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Online Health Administration Certificate Programs

Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management In-Person Immersion

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. Pharmaceutical Management Foundations Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  3. 56 Professional Development Hours (5.6 CEUs)

Faculty Authors:

Sean Nicholson, Professor, Cornell Brooks School

Tanzeem Choudhury, Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor, Cornell Tech

Emma Pierson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech

2-day immersion experience with Cornell faculty and Industry speakers. 

Register for the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management In-Person Immersion

Live Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management Certificate

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Pharmaceutical Management Foundations Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Sean Nicholson, Professor, Cornell Brooks School

Over the course of 5 weeks, Professor Sean Nicholson with guide you through discussions on:

  • Rapid technological change and substantial investments in research and development (R&D)
  • The role of biotechnology and genomics in transforming the industry
  • A complex global marketplace where customers include governments and private health insurers as well as physicians, pharmacists, and individual patients
  • Government regulation of every dimension of the business, including the safety and efficacy of drugs, pricing, manufacturing, and marketing
  • Continually evolving mergers, joint ventures, and alliances
  • Global products and multinational firms with growing tension between the needs and the ability to pay for different market segments

Throughout your experience in this certificate program, you will work on a project that follows the life cycle of a drug of your choosing.

Enroll in the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management Cornell Certificate Program

Executive Healthcare Leadership

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the SC Johnson College of Business
  2. 80 Professional Development Hours (8 CEUs)
  3. 20-36 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
  4. 20-40 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification
  5. 20-40 Credit hours towards HRCI recertification

Faculty Authors:

Nick A. Fabrizio, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Brooks School

Robert Bloomfield, Professor of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Samuel Bacharach, Professor, Cornell ILR School

Kate Walsh, Dean, Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Mardelle Shepley, Professor, Cornell College of Human Ecology

Glen W.S. Dowell, Professor, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Rohit Verma, Professor, Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Courses:

  • Changing Organizational Culture in Healthcare
  • Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
  • How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
  • Leading Change in Healthcare Organizations
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Leading Collaborative Teams
  • Elective Courses (2 Courses)

Enroll in the Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate Program

Healthcare Change Management

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Healthcare Change Management Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Nick A. Fabrizio, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Brooks School

Courses:

  • Changing Organizational Culture in Healthcare
  • Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
  • How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
  • Leading Change in Healthcare Organizations 

Enroll in the Healthcare Change Management Certificate Program

Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 60 Professional Development Hours (6 CEUs)
  3. 0-10 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
  4. 0-10 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification
  5. 0-10 Credit hours towards HRCI recertification

Faculty Authors:

Nick A. Fabrizio, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Brooks School

Robert Newman, Senior Lecturer, Cornell University College of Engineering

Mardelle Shepley, Professor, Cornell College of Human Ecology

Rohit Verma, Professor, Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Courses:

  • Changing Organizational Culture in Healthcare
  • Effective Process Management in Healthcare
  • Quality and Process Improvement Metrics and Strategies for Healthcare
  • Design Considerations for Healthcare Facilities
  • Elective Courses (2 Courses)

Enroll in the Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design Certificate Program

Strategic Healthcare Leadership

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Strategic Healthcare Leadership Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the SC Johnson College of Business
  2. 60 Professional Development Hours (6 CEUs)
  3. 17 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
  4. 20 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification
  5. 20 Credit hours towards HRCI recertification

Faculty Authors:

Nick A. Fabrizio, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Brooks School

Robert Bloomfield, Professor of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Samuel Bacharach, Professor, Cornell ILR School

Glen W.S. Dowell, Professor, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Rohit Verma, Professor, Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Courses:

  • Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
  • How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Leading Organizational Change
  • Effective Process Management in Healthcare
  • Quality and Process Improvement Metrics and Strategies for Healthcare

Enroll in the Strategic Healthcare Leadership Certificate Program

Online Public Affairs Certificate Programs

Corporate Sustainability

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Corporate Sustainability Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 45 Professional Development Hours (4.5 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

John Tobin-de la Puente, Professor of Practice, Cornell SC Johnson School of Business

Courses:

  • Evaluating a Corporate Sustainability Strategy
  • Sustainability Risk Management
  • Generating Profit in the Era of Sustainability

Enroll in the Corporate Sustainability Cornell Certificate Program

Financial Success for Nonprofits

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Financial Success for Nonprofits Certificate from the Cornell Brooks School
  2. 32 Professional Development Hours (3.2 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Joe Grasso, Associate Dean, Cornell ILR School

Courses:

  • Assessing Nonprofits using Financial Statements and Ratios
  • Determining Appropriate Budgeting, Debt Financing, and Cash Flow
  • Fundraising and Revenue Generation
  • Strategically Governing the Organization

Enroll in the Financial Success for Nonprofits Cornell Certificate Program

International Public And NGO Management

What You’ll Earn:

  1. International Public and NGO Management Certificate from the Cornell Brooks School
  2. 68 Professional Development Hours (6.8 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

John Mathiason, Adjunct Professor, the Brooks School MPA Program

Courses:

  • Addressing Complex Problems Using Results-Based Management
  • Creating and Enforcing International Agreements
  • Coordinating Services and Support at the Global and Country Level

Enroll in the International Public And NGO Management Cornell Certificate Program

Public Sector Leadership

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Public Sector Leadership Certificate from the Cornell Brooks School
  2. 60 Professional Development Hours (6 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Seth Harris, Visiting Professor, the Brooks School MPA Program

Courses:

  • Leadership Skills and Traits in Public Organizations
  • Assessing Your Public Sector Organization
  • Motivating Public Sector Employees
  • Public Sector Leadership Strategies
  • Goal Setting in Public Sector Organizations
  • Leading Public Sector Teams to Success

Enroll in the Public Sector Leadership Cornell Certificate Program

Systems Thinking

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Public Sector Leadership Certificate from the Cornell Brooks School
  2. 60 Professional Development Hours (6 CEUs)

Faculty Authors:

  • Derek Cabrera, Visiting Faculty, the Brooks School MPA Program
  • Laura Cabrera, Visiting Faculty, the Brooks School MPA Program

Courses:

  • Using the Four Simple Rules of Systems Thinking
  • Visualizing and Modeling Complex Problems
  • Building Analytical and Emotional Intelligence with Systems Thinking
  • Designing Organizations for Systems Thinking
  • Becoming a Systems Leader

Enroll in the Systems Thinking Cornell Certificate Program

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Contact Tom O’Toole, Executive Director of Public Affairs Programing, tjo22@cornell.edu