is created and presented to potential investors. Clearly, Kellogg  provides students interested in health care with an opportunity to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty (and then sanitize them after, of course). Share ThisTweet Business School Northwestern University (Kellogg)