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Ann Chao
Just before the Beijing Olympics, Ann Chao took a year off from college to study at Peking University. “I was writing a thesis on blindness in China and was interested in seeing how business could lift people with disabilities out of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Amy S. Langer
humor and energy for action. “After my accident,” she says, “I got notes from people in the disability community saying, ‘Heard about your accident — great news for us!' I think what they were saying was, ‘With the help of this national... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
In Brief
global strategy, a new position. More Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world, affecting nearly 250 million people. Yet most can't afford... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
Madeline. I took great solace in talking to other classmates with disabled children, and cried with another who had lost his daughter. It certainly doesn’t mean our time at HBS was wasted. I still employ TOM skills while building with... View Details
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
kidney disease Diabetes Congestive heart failure Care transition patients to reduce frequency of readmission Primary and psychiatric care for patients with intellectual and behavioral disabilities Behavioral health for post-traumatic... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants By: Shu, Pian Abstract—Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that rejected applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Frank Spencer
United States, providing ministers and teachers of the church with pensions, medical benefits, life and disability insurance, financial assistance, and mid-career education. Asked to consider his impact, Spencer says, "I know I... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
organizational development, board meetings, strategy sessions, stakeholder outreach, and other CEO duties. In addition to its lead product, the company’s research pipeline now includes potential therapies for a variety of disabling... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Navigating Recruiting with Diverse Abilities: Advice from Alumni
successful is key. Both Triston Francis (MBA 2019) and Aaron Mitchell (MBA 2011) chose not to disclose learning disabilities in the recruiting process because they were concerned employers may not understand the implications and misjudge... View Details
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Ann Chao
different countries and industries to learn with and learn from. As a Social Studies/East Asian Studies concentrator with a strong interest in disability rights and education as well as entertainment and performing arts, I still felt... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
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Mardie Oakes
cutting-edge housing solutions for people with special needs. Our first project is to create permanent, community-integrated housing for 300 people with developmental disabilities being transitioned out of a century-old institution slated... View Details
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
care for patients with intellectual and behavioral disabilities The VBHCD team is also examining how to estimate and distribute the costs of ancillary, indirect, and support departments, including Radiology and Billing. VBHCD Project... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
Mitch Tuchman and Scott Puritz (photo by Kim Marshall) Mitch Tuchman (MBA 1982) was a successful software entrepreneur in the exuberant 1990s when his first son, Jack, was born. A year later, Tuchman’s life changed: He and his wife learned that Jack suffered from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
2004 at Outdoor Explorations, a nonprofit that brings together people with and without disabilities for inclusive outdoor adventures. She spent last summer doing marketing for Advanced Bionics, a Boston Scientific–owned manufacturer of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
corporate clients wishing to develop such programs. After various positions in the firm's sales and strategic planning areas, she eventually became director of new product development. "I loved creating new services for our clients - such as adoption planning, college... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
doing, because that is precisely what brought their success. Still, it is important - indeed critical - to recognize that organizations have both capabilities and disabilities. Developing strong capabilities in sustaining innovations, by definition, creates View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
June. With roots dating back to 1717, 40,000 members, and approximately $9.1 billion of assets under management, it is one of the oldest benefit plans in the United States, providing ministers and teachers of the church with pensions, medical benefits, life and View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
was operating as a kind of project manager for her mom—and that she was one of 66 million Americans taking care of an ill, aging, or disabled loved one—she began to build a more modern solution to care management. Wellthy provides loved... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
that serves the employment, training, housing, and education needs of people with disabilities in Oregon and Washington, and Serendipity Center, a Portland school for at-risk youth. Chussil says the HBSAO program will place about six... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
counterintuitive driver: the fact that in the US, pharmaceutical companies subsidize the purchase of their drugs. Medicare, the government insurer for elderly or disabled people in the US, encourages patients who can’t afford their drug... View Details