Christy Harris Lemak, is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Health Services Administration in the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  She also serves as Deputy Director of the Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation in the University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine.  UAB is home to graduate programs in health care leadership, health informatics, healthcare quality and safety, and health care simulation.

Dr. Lemak’s research and teaching focus on leadership and high performance in health care.  She currently serves on the boards of Community Hospital Corporation (Plano, TX) and the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame.  She was honored with the 2022 AUPHA Filerman Prize for Educational Leadership.  Dr. Lemak previously held faculty positions at the University of Michigan and the University of Florida and before becoming an academic worked for The Sachs Group, Henry Ford Health System and Mercy Health System.  She received her PhD from the University of Michigan, MHA and MBA degrees from the University of Missouri and BS from the University of Illinois.