Winners of the HPHR Hackathon

We congratulate everyone who participated in our first ever Hackathon and Writing Competition. All of the submissions have been accepted for publication, which will be published on the HPHR Journal website.  Below are the winners of the Hackathon and Writing Competition Awards.

Next Generation Award, 1st Place:

Vitamin D and Mirror Pop-ups as Prophylaxis Against the Overuse of Amputation in Black Americans with Diabetic Foot Injury

Author: Dr. Sarvani Ramcharran

Next Generation Award, 2nd Place:

An Application of Algae Technology for Surgery and Public Health

Authors: Nicolle Ma, Chad Patrick Osorio, Prabath Kuzhikkat, Dr. Nadeem Ahmed

Next Generation Award, 3rd Place:

Implications for Female Same Sex Couples and HIV

Authors: Nicolle Ma, Heather Tillewein

Best Written Submission: Surgery and Public Health:

An Application of Algae Technology for Surgery and Public Health

Authors: Nicolle Ma, Chad Patrick Osorio, Prabath Kuzhikkat, Dr. Nadeem Ahmed

Best Written Submission – Environmental Health:

Implementing Artificial Intelligence-Powered Facial Recognition to Reduce Driving Under the Influence Accidents

Authors: Puneet Gupta and Priscilla Koirala

Best Written Submission – COVID-19:

An Application of Algae Technology for Surgery and Public Health

Authors: Nicolle Ma, Chad Patrick Osorio, Prabath Kuzhikkat, Dr. Nadeem Ahmed

Best Written Submission – Maternal and Child Health:

How Can Learnings from the Automotive Industry Prevent Deterioration of Maternal Health During a Pandemic Like COVID-19?

Authors: Nicolle Ma, Chad Patrick Osorio, Prabath Kuzhikkat, Dr. Nadeem Ahmed

Best Written Submission – Vulnerable Communities:

Vitamin D and Mirror Pop-ups as Prophylaxis Against the Overuse of Amputation in Black Americans with Diabetic Foot Injury

Author: Dr. Sarvani Ramcharran

Best Photo-Essay – Environmental Health:

Greener E- Wallets: Blockchain Integration of Mangrove Assets as Carbon Tokens

Author: Author: Chad Patrick Osorio

Best Pitch – Surgery and Public Health:

An Application of Algae Technology for Surgery and Public Health

Authors: Nicolle Ma, Chad Patrick Osorio, Prabath Kuzhikkat, Dr. Nadeem Ahmed

Best Pitch Environment:

Greener E- Wallets: Blockchain Integration of Mangrove Assets as Carbon Tokens

Author: Author: Chad Patrick Osorio

Best Pitch – COVID-19:

How Can Learnings from the Automotive Industry Prevent Deterioration of Maternal Health During a Pandemic Like COVID-19?

Authors: Nicolle Ma, Chad Patrick Osorio, Prabath Kuzhikkat, Dr. Nadeem Ahmed

Best Pitch – Maternal and Child Health:

How Can Learnings from the Automotive Industry Prevent Deterioration of Maternal Health During a Pandemic Like COVID-19? Authors: Nicolle Ma, Chad Patrick Osorio, Prabath Kuzhikkat, Dr. Nadeem Ahmed

Best Pitch – Vulnerable Communities:

Vitamin D and Mirror Pop-ups as Prophylaxis Against the Overuse of Amputation in Black Americans with Diabetic Foot Injury

Author: Dr. Sarvani Ramcharran

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* MAJOR UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 17, 2022 *

Due to the limitations of the Zoom events platform, we will sending refunds to participants who paid for the Hackathon. 

ALL EVENTS WILL NOW PLACE IN A NEW ZOOM LOCATION. CONTACT US AT [email protected].


Click below at 6:00 pm tonight to JOIN THE HACKATHON! NOTE: PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE A RECORDING OF THEIR FINAL PITCHES IN THE EVENT THEY CANNOT ATTEND.  

JOIN FEBRUARY 18, 2022 AT 6:00 PM EST


WATCH THE FEBRUARY 17, 2022 INFO SESSION

ABOUT THE HACKATHON​

The Boston Congress of Public Health believes in the power of community, diversity, and synergy. The HPHR Hackathon is designed to ignite that power. We’re helping to illuminate obscure and underappreciated public health issues, amplify underserved voices and perspectives, and shatter the echo chamber within public health.

