UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO | SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
MASTER of HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION 2021 Administrative Fellows
Lindsay Cunnigham
Billy Diamandopoulos
Our 2020-21 class of administrative fellows
The UIC MHA program's Fellowship Support Program is offered to current students through assistance in their applications to administrative fellowships for the upcoming year. Nearly 80 percent of students who participate receive and accept offers to Local and national Administrative Fellowship Programs. Our 2021-22 class of administrative fellows will engage at NorthShore University Health System, UI Health, Emory Healthcare, Hospital Sisters Health System, Vizient and Community Health Centers, Inc.
Samantha Yang
Vanessa Rodriquez
Megan Coffinbargar
Mansi Mehta
Get to know our Executive in Residence The MHA program is proud to welcome Karen C. Teitelbaum, president and CEO of Sinai Health System, as the inaugural Executive in Residence with the School’s Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program in the division of health policy and administration.
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Karen C. Teitelbaum
The Executive in Residence is a senior healthcare leader with a distinguished career of leading transformational change in the healthcare industry. They are uniquely positioned within the healthcare administration program to foster professional relationships with key external stakeholders, serve as a practitioner resource to faculty in their healthcare research efforts, and contribute to students’ career development. This role is also designed to ensure that the MHA course curriculum addresses relevant trends and issues and prepares students to enter the healthcare industry as future leaders.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO | SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
MASTER of HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION RESIDENTAL TRACK
2021 Golden Apple Winner MHA Research Faculty Dr. Nicholas (Nick) Tilipman, Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Administration was awarded the Bernard H. Baum Golden Apple Award in Spring 2021. This award is presented each year to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding graduate level teaching and unusual service to students at the School. The recipient is chosen by the student body as facilitated by the Public Health Student Association (PHSA). Beyond winning the award, it should be noted that Nick also received the most nominations of any candidate in recent years. Dr.Tilipman is an economist with expertise in health care and industrial organization. His research focuses on consumer and firm behavior, insurance benefit design, and provider competition. In 2012-2013, Nick served as a Staff Economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisers, working on issues related to unemployment insurance and Affordable Care Act implementation. His current research grant is titled, Advancing a Model of Predicting Marketplace Enrollment and Premiums.
INSTITUTIONS WHERE OUR ALUMNI WORK
Nicholas Tilipman
MEET MHA ALUMNUS Sarah received her Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) in Health Policy and Administration (HPA) in 2014. She transitioned from the MHA program into an administrative fellowship with Kaiser Permanente based in Portland, Oregon where she then continued to work for three years, before returning to Chicago.
Sarah Carter Senior Manager Northwestern Medicine