April 08, 2024

Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Grand Rounds: Leadership to Accelerate Healthcare's Digital Transformation

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lemakChristy Harris Lemak, Ph.D.The Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation held a Grand Rounds presentation with speaker Christy Harris Lemak, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Services Administration in the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, on Tuesday, April 2. 

Lemak fulfills the role of deputy director at the Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation within the University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine. Lemak's research and instructional efforts center around leadership and achieving excellence within the healthcare sector, with a particular emphasis on investigating leadership strategies aimed at expediting the digital transformation of healthcare services. 

In her recent study, she investigated how executive leaders' roles evolved in the post-pandemic era and how they hastened transformation by leveraging analytics, data, and emerging tools like artificial intelligence. Tune into the recorded seminar to learn more.