
Annual UMN Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition
Where we invite graduate students to
Collaborate, Innovate, Compete by Transforming Healthcare with Data Science
congratulations to team 14 for taking 1st place in this year's competition!
Project Title: Barriers to Equity & Closing the Gap
Team 14 Members (L-R): Wanlin Hu, School of Public Health; Yuka Saito, College of Science & Engineering; Subin Jang, School of Public Health; and Crystal Zhuang, Carlson School of Management & Law School

2nd Place: Team 1
Project Title: Geographic Disparities in Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevalence, Healthcare Costs, and Quality of Care Among US Adult Medicare Beneficiaries
Ingrid Rodriguez Aragon, Medical School; Tonushree Dutta, College of Science and Engineering; and Sourav Kumar Ghosh, College of Science and Engineering

3rd Place: Team 7
Project Title: Bridging the Digital Divide. A Pathway for Small Practices in Promoting Interoperability
Ethan Cannon, School of Public Health; and Jake Harmon, College of Liberal Arts

Hon. Mention: Team 10
Project Title: Social Vulnerability Impacts on Cancer Screening Rate: A Bayesian Multi-level Analysis of Community Health Indicators and Healthcare Access
Pegah Farrokhi, College of Pharmacy and Majid Bagheri Hosseinabadi, School of Public Health
mimilabs: 2025 Health Data Partner
A vibrant community of healthcare data experts, bonded by a mutual enthusiasm for using public data to spark healthcare innovation and led by Dr. Yubin Park.
The Business Advancement Center for Health and the Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition Steering Committee are grateful to Dr. Park for generously providing his time and expertise in the development of this custom data set.
What:
6th annual UMN Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition, where graduate students from diverse disciplines collaborate to tackle real-world healthcare challenges using data science. Participants are asked to explore datasets, develop innovative solutions, and present their insights to sponsors and judges. Cash awards are presented to the top three placing teams!
When:
- Check back in fall semester 2025 for 2026 Competition Details.
- Don't want to miss the Competition announcement? Signup to receive the BACH Newsletter, sent quarterly and stay informed!
How:
Presented annually by BACH, with generous support in 2025 from: Research Computing (Distinction Sponsor), UMN Data Science Initiative (Maroon Sponsor) and the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (University Community Sponsor)
Competition Information:
The University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition began in 2020 to promote interdisciplinary collaboration on using data to address current healthcare challenges. In this competition, students complete an exploratory analysis of specified datasets to provide innovative solutions and insights using data science tools and methodologies. This event encourages graduate students across all disciplines at the University of Minnesota to practice, enhance, and showcase their understanding of real-world healthcare problems and their abilities to solve them with innovative use of data science.
This competition is led by the Business Advancement Center for Health (BACH) in collaboration with the Carlson School of Management, College of Pharmacy, Institute for Health Informatics, Medical School, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, and School of Public Health.
The Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition is part of the 1Health interprofessional education curriculum at the University of Minnesota.
Distinction Sponsor

Maroon Sponsor

University Community Sponsor

Meet the Competition Steering Committee
Associate Professor
School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Management
Assistant Professor
Center for Nursing Informatics, School of Nursing
Professor & Associate Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
College of Pharmacy
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Management
Associate Professor & Founding Chief, Division of Computational Health Sciences, Department of Surgery
Medical School
Assistant Professor, Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
Carlson School of Management
Becky Strelow
Program Manager
Business Advancement Center for Health (BACH)
Xian Dong Eric Jing Professor
Department of Information & Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Management
Associate Professor & Director, Division of Dental Public Health
School of Dentistry
This competition is a joint effort by the following:







Register to Participate
Registration: Fall Semester 2025 for 2026 Competition
Questions?
Contact [email protected] with questions.
Sponsorship
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact [email protected] to learn more.
About the Host
The Business Advancement Center for Health (BACH) launched at the Carlson School in 2022 to reimagine healthcare and works to close gaps in health equity.