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Episode 80: What is Population Health?
Dr. Naveen Raja, a board-certified rheumatologist and director of population health at UCLA Health, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about population health: what it means, what the implications are for its use in the transition from fee-based to value-based care and how healthcare practitioners’ roles are balanced against patients’ role in its implementation.
Feb 24, 2021
Episode 14: Tristan Opie, MBA’19
Episode 14: Tristan Opie, MBA’19 In this episode, host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean of MBA programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, chats with Tristan Opie, MBA’19, an experienced consultant for the Healthcare and Life Sciences division of West Monroe Partners, a Chicago-based national consulting firm with offices throughout the U.S., including Dallas. Shatz […]
Episode 79: An Overview of Health Savings Accounts
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser speaks with J. Kevin A. McKechnie, executive director, Health Savings Account Council at the American Bankers Association. They discuss what HSAs are and how they can help consumers with qualifying high-deductible health plans better manage their medical expenses.
Jan 29, 2021
Jindal School Now – January 2021
I hope you and your loved ones are doing well. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many people. However, we at UT Dallas are prepared to deal with this situation. To protect our students and faculty, we have moved in-person classes to online teaching via Blackboard Collaborate. While it is a learning experience for us all, so far everything is going smoothly. We are optimistic that we will resume normal activities in the near future.
Episode 78: What Mission-Driven Valued-Based Care Looks Like
Dr. Gordon Chen, chief medical officer at ChenMed, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about how a company turns fee-based care on its head by delivering mission-driven, value-based care to its patients.
Jan 13, 2021
Episode 77: 5G Networks in Healthcare
Martyn Crew joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about 5G — the latest technology standard for broadband cellular networks — and its implication for the healthcare industry. Crew is director of solutions marketing for Gigamon, a Silicon Valley-based technology vendor that counts healthcare providers among its clients.
Dec 23, 2020
Episode 13: Lisa Shatz, Jindal School’s Assistant Dean of MBA Programs
Episode 13: Lisa Shatz, Jindal School’s Assistant Dean of MBA Programs In this episode, host Dr. Monica Powell and guest Lisa Shatz, an assistant dean at the Naveen Jindal School of Management and director of its MBA programs, chat about their shared history as colleagues and friends. Shatz will take over as host of the […]
How do MS in Marketing tracks work?
Tracks are for informational and guidance purposes only and do not appear on your degree. You may switch from one track to another as long as you follow our degree plan. When you are not able to strictly follow one of the first 5 specialty tracks listed on our curriculum page, you should make sure […]
Episode 76: Healthcare from the Millennial Perspective
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser has a conversation with Erin Burns Freeman, vice president with Ackermann Marketing & PR, a firm that specializes in consumer research related to millennial preferences that shape the patient experience in healthcare. Freeman explains how millennials behave more as consumers than as patients in making healthcare choices and what providers must do to adjust to these preferences.
How Millennials are Changing the What, When & Where of Healthcare (PDF)
Dec 10, 2020
Episode 75: The Johnny Appleseed of Healthcare Fixes
Dave Chase, creator and co-founder of Health Rosetta, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss what has happened since his last appearance on The Business of Healthcare Podcast. Chase provides a refresher on the Health Rosetta, a blueprint for massively replicating fixes he says exist for the healthcare industry but have met with resistance from those who want to maintain the status quo. Chase also explains the organization’s new initiative, the Health Rosetta Employer Program, and discusses his new book, Relocalizing Health: The Future of Health Care is Local, Open and Independent (Seattle: Health Rosetta Media, 2020).
Nov 24, 2020
Episode 74: Modernizing Clinical Trials
UT Dallas alumnus Vrunjal (Veer) Mehta, BS’01 Computer Science, MS’03 Software Engineering, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about how the company he founded — Halo Health Systems — is helping to modernize the clinical trial industry. The company’s technological focus reduces patient burden and helps clinicians use workflow automation, thus accelerating the drug-development process.
Nov 16, 2020
Episode 12: Janelle Manuel, MBA’17, MS’17
Episode 12: Janelle Manuel, MBA’17, MS’17 In this episode, host Dr. Monica Powell welcomes Janelle Manuel, MBA’17, MS’17,to the podcast. Manuel, who recently transitioned to a new position, was senior manager of digital experience at Mohawk Industries at the time the episode was recorded. They discuss how Manuel getting both an MBA and a master’s […]
Episode 73: Transforming the Patient Experience in the Digital Realm
Host Dr. Bob Kaiser is joined by Jonathon Hensley, author, speaker, co-founder and CEO of Emerge Interactive, a Portland, Oregon-based digital product agency focused on the healthcare industry. They discuss how leadership can transform the healthcare industry in the digital space by focusing on the patient experience.
