Fall 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to the first Stern Healthcare Initiative newsletter!

The Stern Healthcare Initiative connects students to leadership opportunities across the rapidly growing healthcare industry. With the healthcare sector now the largest U.S. employer and wages rising nearly twice as fast as other sectors (Mahoney et al., 2025), the Initiative focuses on expanding recruiting opportunities, education, and community engagement.

Our goal is to prepare Stern students to lead in every corner of the healthcare ecosystem. As a first step, we aggregated in one place all things healthcare at Stern, as well as many related efforts across NYU.

Message From Michael Dickstein, Director

We’re excited to share updates on Stern’s Healthcare Initiative. Launched in the Spring of 2025, the mission of the Initiative is to strengthen Stern’s thought leadership in the business of healthcare; to provide mentoring and learning opportunities for students seeking careers in the industry; and to deepen our connections to the vibrant healthcare community across NYU and New York City.

We invite you—students, faculty, alumni, and the broader NYU community— to participate in our upcoming events and program activities, as we train the next generation of healthcare leaders.
Please visit our Initiative website to learn more about our programming. For students, you can find details on courses in Stern’s healthcare specialization, including a detailed MBA course roadmap by healthcare interest area. For the broader community, our website also serves as a hub for event listings and for sharing recent research by Stern scholars. If you are looking to connect with people and groups across Stern working on healthcare issues, visit our people page or reach out to us via email at healthcareinitiative@stern.nyu.edu.

Program Announcements

Due to the generous support of Ashish Contractor (BS ‘97) and Amy Lung Contractor (BS ‘00) the initiative has been able to launch the following two programs:

The Contractor Program in Healthcare is open to all students with a programmatic focus designed to increase access to industry leaders and to educate students on emerging market trends. To keep up-to-date on program activities, please join our mailing list and watch for updates on our website’s events page.
The Contractor Fellows in Healthcare is open to advanced-year MBA students with a focus in Healthcare who demonstrate outstanding potential. Interested students will be required to apply for consideration for this fellowship. Fellows will gain one-on-one mentorship and get immersed in experiential learning, research, and more.
- The application will open in Spring 2026 for a Fall 2026 start.

Student Engagement

Students spent a packed morning at Tempus AI learning how the company uses data and artificial intelligence to advance precision medicine.

Hana Dembe (MBA 2018), Head of Marketing for AI Apps, shared her journey into healthcare technology and described how her team brings AI products to market by translating complex science into clear, actionable insights for providers and partners. Joining her were speakers from across various verticals to discuss Tempus’s rapid growth, collaborative culture, and the wide range of roles available for MBA talent interested in the intersection of healthcare, data, and innovation. Speakers included Melissa Tucker, Chief Data Officer, and Chris Scotto Divetta, SVP & GM of AI apps. A career journey panel included Dahlia Coopersmith (MBA 2025), Katie Kerbis, and Tim Taxter.

Faculty Research Spotlight

A Qualitative Analysis of Remote Patient Monitoring: How a Paradox Mindset Can Support Balancing Emotional Tensions in the Design of Healthcare Technologies
NYU Stern Professor Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld along with Zoe Jonassen, Katharine Lawrence, Stefan Feuerriegel, and Devin Mann explore how remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies can better address the emotional needs of diverse patients. Through interviews and focus groups, the study identifies key emotional tensions that emerge in RPM design.

Upcoming Events

Healthcare Initiative Launch Event

Join us this winter to celebrate the launch of the newest Healthcare Initiative programs.

Date: February 12th, 2026
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Location: NYU Stern’s Kaufman Management Center, 44 W 4th St, New York, NY
RSVP: here

Meet the Graduate Fellows

The Stern Healthcare Initiative is supported by Graduate Fellows Rosely Mateo and Hanna Lee, who help drive programming, partnerships, and student engagement across the healthcare community at Stern.

If you have recommendations for speakers, mentors, or upcoming events, please reach out to healthcareinitiative@stern.nyu.edu to collaborate and continue growing the Initiative together. If you want to be removed from the mailing list, please notify us here.