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And the winners of the Global Public Health Case Competition are…

Published on April 3, 2019

Six teams participated in the 2019 Global Public Health Case Competition, presenting creative solutions to a case study focusing on mental health and wellness in Nigeria. Congratulations to all the teams, who did an outstanding job! Thank you to all the mentors and judges, whose time and energy are much appreciated. Read more about the case competition.

Trailblazers – 1st place

Mentor: Nicole Novak, Community and Behavioral Health

  • Don Braithwaite, Community and Behavioral Health
  • Kyle Davies, Finance
  • Kirsten Carew, Medicine
  • Alexa Kort, Biochemistry & Spanish
  • Ifeanyi Ugoh, Business Administration

Bro-cial Determinants of Heatlh – 2nd place

Mentor: Jake Oleson, Biostatistics

  • Juan Gudino, Epidemiology
  • Ian Buchta, Epidemiology
  • Abigail Lee, Community and Behavioral Health
  • Autumn Moen, Public Health & Spanish
  • Maya Altemeier, Public Health & Biochemistry

The Sophomoric (Under)Graduates – 3rd place

Mentor: Will Story, Community and Behavioral Health

  • Hailey Boudreau, Community and Behavioral Health
  • Sofie Dollison, Public Health
  • Hanora Van Ert, Medicine
  • Nathaniel Mullin, Medicine

Honorable Mention

Team A

  • Ben Ertl, Business
  • Maryanne Menge, Pharmacy
  • Meg SmolikHagen, Public Health
  • Redwan Bin Abdul Baten, Health Management and Policy

The Captivators

  • Allie Zimmerman, Public Health
  • Dylan Lloyd, Pharmacy
  • Kelsie Ferstl, Health Management and Policy
  • Madeline Cornell, Health Management and Policy

Global Rangers

  • Chelsea L Cohen, Global Health Studies
  • Chukwuebuka Ogwo, Dentistry
  • Ezazul Haque, Occupational and Environmental Health
  • Miranda Thelen, Public Health
  • Roshani Kandel, Nursing