Christy Harris Lemak PHD

Christy Harris Lemak, PhD, FACHE teaches and conducts research in the areas of health care management and leadership, with an emphasis on how leadership and organizational factors can lead to high performance. She currently focuses on developing organizations where all leaders can thrive. Christy is on the boards of Community Hospital Corporation (Plano, TX), the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership. She is the Past Chair of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration and the Academy of Management Health Care Management Division and was previously a board member of the Commission on Accreditation of Health Management Education. Before coming to UAB, Christy was on the faculty of the University of Michigan where she directed the Griffith Leadership Center and was the Michael O. and Barbara Bice Professor of Health Services Research, Management and Policy at the University of Florida. Christy holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, MHA and MBA degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a BS in Health Planning and Administration from the University of Illinois.