University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and Dubai Academic Health Corporation join forces to drive leadership development

University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and Dubai Academic Health Corporation join forces to drive leadership development

Dubai: Dubai’s first academic health system, the Dubai Academic Health Corporation (DAHC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, one of the world's leading business schools, to partner on executive education programs and research. This collaboration aligns with DAHC's five-year strategic plan, which focuses on developing programs to attract, develop, and retain valuable healthcare professionals, administrators, clinical educators, and scientists.

The MoU was signed by Professor Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Chief Academic Officer of DAHC and Provost of the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU), and Dr. Eleanor Murray, Associate Dean for Executive Education and Senior Fellow in Management Practice at Oxford Saïd.

Under the agreement, Oxford Saïd will play an important role in enhancing leadership capabilities and identifying emerging leaders across DAHC.

Key areas of focus include quality improvement, digital innovation and implementation, value creation in healthcare and clinical governance. The goal is to create in-house leadership capacity, joint research projects, and exploration of novel and exciting ways in which the partnership can support DAHC to achieve its strategic goals.

The partnership aims to drive excellence and sustain a high-performing leadership culture through thought-provoking and carefully curated curriculum bespoke to DAHC.

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