Nien-he Hsieh






 

Colleen Beecken Rye is a Doctoral Candidate at The Wharton School.  Before Wharton, Colleen worked for three years in the Health Care Investment Banking departments at Raymond James & Associates and SunTrust Equitable Securities and volunteered with the peace and health teams at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia over a six-year period.  She received her B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from the University of the South (Sewanee) in 1999. 

Colleen co-developed and is in the third year of co-teaching an undergraduate course, Health Care Strategy and Management: The Business of Health Care, at The Wharton School with Professor John R. Kimberly.  She is the recipient of several awards, including a National Research Scholar Award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.  Additionally, she has published on the adoption of innovations in health care provider organizations and has a forthcoming publication on cultural influences on the evolution of innovation.