A matter of degrees: Some R.I. colleges offer DBA

Katie Castellani

10/13/2023

REWARDING MOMENT: Associate professor Georges Tsafack, left, executive director of the University of Rhode Island’s Doctorate of Business Administration program, and associate professor Jessica Strübel, right, place a doctoral hood on Michael Toomey during a graduation ceremony in August. Toomey was one of six people who received a DBA in the inaugural class of the program.  COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Having worked in health care marketing, Michael Toomey has noticed key differences in how medical and business professionals make decisions. “Through research and conducting tests, medical professionals tend to make more evidence-based decisions,” said Toomey, who is senior director of marketing of Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company Vericel Corp. “While working in an adjacent industry, I

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