Big Challenges, Big Opportunity

Austin is committed to the development of a world class medical school. The opportunities for research expansion and economic growth are significant. Austin is a dynamic hub for technology innovation, and the McCombs School of Business, with its focus on healthcare, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship, is poised to make a huge impact. The McCombs School of Business has tremendous expertise and resources in areas like:

• Team Learning
• Complexity Theory
• Organizational and Operational Theory
• Entrepreneurship within Organizations
• Data Analytics and Information Management
• Diffusion of Innovations
• Finance, Accounting, Economics, and Marketing

Have an Impact, Make a Difference

We are currently engaged in several research projects including emergency room throughput and scheduling in the Paul Bass Clinic with University Medical Center Brackenridge, as well as projects with UT Health Science Center at San Antonio using complexity theory, agent-based and system dynamics modeling, and operations management to understand issues of patient safety.