UCL GBSH Media Feature: Indian academic and Harvard LEAD Fellow joins UCL GBSH

The UCL Global Business School for Health (UCL GBSH) has been recently featured in the Education Times. The article reports on the appointment of Dr Preethi John as the deputy director of the flagship UCL MBA Health programme and associate professor at the UCL GBSH. Dr Preethi John is a Harvard LEAD fellow and health and development management professional who holds a PhD from IIT Madras and previously worked as director of the Chitkara Global Health Institute in India. Whilst working at Chitkara University, she launched the Women in Global Health India Chapter, piloted a model for the development of allied health professionals and set up the Chitkara School of Health Sciences. 

The Education Times reports on her official appointment in her role at the UCL GBSH, and delves into Dr Preethi's incredible career achievements and pioneering work for women in healthcare leadership. Quoted in the article, Preethi expresses her interest in healthcare management, particularly in "developing more resilient HR, so that they are not only capable of addressing their work, but also facing whatever life throws their way."

Here at the UCL Global Business School for Health, we are thrilled to have Dr Preethi John join our MBA leadership team and know that she will be an inspiration to our incoming UCL MBA 2022 cohort.

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