Global Health Case Competition

What is the Global Health Case Competition?

This competition is a unique opportunity for Emory graduate and undergraduate students from multiple schools and disciplines to come together to promote awareness of and develop innovative solutions for 21st century global health issues. Common across U.S. business schools, a case competition features teams of four to six students working through a real-life case scenario with the goal of providing helpful strategic recommendations to move the case subject forward efficiently and effectively. The competition is centered on team presentations to judges, who then score student recommendations and award prizes.

Developed and driven by its Student Advisory Committee, the Institute's global health case competition focuses on a global health-related case that will require an interdisciplinary approach to formulate recommendations regarding the case that may involve issues such as health care policy, public health implementation and planning, business partnership/investment, medical research, logistics management, faith/cultural understanding, and international law.

Who can participate?

Students (graduate and undergraduate) from across Emory University are encouraged to participate in multidisciplinary, multi-school teams to ensure that interdisciplinary skills are represented on each team. Students will be assigned teams and are not required to assemble a team to participate. However, students who prefer to assemble their own team are also welcome to participate. Teams will be comprised of three to five students from three or more Emory schools. A maximum of eight teams can participate.

2010 Case Subject and Evaluation

The 2010 case subject will be announced in spring 2010. A distinguished panel of judges from multiple disciplines selected by the Institute will evaluate the teams' recommendations on the selected case.

Important Dates

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Competition Kick-Off Event
School of Medicine Plaza

Friday, March 19th, 2010
12:00 - 11:00 pm
Competition Team Workday
School of Medicine (Breakout Rooms)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Case Competition Presentations and Awards Luncheon
School of Medicine (Room #110)

Awards

The Institute will award a monetary prize to the teams presenting the winning and second place cases. Members of all teams will be recognized for their participation.

Contact

Gretchen Van Ess
Candler School of Theology
gretchenve@yahoo.com