Emory MDP students Jenna Blumenthal and Stephanie Stawicki were part of the team that took home the first prize in the National Global Health Case Competition, organized by the Global Health Institute at Emory University on March 19.  Their team included four other students from the Goizueta School of Business, the Candler School of Theology, and the School of Nursing. They competed against a carefully selected group of 120 students from 13 universities from all over the country, grouped into 20 interdisciplinary teams. The judges for the competition were a very distinguished group of experts in a wide range of development and humanitarian agencies. This year’s case challenged teams to develop a strategic plan for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide basic services to almost a million of refugees in East Africa despite budget cuts and conditions of political unrest and conflict.

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What is the Emory Global Health Case Competition?

The Emory Global Health Case Competition is a unique opportunity for Emory graduate and undergraduate students from multiple schools and disciplines to come together to promote awareness of and develop innovative solutions for 21st century global health issues. In 2010, the Emory Global Health Institute opened the competition to graduate and undergraduate students from other universities.

Common across U.S. business schools, a case competition features teams of four to six students working through a real-life case scenario with the goal of providing helpful strategic recommendations to move the case subject forward efficiently and effectively. The competition is centered on team presentations to judges, who then score student recommendations and award prizes.

Developed and driven by its Student Advisory Committee, the Institute's global health case competition focuses on a global health-related case that will require an interdisciplinary approach to formulate recommendations regarding the case that may involve issues such as health care policy, public health implementation and planning, business partnership/investment, medical research, logistics management, faith/cultural understanding, and international law.

To learn about past and upcoming Emory Global Health Case Competitions, see the links below.

2009 Emory Global Health Case Competition

2010 Emory Global Health Case Competition

2011 Emory Global Health Case Competition