2023
Emory Morningside Global Health
Case Competition
Emory Morningside Global Health
Case Competition
Connecting Students Across Diverse Fields to Address a Global Health Challenge
APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED
COMPETITION DATES
MARCH 10-18, 2023
COMPETITION DATES
MARCH 10-18, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS
to the 2023 Winning Teams!
to the 2023 Winning Teams!
First Place/Marcus Foundation Prize - Team 21- Uniformed Services University
Second Place - Team 12 - University of Melbourne
Third Place - Team 14 - Emory University
Fourth Place - Team 22 - University of Minnesota
Honorable Mention - Team 23 - Medical University of South Carolina
Participants' Choice Award - Team 12 - University of Melbourne
Second Place - Team 12 - University of Melbourne
Third Place - Team 14 - Emory University
Fourth Place - Team 22 - University of Minnesota
Honorable Mention - Team 23 - Medical University of South Carolina
Participants' Choice Award - Team 12 - University of Melbourne
general information
The Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition brings together students from diverse disciplines and multiple countries to address a real-world global health challenge. The 2023 competition will take place from March 10 to 18, 2023.
Student teams will have one week to develop comprehensive case solutions to a hypothetical but realistic global health challenge. The teams will then present their case solutions to an external panel of judges on competition day.
This year’s event will be held in person. Only one team per university may participate.
Students will compete on the Emory University campus in Atlanta, Ga., with EGHI providing food, lodging, and ground transportation between the Atlanta airport and the Emory Conference Center and Hotel. Student team members or their universities will be responsible for their travel costs to and from Atlanta. EGHI will provide travel assistance to a limited number of student teams from universities located in countries with low-income economies.
EGHI promises to provide student teams with an exciting challenge, the chance to get to know teams from around the world, and the opportunity to network with case advisors from a wide variety of professional fields.
Student teams will have one week to develop comprehensive case solutions to a hypothetical but realistic global health challenge. The teams will then present their case solutions to an external panel of judges on competition day.
This year’s event will be held in person. Only one team per university may participate.
Students will compete on the Emory University campus in Atlanta, Ga., with EGHI providing food, lodging, and ground transportation between the Atlanta airport and the Emory Conference Center and Hotel. Student team members or their universities will be responsible for their travel costs to and from Atlanta. EGHI will provide travel assistance to a limited number of student teams from universities located in countries with low-income economies.
EGHI promises to provide student teams with an exciting challenge, the chance to get to know teams from around the world, and the opportunity to network with case advisors from a wide variety of professional fields.
Location
In-Person at Emory University
important Dates
Application Period
October 24 -
November 21, 2022
Competition Dates
March 10-18, 2023
October 24 -
November 21, 2022
Competition Dates
March 10-18, 2023
Application Process
Applications will be accepted from 12 p.m. (EDT) on Mon., Oct. 24, until 5 p.m. (EDT) on Wed., Nov. 30.
EGHI will communicate with each team regarding its application status once the application period closes. There is no fee to apply.
The APPLY button, located in the top right-hand corner and bottom center of this website, will be activated at 12 p.m. (EDT) on Oct. 24, 2022.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
One multidisciplinary student team per university is eligible to participate in the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition.
Team Member Composition
Student teams should comprise four to six members, and team members should represent at least three different schools or disciplines at their university. EGHI encourages teams to include a mix of undergraduate and graduate students, but this is not required. 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. Universities are not required to name team members during the application period.
Universities can select their team members in whatever manner they prefer. However, if feasible, EGHI encourages universities to hold their own intramural global health case competitions to select the team they send to the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition. Your university can use EGHI's case competition guide to help it plan its own intramural competition.
Individual Team Member Information
If your team is accepted to participate, EGHI will in January send an online form to your team requesting individual team member information. Once universities are accepted into the competition, individual team member information will be due Feb. 22, 2023. Each student team must designate a team captain by March 1, 2023.
There are no modifications to Emory University’s current visitor policy at this time. All campus visitors are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 and must adhere to Emory University’s established safety protocols while on campus. Find additional campus COVID-19 information at Emory Forward.-19.
EGHI will communicate with each team regarding its application status once the application period closes. There is no fee to apply.
The APPLY button, located in the top right-hand corner and bottom center of this website, will be activated at 12 p.m. (EDT) on Oct. 24, 2022.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
One multidisciplinary student team per university is eligible to participate in the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition.
Team Member Composition
Student teams should comprise four to six members, and team members should represent at least three different schools or disciplines at their university. EGHI encourages teams to include a mix of undergraduate and graduate students, but this is not required. 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. Universities are not required to name team members during the application period.
Universities can select their team members in whatever manner they prefer. However, if feasible, EGHI encourages universities to hold their own intramural global health case competitions to select the team they send to the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition. Your university can use EGHI's case competition guide to help it plan its own intramural competition.
Individual Team Member Information
If your team is accepted to participate, EGHI will in January send an online form to your team requesting individual team member information. Once universities are accepted into the competition, individual team member information will be due Feb. 22, 2023. Each student team must designate a team captain by March 1, 2023.
There are no modifications to Emory University’s current visitor policy at this time. All campus visitors are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 and must adhere to Emory University’s established safety protocols while on campus. Find additional campus COVID-19 information at Emory Forward.-19.
Registration Fees and Payment Instructions
There is no cost to apply. Once a team has been accepted to participate in the competition, a non-refundable registration fee will be required. Below are the registration fee rates per team based on the income level of the country in which the university is located. Income levels are based on World Bank data and follow the Consortium of Universities for Global Health's model regarding the percentage of the full registration fee that teams from MICs and LICs are expected to pay.
Registration fees:
High-Income Countries (HICs): $1,000 (USD)
Middle-Income Countries (MICs): $500
Low-Income Countries (LICs): $250
If you are uncertain of your country's income level, please see the links below.
HICs: https://data.worldbank.org/income-level/high-income
MICs: http://data.worldbank.org/income-level/middle-income
LICs: https://data.worldbank.org/income-level/low-income
If your university is located in an LIC and would like to request a registration fee waiver, please contact Mischka Garel at [email protected] for more information.
Universities or individual team members can pay the registration fee via credit card or by check via FedEx. If you would like to pay via credit card (EGHI's preferred payment method),please use this link to submit your payment. To pay by check via FedEx, please make your check payable to the Emory Global Health Institute and write 2023 Emory Morningside GHCC in the memo line. Please send the check via FedEx to the attention of "Farah Dharamshi" at the following address:
Emory Global Health Institute
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Mailstop 1599-001-1AH
Atlanta, GA 30322
Registration fees:
High-Income Countries (HICs): $1,000 (USD)
Middle-Income Countries (MICs): $500
Low-Income Countries (LICs): $250
If you are uncertain of your country's income level, please see the links below.
HICs: https://data.worldbank.org/income-level/high-income
MICs: http://data.worldbank.org/income-level/middle-income
LICs: https://data.worldbank.org/income-level/low-income
If your university is located in an LIC and would like to request a registration fee waiver, please contact Mischka Garel at [email protected] for more information.
Universities or individual team members can pay the registration fee via credit card or by check via FedEx. If you would like to pay via credit card (EGHI's preferred payment method),please use this link to submit your payment. To pay by check via FedEx, please make your check payable to the Emory Global Health Institute and write 2023 Emory Morningside GHCC in the memo line. Please send the check via FedEx to the attention of "Farah Dharamshi" at the following address:
Emory Global Health Institute
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Mailstop 1599-001-1AH
Atlanta, GA 30322
Prizes
The competition will award six different cash prizes.
Teams with the five highest first-round scores will advance to the final round and receive cash prizes. The finalist team that receives the most votes from non-finalist teams will receive the Participants' Choice award.
Teams with the five highest first-round scores will advance to the final round and receive cash prizes. The finalist team that receives the most votes from non-finalist teams will receive the Participants' Choice award.
Deliverables, Time Commitment, and Case Subject
Competition Deliverables
The competition will have two rounds:
First-Round Deliverable: Live, 12-minute presentation, with 8 minutes of Q&A with first-round judges
Final-Round Deliverable: Live, 12-minute presentation incorporating case twist, with 8 minutes of Q&A with final-round judges
Teams will submit the slide decks of their presentations the evening before competition day (March 17). All presentations must be in English.
Time Commitment
Teams can work as much or as little as they like on their case solutions during the case competition week. During the week, teams will meet virtually for one hour with a case advisor who will provide feedback regarding a team's draft case solution. Student team members can also seek feedback from other experts in the field on their ideas. However, teams must generate case solution ideas themselves.
