Meet the Faculty
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Adam Andersen, DPT, MBA is the MHA program director. He has served in quality and safety leadership roles in an academic medical center and in industry. He taught as an adjunct faculty member in the UIC physical therapy program and with the residential and executive tracks in the UIC MHA program. Adam graduated from UIC with a BS in Physical Therapy before completing a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Governors State University and MBA from UIC. He currently teaches Quality Management in Health Services and is the course director for MHA preceptorships and capstones.
Pierre Thomas Léger, PhD, is an associate professor in the Master of Healthcare Administration program. He began his career at UIC in August of 2016. Prior to moving to Chicago and joining UIC, he was an Associate Professor at HEC Montreal (the University of Montreal business school) where he held the Professorship in Health Economics for many of those years. He has his PhD in Economics at the University of Western Ontario. He currently teaches HPA 451: Healthcare Finance I.
Emily Stiehl, PhD, is an assistant professor of health policy and administration. She received her PhD in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources from the University of Pittsburgh where she was awarded an Ahlbrandt Sr. Fellowship. Prior to coming to UIC she worked as an Instructor and Research Assistant at Katz Graduate School of Business, Center for Health and Care Work at the University of Pittsburgh. She currently teaches HPA 410: Health Organizational Leadership and HPA 441: Strategic Healthcare Management.