Bradley Staats

Bradley Staats is the Ellison Distinguished Professor of Operations, Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Academics, and Faculty Director of the Center for the Business of Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School. He holds a DBA in technology and operations management and an MBA from Harvard Business School, along with a BS in Electrical Engineering and BA in Plan II and Spanish from The University of Texas at Austin.

His research integrates operations management and human behavior to optimize performance in healthcare, technology, and service industries. Key interests include:

• Organizational learning and adaptation
• Analytics-driven operations optimization
• Healthcare service delivery
• Human decision-making in operational contexts
• Field experimentation methodologies

His scholarly publications demonstrate a consistent focus on operational efficiency in healthcare systems, cognitive aspects of organizational behavior, and service innovation, frequently employing field experiments across diverse industries.

Honors include:

• 2016 Warren Bennis Prize for leadership research in Harvard Business Review

As Senior Associate Dean, he oversees undergraduate, MBA, and Master of Accounting programs, digital learning initiatives, and multiple academic centers. He founded the university-wide Center for the Business of Health to address complex healthcare challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration.