Michaela Kerrissey, PhD, MS, is an assistant professor of management on the faculty at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She analyzes how healthcare organizations innovate, improve, and integrate services, specifically how teams solve problems that cross organizational boundaries. Her research has been published in leading academic journals in both management and healthcare, such as Administrative Science Quarterly and Health Affairs. She has received Best Paper awards from the Academy of Management and the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research.
Dr. Kerrissey designed the Management Science for a New Era course at the School of Public Health. She also teaches in multiple executive programs at Harvard’s business and medical schools and received the Bok Center award for excellence in teaching.
Dr. Kerrissey holds a BA from Duke University, an MS from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and a PhD in Healthcare Management from Harvard University. She was awarded the Robertson Scholarship at Duke, a Hart Leaders Fellowship, and a Reynolds Fellowship at Harvard. Prior to her academic engagement, she was a consulting team leader at The Bridgespan Group, which was launched by Bain & Company.
Bhanja A, Hayirli T, Stark N, Hardy J, Peabody CR, Kerrissey M.
J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2022 Aug. 3(4):e12761. PMID: 35782348
Kerrissey M.
Soc Sci Med. 2022 07. 305:115035. PMID: 35654681
Kerrissey MJ, Hayirli TC, Bhanja A, Stark N, Hardy J, Peabody CR.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2022 Oct-Dec 01. 47(4):308-316. PMID: 35135989
Stark N, Hayirli T, Bhanja A, Kerrissey M, Hardy J, Peabody CR.
Ann Emerg Med. 2022 05. 79(5):488-494. PMID: 35277294
Song N, Frean M, Covington CT, Tietschert M, Ling E, Bahadurzada H, Kerrissey M, Friedberg M, Singer SJ.
Med Care Res Rev. 2022 10. 79(5):640-649. PMID: 35012390
Singer S, Kerrissey M.
NEJM Catalyst. 2021.
Kerrissey, M., Traboulsi, AAR., Frean, M., Singer, SJ.
Medical Care. 2021. 59(7):565-571.
Kerrissey, M., Tietschert, M., Novikov, Z., Bahadurzada, H., Sinaiko, A., Martin, V., Singer, S.
Medical Care Research and Review. 2021.
Hayirli, T., Bhanja, A., Stark, N., Peabody, T., Hardy, J., Kerrissey, M.
International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2021. 33(2).
Ahern, J., Singer, S., Bhanja, A., Barrow, J., Kerrissey, M.
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021.