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EGHI hosts two global health case competitions for students each year.
The Intramural Emory Global Health Case Competition (EGHCC) is an experiential student learning program that brings together Emory students from multiple disciplines to address a critical global health challenge in both a competitive and collaborative environment. The 2024 Intramural Emory Global Health Case Competition will take place January 26 – February 3, 2024.
The winning Emory team from the intramural competition goes on to compete in the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition. EGHI hosts teams from universities around the world at Emory University who spend seven days developing solutions to a global health challenge or case. Multidisciplinary teams compete for cash prizes and have the opportunity to learn each other and from expert volunteer who serve as judges and case advisors. The 2024 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition will take place March 14 – 23, 2024.
These are exciting and challenging events. If you are interested in participating in this year’s Emory Global Health Case Competitions, we encourage you learn about previous competitions and their case subjects.
Frequently Asked Questions
Intramural Emory Global Health Case Competition
Emory College and Oxford College undergraduates and graduate students from all seven of Emory’s graduate and professional schools are eligible to participate. Emory medical residents and post-doctoral fellows are also eligible to participate. Teams must be comprised of students enrolled in at least three different Emory schools. Emory teams of four-to-six students compete for cash prizes.
The 2024 competition will be a hybrid virtual/in-person event. EGHI plans to host case advisor sessions with teams virtually while all other activities will be held in person.
The application period will run from November 6 – December 4, 2023. The application site will be available soon, so please check this page regularly for updates.
Student teams are given the case challenge a week before they present their case solutions to judges. Teams can work as much or as little as they like on their case solutions during the case competition week. EGHI will arrange for each team to meet virtually for one hour with a case advisor, a professional who will provide feedback regarding a team’s draft case solution, during competition week. On competition day, teams will present to a panel of judges and the top 3 highest scoring teams will advance to the final round. The winning team goes on to participate in EGHI’s Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition scheduled for later in the academic year. Below are the dates for the 2024 competition:
- January 26, 2024: Case challenge released.
- January 30 and 31, 2024: Virtual case advisor sessions
- February 2, 2024: Case solutions due
- February 3, 2024: Competition presentation day
The case topic will not be made available until the case is released on January 26, 2024. The case will require a multidisciplinary approach to develop recommendations to address it. The case topic may include issues such as health care policy, public health implementation and planning, business partnership/investment, medical research, international development, logistics and management, faith/cultural understanding, international law, and other disciplines. Student team members can seek feedback from experts in the field on ideas, however, they must generate the ideas themselves. They cannot present and defend ideas that experts provide to them.
First Place: $3,000
Second Place: $2,000
Third Place: $1,000
Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition
The winning Emory team from EGHI’s Intramural Emory Global Health Case Competition participates with student teams from universities located around the world. Graduate and undergraduate students enrolled at accredited universities are invited to participate. Teams should be comprised of four to six students, and at least three different schools within a university must be represented. For example, a team can include students from a university’s nursing, medical, and business schools. The combination of disciplines does not matter so long as at least three different schools/disciplines are represented. Medical residents, post-graduate fellows, and post-doctoral fellows are eligible to participate so long as their residency and/or fellowship is with the university that the multidisciplinary team is representing. While medical residences and post-graduate fellows are eligible to participate, it is not mandatory.
This year's competition is set to be an immersive two-day experience, set to take place in person on March 22 and March 23, 2024. During the competition, teams will be involved in two rounds of presentations: In the first round, they will captivate judges with a dynamic 12-minute live presentation, followed by an 8-minute Q&A session. In the final round, teams will demonstrate their adaptability by delivering a live 12-minute presentation that integrates a case twist, followed by an 8-minute Q&A session.
No, your university can select its team members in any way that it prefers. However, EGHI encourages universities to hold their own intramural global health case competitions. Your university can use EGHI’s model using our case competition guide.
You can contact us at eghi@emory.edu if you would like to discuss conducting a global health case competition at your university.
The case challenge will be released on March 14, 2024. Teams will have one week to develop their case solutions. The two days of competition will be March 22 and March 23, 2024. More information will be available on the competition application site soon.
The case topic will not be made available until the case is challenge is released on March 14, 2024. However, it will require a multidisciplinary approach to develop recommendations to address it. It may include issues such as health care policy, public health implementation and planning, business partnership/investment, medical research, international development, logistics and management, faith/cultural understanding, international law, and other disciplines. Student team members can seek feedback from experts in the field on ideas, however, they must generate the ideas themselves. They cannot present and defend ideas that experts provide to them.
Applying for the competition incurs no cost; however, upon acceptance to participate, teams will be expected to pay a non-refundable registration fee. Detailed information regarding registration fees will be accessible on the upcoming competition application site.
EGHI is committed to facilitating a seamless experience for participants by covering lodging, meals and ground transportation between the Atlanta airport and the Emory Conference Center and Hotel. Although travel expenses to and from Atlanta remain the obligation of student team members or their respective universities, qualifying teams originating from universities in low-income countries will have the opportunity to seek financial support to mitigate airfare costs.
Detailed information regarding the application process will be available on the competition application site, which is coming soon! Applications will be accepted from October 23 – November 27, 2023. Please check back here in the coming weeks to access the application site.
The prize amounts will be listed on the application website.
For more information, please contact eghi@emory.edu