Center for Health and Business
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Impactful Education

From precollege students to executives, the Center for Health and Business offers inclusive, forward-thinking education that empowers learners to shape the future of health. Whether you're exploring careers in healthcare, biotech, AI or policy, CHB programs are designed to help leaners at all levels apply business skills to real-world health challenges.

Current Students

Student Leadership and Impact Program

The CHB Student Leadership and Impact Program (SLIP) offers undergraduate and graduate students hands-on experiences and meaningful opportunities to build leadership skills and contribute to the evolving business of health.

Are you ready to lead, innovate and make an impact? Applications open in mid-August 2025. The CHB will hire at least seven paid students for the 2025–2026 academic year. Students planning to study abroad during the academic year are not eligible for these positions. Apply by Tuesday, September 9, 2025, and take the next step in your leadership journey.

Check back in mid-August for the link to apply!

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Being a part of the CHB has taught me invaluable lessons in time management, leadership development, external relations and marketing. Since my first semester as a freshman, my long-term involvement with the CHB has allowed me to refine these skills while progressing within my division of the center.
Nubia Zamudio ’27
CHB SLIP Social Media and Outreach Specialist
Research

External Research Assistantships

Brownstein Consulting, LLC helps healthcare providers and solution developers drive innovation in healthcare delivery. They offer guidance on technology adoption, treatment models and clinic operations while helping design products and services that enhance efficiency and patient care. 

SkyMedAI is a boutique consulting firm helping visionary companies harness AI to drive success and redefine the future of medicine in the Gen Alpha era and beyond.

These 2 external research assistantships offer Bentley students the chance to gain hands-on experience with leading health consulting firms at the forefront of industry innovation. Participants will explore real-world challenges and emerging trends in healthcare through a business-focused lens. Applications open in mid-August 2025. Research assistants will also be part of the SLIP cohort for AY25-26.

 

Business of Health (ID 320)

This course provides an overview of the health industry, covering various aspects and challenges. Each session focuses on a specific topic within the industry and explores its real-world applications. Taught by Bentley faculty and industry experts, students will acquire comprehensive knowledge of the health industry's organization, functions, innovations and complexities, from business, patient and system perspectives.

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This class gave me the ability to speak more intelligently about the most prominent issues and trends in health care today, which has allowed me to better define my own career goals and demonstrate my knowledge of these topics in interviews.
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Science Lab

Health Industries Major

The health industry is big business. The United States annual health expenditure is trillions of dollars per year and accounts for nearly a fifth of the gross domestic product. Within this expansive sector, there is a pressing need for business professionals who understand the complex interplay between individual and population health, healthcare delivery systems and the appropriate implementation of innovation and technology. Innovation and technological advancements in the health sector are ripe with both opportunity and complexity. Employee health and well-being is a leading factor in the productivity of businesses, and health care costs play a major role in a company's bottom line. Bachelor of Science in Health Industries graduates will emerge as dynamic professionals capable of orchestrating meaningful transformations within the health sector and beyond. The major prepares learners to critically evaluate emerging solutions, apply fundamental principles of health sciences and adapt to the complexity of health systems and structures.

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Integrate for Impact Module

Over summer 2023, the CHB team developed a 20 minute interactive online module giving undergraduate learners an introduction to different ways they can "integrate for impact" during their time at Bentley. The goal of the module is to expose learners early in their academic journey to a variety of opportunities for successful and fulfilling journeys at Bentley and beyond. The health industry is utilized as an example of an exciting and growing sector where many of our alumni have used their business degrees from Bentley to great effect.

The module is currently available to all Bentley first year learners in Falcon Discovery Seminar and Career Design Introduction Seminar (CDI 201) learners.

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Continuous Learners

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Healthcare MBA

The Healthcare MBA at Bentley University, developed in collaboration with a leading teaching hospital, is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the business acumen and leadership skills necessary to excel in the dynamic healthcare industry. This program is tailored to meet the needs of mid-career professionals, directors, and executives who are looking to advance their careers and make a significant impact in their organizations.

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Leading Business Transformation in Health

This 6-week, accelerated program equips aspiring leaders and teams with the durable skills needed to drive meaningful change. Meeting once per week for a 90 minute session over 6 weeks, learners will combine broad business competencies with deep, health industry-specific topics in a highly engaging virtual learning environment. 

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Alumni in Health

Alumni in Health LinkedIn Group

This group comprises a network of Bentley alumni working in the health industry. They are leaders in healthcare administration, population health, value-based reimbursement, quality, health communication, medical informatics, clinical care and other disciplines shaping the future of health. It provides a recruiting edge for your organizations, as well as a great starting point to search for new opportunities and serves as a venue to share upcoming conferences, research and events in health.

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Pre-College

Business of Health Innovation

This week-long summer program for rising juniors and seniors in high school uniquely focuses on the business side of the innovative health industry. Learners will explore all the awesome stuff happening in Boston's thriving life sciences scene and how the digital health revolution is changing things up for everyone. The program will focus on innovative technologies that revolutionize health, ranging from medical devices to digital health solutions and biotechnology.

More details on summer 2025 program

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One of the best parts about Bentley is the foundation that it gives you in accounting and finance and how applicable those skills can be to any industry. With the growth and advancements in Boston for biotech, I think now is the best time to get involved in the health industry.
Greg O'Brien ’16, MS ’17