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The UAB Center for Healthcare Management and Leadership (CHML) offers continuing education and professional development programs to prepare current and future health care leaders to successfully address the rapidly changing health care environment. The Center also partners with industry leaders to offer education, training and advisory services to individuals and health care organizations in the United States and around the world.

Register Now! UAB High Reliability Certificate, Powered by Press Ganey

  • Join us for an engaging, week-long program tailored for healthcare executives eager to advance safety and reliability in their organizations.
  • March 3-7, 2025
  • UAB Executive Learning Center, School of Health Professions Building, Birmingham, Alabama
  • This program is offered as a collaboration between the UAB Center for Healthcare Management and Leadership and Press Ganey

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Register Now! UAB Health Innovation Academy

  • Discover the latest insights from our world-class faculty and gain practical knowledge and new skills to drive innovation.
  • February 27-March 1, 2025
  • UAB Executive Learning Center, School of Health Professions Building, Birmingham, Alabama
  • This program is offered as a collaboration between the UAB Center for Healthcare Management and Leadership and the Marnix Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation

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Coming Soon! 100% Online Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Training and Certification

  • Designed for healthcare professionals
  • Improve quality and efficiency in healthcare settings, learn to reduce waste and variation, enhance patient care and operational effectiveness in healthcare environments
  • Enroll any time. Self-paced, virtual learning supported by UAB faculty experts
  • CHML partners with the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) to offer this training

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More CHML Offerings

  • Customized Education & Training

    We offer a variety of options and venues including training on UAB’s campus, on-site at your location, and online. We bring together world-renowned educators, practitioner partners, and researchers to offer fully customized education and training programs, tailored to your organization’s needs.

    Customized Education & Training Core Areas:

    • Cohort-based degree programs (domestic and international)
    • Leadership and Ethics in AI
    • Quality & Safety
    • Operations and Process Improvement
    • Health Informatics
    • Finance
    • Strategy
    • Employee Engagement & Retention
    • Team Dynamics and Performance
    • Simulation
    • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
    • Program Evaluation
    • Data Analytics
  • Continuing Education

    Monthly Webinar Series

    The Department of Health Services Administration and the Center for Healthcare Management & Leadership are committed to continue providing professional development and educational opportunities. We invite you to join our monthly webinar series.

    National Symposium for Healthcare Executives

    UAB National Symposium for Healthcare Executives – for over 40 years, the preeminent educational, networking conference for healthcare leaders.

    UAB High Reliability Certificate, Powered by Press Ganey

    An engaging, week-long program tailored for healthcare executives eager to advance safety and reliability in their organizations. This program is offered as a collaboration between the CHML and Press Ganey.

    100% Online Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Training and Certification

    Enroll any time. This self-paced, virtual learning is supported by UAB faculty experts and designed for health care professionals. The CHML partners with the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) to offer this training.

  • Advisory Services

    Looking to solve complex organizational problems? Our academic and practitioner experts bring deep knowledge, decades of experience, and vast analytic capabilities to solve healthcare’s most challenging problems. An alternative to costly consulting firms, we are a committed partner in solving the many challenges that arise in today’s increasingly complex environment.

    Advisory Domain Areas:

    • Board Selection and Management
    • High Reliability
    • Quality and Safety
    • Health Informatics, Machine Learning and Big Data
    • Finance
    • Strategy and Strategic Planning
    • Operations Management and Process Improvement
    • Workforce Development
    • Employee engagement, retention and well-being
    • Education Accreditation Pre-Reviews
    • Program Evaluation & Measurement
  • Panelists and Keynote Speakers

    With leading global experts in the fields of health administration, strategy, informatics, simulation and quality/safety and a network of 5,000+ alumni, let us help you find a speaker for your next event. We bring decades of research together with real-world application for a variety of audiences and levels.

    If you have questions or would like to discuss partnership options, please contact UAB Center for Healthcare Management and Leadership Director Leandra Celaya, MSc, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at 205-934-3588.