Oct 28, 2020
Episode 72: New Approaches to Kidney Care
Misha Palecek, chief development officer at DaVita Kidney Care, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss the transition from fee-based to value-based healthcare through the lens of kidney disease. DaVita is a company that provides kidney care and dialysis services both in the U.S. and internationally.
Oct 8, 2020
Episode 11: Andrew Cyders, MBA’11
Episode 11: Andrew Cyders, MBA’11 Andrew Cyders, MBA’11, joins host Dr. Monica Powell for the 11th installment of the Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. podcast. Cyders is director of special projects and chief of staff at The Everett Clinic in Everett, Wash. He and Powell discuss how the rigor of the MBA prepared him well for […]
Episode 10: Kevin Winslow, MBA’15
Episode 10: Kevin Winslow, MBA’15 Kevin Winslow, MBA’15, joins Dr. Monica Powell to discuss how obtaining an MBA degree from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas gave him a new skill set that allowed him to reimagine his career. The degree allowed Winslow to go from a career […]
Jindal School Now – July 2020
The Full-Time MBA program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management moved up five places in U.S. News & World Report rankings released March 17.
Episode 9: Newsha Mirzaie, MBA’16
Episode 9: Newsha Mirzaie, MBA’16 Newsha Mirzaie, MBA’16, a senior strategy and operations management consultant at Deloitte, joins Dr. Monica Powell for a chat about why she chose UT Dallas over other local universities to pursue her MBA degree. They also discuss how her education at the Naveen Jindal School of Management was a great […]
Episode 8: Elijah Metcalf, MBA’11
Episode 8: Elijah Metcalf, MBA’11 Elijah Metcalf, MBA’11, joins host Dr. Monica Powell for a discussion about nontraditional paths to an MBA and a business career. Metcalf, a vice president of internal audit at NexBank, discusses why a theater background such as his did not put pursuit of an MBA out of the realm of […]
Episode 7: Laura Albright, MBA’16
Episode 7: Laura Albright, MBA’16 Laura Albright, MBA’16, is a management consulting lead analyst at RealFoundations, a professional services firm focused on the real estate industry. She joins host Dr. Monica Powell, senior associate dean and dean of graduate programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. The mother of two and former party-truck franchisee […]
Episode 6: Rebecca Brooks, MBA’10
Episode 6: Rebecca Brooks, MBA’10 Rebecca Brooks, MBA’10, is a senior data analytics manager at McKesson. She joins host Dr. Monica Powell, senior associate dean and dean of graduate programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. The former sculptor who became a barista and then a truck driver discusses how her MBA degree helped […]
Episode 5: Jonathan Willson, MBA’12
Episode 5: Jonathan Willson, MBA’12 Jonathan Willson, MBA’12, is a partner at ProvenCFO, a business he co-founded with his brother David, MS’11. Willson joins host Dr. Monica Powell, senior associate dean and dean of graduate programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. They discuss how his MBA degree from the Jindal School challenged him […]
Episode 4: Stephanie Rigg, MBA’16
Episode 4: Stephanie Rigg, MBA’16 Stephanie Rigg, MBA’16, is a procurement specialist at Texas Instruments. The mother of three joins host Dr. Monica Powell, senior associate dean and dean of graduate programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, to discuss how her immersion in the Full-Time MBA program helped equip her for a safe […]
Jindal School Now – January 2020
Alumni from the Naveen Jindal School of Management boosted the school’s reputation recently in their responses to survey questions from Bloomberg Businessweek. The Jindal School ranked highly on four of five questions Bloomberg asked MBA graduates. The questions were part of survey data Bloomberg collected in compiling its 2018 Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools rankings.