Case Subject
A team of Emory student and faculty case writers are working on the 2023 case subject. The case may include issues such as healthcare policy, public health implementation and planning, business partnership/investment, medical research, international development, logistics and management, faith/cultural understanding, international law, and other disciplines. To view past case subjects, visit EGHI's website.
The competition will have two rounds:
First-Round Deliverable: Live, 12-minute presentation, with 8 minutes of Q&A with first-round judges
Final-Round Deliverable: Live, 12-minute presentation incorporating case twist, with 8 minutes of Q&A with final-round judges
Teams will submit the slide decks of their presentations the evening before competition day (March 17). All presentations must be in English.
Time Commitment
Teams can work as much or as little as they like on their case solutions during the case competition week. During the week, teams will meet virtually for one hour with a case advisor who will provide feedback regarding a team's draft case solution. Student team members can also seek feedback from other experts in the field on their ideas. However, teams must generate case solution ideas themselves.
Case Subject
A team of Emory student and faculty case writers are working on the 2023 case subject. The case may include issues such as healthcare policy, public health implementation and planning, business partnership/investment, medical research, international development, logistics and management, faith/cultural understanding, international law, and other disciplines. To view past case subjects, visit EGHI's website.
Competition Schedule
October 24 - November 21, 2022 - Application Period
December 1, 2022 - Travel and Hotel Accommodation Information Provided for In-Person Teams
February 15, 2023 - Registration Fees Due, online payment link
February 22, 2023 - Individual Team Member Information Due
March 1, 2023 - Team Captain Information Due
March 1, 2023 - Deadline for Student Team Members to Install WhatsApp on Cell Phones
March 6, 2023 - Team Number Assignments Released to Teams
March 9, 2023 - Signed Rules and Code of Conduct Due from Teams Due
March 10, 2023 - Case Subject Released to Team Captains
March 14 - 15, 2023 - Virtual Case Advisor Sessions
March 16, 2023 - Teams arrive in Atlanta
March 17, 2023 - Work day for teams
March 17, 2023 - First-Round Deliverables Due (slide deck)
March 18, 2023 - Competition Day
December 1, 2022 - Travel and Hotel Accommodation Information Provided for In-Person Teams
February 15, 2023 - Registration Fees Due, online payment link
February 22, 2023 - Individual Team Member Information Due
March 1, 2023 - Team Captain Information Due
March 1, 2023 - Deadline for Student Team Members to Install WhatsApp on Cell Phones
March 6, 2023 - Team Number Assignments Released to Teams
March 9, 2023 - Signed Rules and Code of Conduct Due from Teams Due
March 10, 2023 - Case Subject Released to Team Captains
March 14 - 15, 2023 - Virtual Case Advisor Sessions
March 16, 2023 - Teams arrive in Atlanta
March 17, 2023 - Work day for teams
March 17, 2023 - First-Round Deliverables Due (slide deck)
March 18, 2023 - Competition Day
Resources and Logistics
Please find below information and resources that will help you plan your competition week, prepare your case solutions, and submit your deliverables:
School Information Form - due February 22nd
Rules and Code of Conduct Form - due March 9th
Team Captain - due March 1st
Team Identification - Week of March 6th
Case Competition Week Schedule
First Round Deliverable Submission Instructions
Final Round Deliverable Submission Instructions
Case Challenge - "Preventing Maternal Death in Haiti's Central Plateau"
School Information Form - due February 22nd
Rules and Code of Conduct Form - due March 9th
Team Captain - due March 1st
Team Identification - Week of March 6th
Case Competition Week Schedule
First Round Deliverable Submission Instructions
Final Round Deliverable Submission Instructions
Case Challenge - "Preventing Maternal Death in Haiti's Central Plateau"
Making the most of your case advisor session
Dr. Mohammed Ali, an Associate Professor at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health and practicing family physician, provides his insights into how you can make the most of your time with your case advisor. He also provides helpful suggestions regarding case preparation and how you can take full advantage of your case competition experience. Dr. Ali helped launch the competition in 2009, has advised many EGHCC student case writing teams, and has served as a competition case advisor annually since the program's inception.
Good Case Solutions: A Judge's Perspective
Mr. Phil Jacobs, an Emory Global Health Institute Advisory Board member, successful businessman, and philanthropist, has judged Emory Global Health Case Competitions since 2010. In this brief video, Mr. Jacobs gives his perspective on the elements that make a good case solution.
application period:
October 24 - November 21, 2022
October 24 - November 21, 2022