Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition

• February 20: Registration opens
• March 5: Last day to register
• March 16: Competition kickoff and data release, 5:00 P.M. (virtual)
• March 26: All project submissions due by 11:59 pm CT
• March 31: Finalists announced
• April 5: Finalist presentations, 4:00 P.M. (Carlson School of Management)

Teams are required to use a specified dataset which will be announced at the Competition Kickoff on March 16th. Additional publicly available data is permitted. 

• Submit a one-page Executive Summary - maximum of 500 words (not including references) 
• Submit a PowerPoint presentation outlining the team's project - maximum of 20 slides 
• Record a voice-over with PowerPoint, presenting the team's analysis, insights, and innovations - maximum of 20 minutes
• Finalists will present projects to a panel of industry expert judges - each team has 20 minutes to present followed by 5 minutes for judges' questions
• A rubric will be provided when data is released on March 16, 2023

• Competition is open to all current graduate and professional degree-seeking students at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• Maximum of 5 students per team 
• Each team must have students from at least 2 different colleges or schools within the U of M Twin Cities
• Students may only participate on one team
• You can form your own team or request to be placed on a team
• No individual entries are allowed

• First Place Team: $4,000 - Sponsored by United Health Foundation
• Second Place Team: $2,000
• Third Place Team: $1,000

This competition would not be possible without the support and involvement of University of Minnesota faculty and industry partners!

Industry Experts: 

• More information coming soon!

University of Minnesota Faculty: 

• Steve Johnson, Institute for Health Informatics
• Joel Farley, College of Pharmacy
• Caitlin Carrol, School of Public Health 
• Russ Funk, Carlson School of Management
• Robin Austin, School of Nursing

How do I record the voiceover for the presentation?  

• Teams can use any method of recording the voice-over on their slides; however, we recommend VoiceThread or Zoom.

I registered as an individual. When will I find out what team I am on? 

• Emails will be sent by March 10, 2023 to all registered participants and will include their team members' information as well as other important details.   

Are we more in favor of an exploratory analysis?

• It is up to your team whether you want to do exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, or take another approach. 

I competed in the Health Data Competition in the past. Can I compete again?

• Yes! Past participants are welcome to compete again since each year the topic and required dataset change so teams will need to take different approaches and bring new insights to their projects.

Our team members are dual-degree programs from the same 2 schools. Does this meet the requirement of 2 colleges/schools?

• Yes! Dual-degree programs meet the requirement of having 2 colleges/schools represented on each team.

Contact csombach@umn.edu with additional questions.