IIPHRP Global Health Case Competition
NEW GRAND PRIZE ANNOUNCED FOR SPRING 2024!
The 1st place team will be awarded the chance to work with a local business in the location of the case study, implementing your proposed intervention. Develop your professional skills and expand your professional network worldwide! The top 3 teams will continue to receive cash prizes, as much as $500 per person ($2500 to the first place team.)
IIPHRP Global Health Case Competition
The IIPHRP Global Health Case Competition hosts one interdisciplinary competition each year. Graduate and undergraduate students from across the University of Iowa campus (all colleges and departments) are encouraged to participate in this unique, industry-based professional experience. The top 3 teams will receive cash prizes up to $500 per person, with the grand prize being a chance to implement your intervention with a company working in health services overseas.
All teams will compete in front of a panel of expert judges on Monday, April 1, 2024
The registration deadline for all competitors is Monday, February 18, 2024.
Student Registration (Open January 2024) Apply to be a Faculty Mentor
Why Compete?
The IIPHRP Global Health Case Competition allows students a unique practical experience to develop teamwork and leadership skills in an industry-based setting. You will work with individuals across multiple disciplines in an environment that effectively simulates a high stakes workplace setting. The grand prize awarded to the 1st place team will be the chance to work with a business in the location of the case study, implementing your proposed intervention. Top 3 teams will receive cash prizes up to $500 per person.
About the Competition
The Case Competition offers an innovative student learning experience that trains future public health leaders. This competition brings together students from multiple disciplines in a format uncommon at most universities and colleges. Through the friendly competition, students creatively address critical global health challenges in a competitive and collaborative environment that simulates future workplace settings by requiring a multidisciplinary team composition.
Contest Rules
The aim of the Global Public Health Case Competition is to train the next generation of leaders through a unique competition experience built upon a real‐world challenge. All students at the University of Iowa are eligible to compete, including all degree levels. Teams are made up of three to five students from colleges and departments across the university, applying their specific knowledge to tackle complex global issues. The most effective teams will learn to leverage the unique skills and knowledge of each team member and discipline represented.
Competition Planning Team
The case competition is made possible due to efforts by the Iowa Institute for Public Health Research and Policy (IIPHRP), the Global Public Health Initiative, and the College of Public Health Research Office.