Teams of up to three undergraduate students create policy-based solutions to a given problem. A workshop will be provided shortly after the case is released. Teams will construct PowerPoint presentations on solutions to the problem. Finalists will present to a panel of judges for real-time feedback.
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.
- Competition Announced – Mon, Sep 9, 2024
- Registration deadline – Sun, Oct 6; 11:59 pm central time
- Case Details Released – Mon, Oct 7; 5:00 pm
- Zoom workshop – Thu, Oct 10; 4:00-6:00 pm
- Slides due – Sun, Oct 20; 11:59 pm central time
- Finalists present via Zoom – Sat, Oct 26; noon-2:00 pm
Each member of the winning team will receive $1,000 in cash as well as a $10,000 scholarship* to the Health Policy master's program.
*Scholarships are limited to students enrolled full-time in the Health Policy concentration of the Master of Public Health at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. The award will be distributed $5,000 per semester. The award will be disbursed in the academic year following winning the competition.
