Competition Results
167 students from 27 schools entered the competition. Finalists were teams from Vanderbilt with a proposal for diverting cases into drug courts to reduce substance use disorder-related deaths, a team from the University of Texas at Austin with a proposal for requiring additional vision and acuity testing for older drivers to reduce automobile accidents, and a team from the University of Virginia with a proposal to mandate latches on swimming pools and water education to mitigate child drowning. Congratulations to the team of Jaiden Murray and Jenna Trent for winning the competition!
Slide decks for the three finalist teams can be found here, here, and here.
2024 Case Prompt
This case asks teams of undergraduate students to apply the lens of health policy analysis to the crisis of injuries in New Orleans. New Orleans is in one of the lowest-ranked counties for years of life lost to injury according to county health rankings. While much attention has been paid to injuries due to gun violence, other areas of injury (e.g., roadway deaths, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc.) In this scenario, the city has set aside $500,000 annually for an innovative solution to address these excess deaths. A good policy will leverage existing city infrastructure as appropriate and include detailed breakdowns of the costs of the policy package.
