UChicago Medicine Administrative Fellowship

Brianna Brooks (2018-2020) is from Carmel, Indiana, and earned her MPH in maternal and child health from Boston University School of Public Health in 2018. She obtained her B.S. in health science with a minor in Spanish from Boston University in 2017. During her time in graduate school, Brooks completed an internship with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health where she developed a process to update the state health assessment and improvement plan. Brooks also participated in a quality improvement project for the Cambridge Health Alliance where she helped analyze the referral process for the Inpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Department. Additionally, she worked at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England. Her professional interests include quality improvement as well as maternal and child health.

Blake Dobrich (2018-2020) is from DePue, Illinois, a small rural town in north central Illinois. Dobrich obtained his M.S. in health systems management from Rush University Medical Center in 2018. While in graduate school, he completed administrative internships at Rush University Children's Hospital and at the University of Colorado Hospital. Prior to earning his master's degree, Dobrich received his B.A. in political science at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Additionally, he has served as an intern for U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin in Washington, D.C. Dobrich's professional interests include health policy, children's healthcare, and making a difference in the care of others. 

 

Danielle McKenzie (2019-2021) is from Chicago, Illinois. She earned her master's degree in health administration from the George Washington University in 2019. During her time in graduate school, McKenzie completed an internship at Cleveland Clinic in the Respiratory Institute where she performed data analyses that contributed to decisions that increased access for patients. Additionally, she served as a project manager for Cleveland Clinic’s advance directive initiative, where she created a robust dashboard dataset and helped develop a new workflow for the institute’s inpatient units. McKenzie also served as an intern for both the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI), and the George Washington Hospital, where she conducted a LGBTQ institutional assessment and contributed in LEAN management projects.  Prior to her graduate studies, she served as a performance improvement specialist for the Greater Elgin Family Health Center and as a community health coordinator for Advocate Trinity Hospital.  McKenzie received a B.S. in health administration at Northern Illinois University. Her professional interests include population health, finance, and health policy. McKenzie enjoys water sports, traveling, volunteering and spending time with family and friends.

 

Jordan Wirtz (2019-2021) is from Lockport, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago. She received her M.S. in health systems management from Rush University. While in graduate school, Wirtz worked in Rush University Medical Center’s Division of Cardiology and Human Resources, as well as interned at Cleveland Clinic in the Imaging Institute. Prior to her graduate studies, Wirtz completed her B.S. in health systems management at Loyola University Chicago with minors in bioethics, biology and business administration. Her professional interests include practice management, quality improvement and finance.