Notre Dame students offer solutions to tuberculosis challenges at 2024 Global Health Case Competition
Students from almost every discipline at the University of Notre Dame spent several days preparing presentations on one of the world’s most pressing global health challenges: tuberculosis.
Hosted by the Eck Institute for Global Health, the 2024 Notre Dame Global Health Case Competition was held on Saturday, February 10, 2024. For nine years, the Notre Dame competition has grown to attract participants from across campus, highlighting the necessity for multidisciplinary collaboration to solve complex global health challenges. This year marked the largest number of participants, with almost 80 students from undergraduate and graduate programs, divided into 15 teams and two rounds of presentations.
Participants were tasked with tackling Nigeria’s tuberculosis crisis. Over 245,000 people in the west African country die from tuberculosis each year, making it one of the world’s top 30 “high-burden countries” for infection. For the competition, the Eck Institute worked with Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria to develop a scenario in which teams were asked to allocate $800,000 in funds to advance new approaches to TB for a one-year pilot study in Lagos State.
The winning team from the day’s competition provided a comprehensive approach to addressing the complexities of TB through social media and educational outreach campaigns aimed at minimizing TB stigmas, and suggesting innovative approaches to improving diagnostic processes with electronic health record systems. As a result of their successful presentation, they were able to advance to the Emory University Morningside Global Health Case Competition to represent the University of Notre Dame.
The winning 2024 Notre Dame Global Health Case Competition team included:
- Eyitayo Awe, Neuroscience & Behavior major, sophomore
- Gaayathri Binoj, Physics major, first-year student
- Jake Harris, Anthropology and Global Affairs major; Health, Humanities, and Society minor, junior
- Alina Lee, Biochemistry major, first-year student
- Jiaying Pan, Master of Science in Management program
Judges for the 2024 Notre Dame Global Health Case Competition:
- Lacey Ahern, adjunct assistant professor of the practice, Eck Institute for Global Health
- Heidi Beidinger-Burnett, associate professor of the practice, Eck Institute for Global Health
- Mushtaque Chowdhury, visiting scholar, Eck Institute for Global Health & Pulte Institute for Global Development, founding Dean, BRAC University School of Public Health, Bangladesh
- Marie Donahue, associate teaching professor, Eck Institute for Global Health & Keough School of Global Affairs faculty fellow, Pulte Institute for Global Development
- Lee R. Haines, associate research professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Ashley Hudson, research program manager, AEGIS
- Ijeoma Kola, assistant professor, Department of History, faculty affiliate, Health, Humanities, and Society program
- Nydia Morales-Soto, assistant director, Eck Institute for Global Health, faculty fellow, Institute for Latino Studies
- Ray Offenheiser, senior advisor to the Dean; Director, McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business, Keough School of Global Affairs
- Paul Perrin, Director of Evidence & Learning, Pulte Institute for Global Development and associate professor of the practice, Keough School of Global Affairs
- Jeff Schorey, George B. Craig Jr. Collegiate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Director, Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate program
“Our current students will be among those leading future collaborations and efforts to address global health challenges,” says Marian Botchway, assistant director of the Eck Institute for Global Health. Botchway, who organizes the annual University event, emphasizes that “participating in this competition helps the students to better understand real-world problems and further recognize the importance of interdisciplinary collaborations that are needed for multi-faceted, global health solutions.”
For more information about the Eck Institute for Global Health’s annual Global Health Case Competition, please visit the website.
Contact:
Christine Grashorn, Communications Specialist
Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame
cgrashor@nd.edu / 574.631.4856
research.nd.edu / @UNDResearch
About the Eck Institute for Global Health
The Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH), an integral part of Notre Dame Research, builds on the University’s historical strength in infectious disease research, including vector-borne diseases, while broadening the interdisciplinary expertise into other key global health areas, including maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH); community health; mental health; nutrition and non-communicable diseases; the environment and health; health analytics and technologies; and health systems and organizations. Our team of interdisciplinary researchers and their students holistically address health disparities around the world. EIGH faculty affiliates recognize health as a fundamental human right and promote research, training, and service to advance health standards for all people, especially those in resource-poor countries who are disproportionately impacted by preventable diseases. The EIGH is training the next generation of global health researchers and leaders through undergraduate, Master of Science in Global Health, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs.
Originally published by globalhealth.nd.edu on April 08, 2024.
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