VP, Chief Wellness Officer
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Jennifer Bickel serves as vice president, chief wellness officer at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She works with senior leaders across the organization to ensure staff wellbeing is incorporated into all decisions. Dr. Bickel has real-world experience in assessing burnout across healthcare organizations and in developing effective, evidence-based strategies to reduce clinician burnout. Her innovative strategies to improve physician and healthcare worker wellbeing have been nationally recognized in publications and presentations. As an academic professor and neurologist, she has won awards in mentorship, leadership and clinical program development. She is on the board of directors for the American Academy of Neurology and for the Collaborative of Health and Renewal in Medicine. She currently serves as a member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative for Clinician Wellbeing and as the chair for the American Academy of Neurology’s Wellness subcommittee. Dr. Bickel received her medical degree at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and completed her neurology residency at the University of Kansas.
Healthcare Leadership in the Brain Economy
Monday, March 2, 2026
10:00am - 11:30am CT