Wharton Health Care Programs

• Wharton Health Care Club
• Wharton Health Care International Volunteer Project
• Health Care Management Alumni Association
• Penn Biotech Group

Wharton Health Care Club

The Health Care Club organizes professional and social activities for all Wharton graduate students who are interested in exploring opportunities in the health care industry. Members share their knowledge and perspectives in addition to interacting with current industry leaders to develop an understanding of the issues facing hospital, physician, managed care, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device organizations.

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Wharton Health Care International Volunteer Project

WHIVP is designed to give Wharton health care management students the opportunity to participate in global health-care related projects with limited resources. WHIVP trips are student organized, student run, and student led. Projects give participants exposure to health care challenges in the developing world as well as the opportunity to work closely with organizations on the ground to develop viable strategies to improve their organizations. Projects typically take place during winter break (late December to early January) and summer break (during late May or end of August) but depend on the individual project details. Each year, small groups of students volunteer for two to three week consulting engagements worldwide. Previous projects have included: working in India to create HIV epidemiologic profile and improve HIV screening / data collection for the Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society; working with an HIV and family health clinic in Gaborone, Botswana to provide a financial and operational assessment of the clinic as well as developing a metrics and reporting structure for Aravind Eye Hospitals to manage future expansion of its operations from its current base in Tami Nadu, India.  

We have successfully established long-term relationships with several organizations including Doctors of the World (DOW), BroadReach and Aravind Eye Hospitals. Our aim is that these and future partnerships will have the longevity to form the core of our projects each year, while also work on ad hoc projects where we believe we can add benefit. To this end, the WHIVP continues to look for dedicated participants who wish to apply their skills in helping the developing world’s healthcare systems, and can help us expand our partnerships and geographic presence further still.

For more information please visit our website at http://clubs.wharton.upenn.edu/whivp/index.htm

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Health Care Management Alumni Association

Since its inception in 1971, the Wharton Health Care Management program has produced nearly 1,300 graduates who now represent all of the major sectors within the health care industry. The Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association was founded to enable alumni of the program to continue to participate in a variety of professional development, networking and community service activities across the country -- and around the world.

For more information, please visit: www.whartonhealthcare.org.

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Penn Biotech Group

The Penn Biotech Group is a cross-disciplinary club with a mission to promote careers related to the biotechnology and medical device industries through practical experiential learning. The club draws members and expertise from graduate programs at Penn, including The Wharton School of Business, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Law School and the School of Medicine, as well as the larger life sciences community of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Members participate in consulting engagements with local life science companies, business plan writing and company formation, public equity investment reports and stock pitches, an interactive lecture series, social networking events, and career preparatory and advisory events. To learn more, please go to our website www.pennbiotechgroup.com.

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