A team representing the University of Iowa College of Public Health’s Department of Health Management and Policy won first place at the  2018 University of Kansas Case Competition for First Year Track Students in Kansas City on November 2.

Team members were Coleman Heaney, Alex Smolik, Benjamin Meyer, and Mary Kate Titus.

The first year track competition consisted of nine teams from schools accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).

A second team of first-year students from the University of Iowa also competed and finished in the top three.