An alumna  of the professional retraining program "Healthсare Management" of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU) 2014-2015 academic year Galina Mikhailova was appointed Minister of Health of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

“The main competencies that are developed in the process of studying in the "Healthсare Management" program are certainly related to the management of a medical organization. But the appointment of the alumni of the program to the highest governing bodies of regional (I hope, federal in the future as well) health care obviously testifies to their high-quality managerial training received within the walls of GSOM SPbU. With all our hearts we wish our colleagues great achievements in their noble work,” said Andrey Ivanov, head of the program.


The "Healthсare Management" program is a project-oriented professional retraining program. Its goal is to form modern managerial thinking among the heads of healthcare cluster organizations, the ability to plan strategically the activities of the organizations they lead. In the process of learning students use the acquired knowledge and skills to develop and implement projects related to the development of the organizations they represent or to improve the efficiency of regional health systems. The program was created in 2009 as part of the President's Management Training Program.