About the Author

Research and Scholarship

Dr. Charleata Battle is an Assistant Professor of Management and Healthcare Management at California State University, Los Angeles, with more than 26 years of cross-sector experience spanning healthcare, higher education, business, information technology, real estate, and entrepreneurship.

A former neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patient, Dr. Battle maintains a deeply personal connection to healthcare that informs her commitment to advancing healthcare leadership and system effectiveness. She is an author, researcher, and advocate for the use of big health data to improve decision-making and innovation in healthcare systems.

Dr. Battle is the author of Indefinite Useful Life: Leadership Forged Without an Expiration Date, which explores leadership as an evolving practice shaped by lived experience, resilience, and identity. Her scholarship focuses on healthcare management, healthcare leadership, and medical entrepreneurship, including physician and startup innovation. She recently authored the peer-reviewed article, “Bridging Clinical and Entrepreneurial Intelligence: The Dual Acumen Model for Integrating Scientific Expertise and Innovation Strategy in Healthcare Leadership.”

She is also the founder of Char Battle, Inc., advising healthcare entrepreneurs on sustainable strategy and growth, and remains actively engaged in teaching, research, and professional service.