Carrie Leana

Carrie Leana serves as the George H. Love Professor of Organizations and Management at the University of Pittsburgh, holding secondary faculty appointments in the School of Medicine, School of Public and International Affairs, and Learning Research and Development Center. She directs the Center for Healthcare Management and serves as Academic Director for both the Executive MBA in Healthcare and Healthcare Leadership and Business Fundamentals programs.

Her educational background includes:

• PhD from the University of Houston
• BA from Baylor University

Professor Leana's research spans organization science with concentrated expertise in economic inequality, financial precarity, and social capital dynamics. Her field-based investigations examine authority structures and employment relations across diverse settings including healthcare systems, public schools, and industrial workplaces. Recent work emphasizes the organizational impact of financial stress and the critical role of empathetic care in healthcare safety outcomes, demonstrating how socioeconomic factors fundamentally shape workplace behavior and performance.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals a pronounced shift toward healthcare management applications since 2018, with growing emphasis on financial precarity's organizational costs. Her work consistently bridges theoretical organizational behavior with practical social impact, particularly regarding economic inequality's workplace manifestations and care work dynamics in vulnerable populations.

Her extensive recognition includes:

• Academy of Management's Societal Impact Award (2022)
• Responsible Research in Management Best Paper Prize
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Best Paper Prize in Industry Studies
• Aspen Institute's Faculty Pioneer Award
• Fulbright Senior Chair Award
• Multiple public service honors including the Iris Marion Young Award and Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award

Professor Leana mentors doctoral students across disciplines while securing major research funding from the National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, Heinz Endowments, PA Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth Fund, and Wallace Foundation. Her Center for Healthcare Management fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between business and medical schools to improve healthcare delivery systems.

As founder and Director of the Center for Healthcare Management, she leads initiatives that integrate organizational science with healthcare practice through research on care flow dynamics, financial precarity impacts, and empathetic care models. The center develops evidence-based executive education programs that translate research findings into healthcare leadership practices.