Episode 3: John Oyedele MBA’16
Episode 3: John Oyedele MBA’16 Stephanie Rigg, MBA’16, is a procurement specialist at Texas Instruments. The mother of three joins host Dr. Monica Powell, senior associate dean and dean of graduate programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, to discuss how her immersion in the Full-Time MBA program helped equip her for a safe […]
Episode 2: Anuja More MBA’15
Episode 2: Anuja More MBA’15 This episode features Anuja More, MBA’15, senior product manager for Juniper Networks’ Cloud Analytics and Operations division. Anuja joins host Dr. Monica Powell, senior associate dean and dean of graduate programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, to discuss her time in the Jindal School’s Full-Time MBA program and […]
Episode 1: Ben Wilson, MBA’11
Episode 1: Ben Wilson, MBA’11 The inaugural episode of Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. (the acronym stands for Greatest of All Time) podcast features Ben Wilson, MBA’11, vice president at Bulkley Capital, a boutique financial advisory and investment-banking firm. Ben joins host Dr. Monica Powell, senior associate dean and dean of graduate programs at the UT […]
Jindal School Now – July 2019
The UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™, released Feb. 21, show universities around the globe gaining competitive ground in business school research productivity.Published annually since 2005 by the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas, the rankings are a compilation based on business school faculty research publications in 24 leading peer-reviewed journals. Each year, the rankings, reported for schools in North America and across the globe, reflect a rolling five-year average.
ITS Newsletter – Summer 2019
The Information Systems Area at UT Dallas is holding steady, both in terms of rankings and enrollments. It is still early in the process, so our master’s programs could matriculate as many students in fall 2019 as we did a year ago, and our undergraduate program could grow, too.
Jindal School Now – January 2019
North Texas real estate luminaries Donna and Herb Weitzman announced a $3 million gift to the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas at the school’s annual Scholarship Breakfast on Nov. 6. The gift establishes the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate, which will provide scholarships to eligible undergraduate finance and business administration students pursuing a concentration in real estate. The money also will finance real estate student trips to case competitions and conferences. The cachet of the Weitzman name will open doors for student internship opportunities as well.
ITS Newsletter – Summer 2018
The Information Systems Area at UT Dallas will start the 2018-19 academic year where the previous one left off — enrollment remains vibrant with each of our three programs expecting to have around 800 students in the fall, while research productivity remains in first position based on publications in Information Systems Research and MIS Quarterly combined (UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™) for the 2016-18 period.
Jindal School Now – July 2018
I hope you and your loved ones are doing well. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many people. However, we at UT Dallas are prepared to deal with this situation. To protect our students and faculty, we have moved in-person classes to online teaching via Blackboard Collaborate. While it is a learning experience for us all, so far everything is going smoothly. We are optimistic that we will resume normal activities in the near future.
ITS Newsletter – Winter 2018
Another year is behind us, and the Information Systems Area at UT Dallas continues to do well. Faculty research remains in first position based on publications in Information Systems Research and MIS Quarterly combined, for the 2015-2017 period (UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™).
Jindal School Now – July 2017
I hope you and your loved ones are doing well. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many people. However, we at UT Dallas are prepared to deal with this situation. To protect our students and faculty, we have moved in-person classes to online teaching via Blackboard Collaborate. While it is a learning experience for us all, so far everything is going smoothly. We are optimistic that we will resume normal activities in the near future.
ITS Newsletter – Spring 2017
We have completed a record 2016-2017 academic year in the Information Technology and Systems (ITS) programs at UT Dallas. Graduates of our BS program are in high demand, with placement rates exceeding 90 percent within three months of graduation. This fall, we expect to have more than 600 students in the ITS program.
ITS Newsletter – Winter 2017
The 2016-2017 academic year heralds several new and exciting developments in the Information Systems Area in the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas.
Jindal School Now – January 2017
Two new rankings from U.S. News & World Report reinforce UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management’s leadership role in online learning programs in graduate management education. Released Jan. 10, the 2017 Best Online Programs Rankings placed both the online MBA and online graduate business programs in the Top 10. JSOM’s online graduate business programs solidified their positions by jumping from No. 4 in 2016 to No. 2 in 2017. The online MBA program moved up from No. 9 to No. 7.
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Naveen Jindal School of Management students (left to right) Kamiar Kordi, Brian Harris and Kiran Devaprasad, each earned a $15,000 Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation Scholarship that all three picked up at an Oct. 27 Foundation gala in San Antonio. Naveen Jindal School of Management students Kiran Devaprasad, Brian Harris and Kamiar Kordi were […]
ITS Newsletter – Spring 2016
We have completed a record 2015-2016 academic year in the Information Technology and Systems (ITS) programs in the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas. Our student enrollment grew substantially, with the totals in the MS in Information Technology and Management (ITM) program rising to 1,055 students and our BS in Information Technology and Systems program increasing to 450. Graduates of our programs are in high demand, with placement rates of our MS in ITM alumni exceeding 95 percent within three months of graduation.
Jindal School Now – February 2016
The Naveen Jindal School of Management stands among the elite institutions of higher learning in two new online rankings — and several online specialty rankings — from U.S. News & World Report.