The HPHR Hackathon is a 4-day virtual event, being held February 17-20, 2022, that aims to bring together researchers, advocates, health professionals, and students from across the globe in the arenas of public health, behavioural science, medicine, advocacy, and more. The Hackathon is designed to create diverse “hacking” teams to address local or global public health PROBLEMS and pitch creative SOLUTIONS. This will be accomplished in the form of ARTICLES or PHOTO ESSAYS in one or more of the following areas: 

HPHR Hackathon Winners will be awarded categorical prizes, including certificates, and the opportunity to publish their winning submission(s) for FREE within the HPHR Journal

Thanks to everyone who joined the first day of the Hackathon. We invite everyone to watch tonight’s informational session: 

AGENDA

FEBRUARY 17, 2022 INFORMATIONAL SESSION

On February 17, we discussed the following:             

 Watch the video recording below: https://youtu.be/MqFcngHzJl4

FEBRUARY 18, 2022 – FINAL GROUP FORMATIONS

February 18th, 2022 

TONIGHT WE WILL BE MEETING AT TINYURL.COM/HPHRZOOM.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 – NETWORKING

February 19th, 2022 

FEBRUARY 20, 2022 – FINAL GROUP FORMATIONS

February 20th, 2022

FEBRUARY 25, 2022 – AWARDS CEREMONY

February 25th, 2022

OBJECTIVES AND OVERVIEW

Objectives of the HPHR Hackathon


Eligibility


General Rules and Procedures


Written Essays


Photo Essays


Pitches


Disqualifications


Further Guidelines


Figures
Figures should be configured as follows:  


Tables
Tables should be created in Word and configured as follows: 


Images and Other Media
Images and other media that are not part of figures may be submitted as follows: 


Photographs


Awards
The following awards will be presented to the winners of the HPHR Hackathon 2022

HPHR Hackathon Mentors

– Help with brainstorming and group formation
– Facilitate networking and clarify the rules of the HPHR hackathon.
– Must be available for leading a networking session during the Hackathon period
– Receive the following benefits: expanding one’s network
– Cannot be a participant in the HPHR Journal Hackathon
– Cannot be a judge in the HPHR Journal Hackathon

Networking events are on the following dates and times:

February 18th, 2022, 6:00 – 8:00 PM EST
February 19th, 2022 , 12-2 PM EST
February 25th, 2022, 6-7 PM EST

For additional questions and to sign up, please email [email protected].

HPHR Hackathon Judges

– Can judge within any given area of written and photo essays (e.g. Covid-19, surgery and public health, maternal and child health, environmental health, and vulnerable communities)
– Receive the following benefits: expanding knowledge about public health areas of interest; learning of the potential innovation solutions within public health; and utilizing expertise in finding the next generation of public health leaders
– Cannot be a participant in the HPHR Journal Hackathon
– Cannot be a mentor in the HPHR Journal Hackathon
– Will receive training and a scorecard for judging competition areas
– Do not have to be present during the Hackathon, but will need to submit judging scorecards by Feb 24, 2022 12 PM EST in preparation for the awards ceremony on Feb 25, 2022

For additional questions and to sign up, please email [email protected].

FAQs

  1. What is a hackathon?  A hackathon is an opportunity for communities to come together to solve a problem by designing a specific solution within a brief, intense, concentrated period of time.
  2. How is the HPHR Hackathon similar to other hackathons?  The HPHR hackathon brings together richly diverse communities to propose solutions to clearly identified public health problems
  3. How’s the HPHR hackathon different from other hackathons? The HPHR hackathon does not involve teams creating entrepreneurial products or computer programs or designs.  Instead, the products are written essays, photo essays, as well as pitches. The HPHR hackathon is the first of its kind. It is an innovative blend, where the world of academic publishing meets the speed and zest of traditional hackathons.
  4. What are the areas of competition in the HPHR Hackathon?  The areas include submission types of written essays or photo essays. The topics include: covid-19, maternal and child health, surgery and public health, environmental health/justice, and vulnerable communities (LGBTQIA+, refugees, prisoners, etc.)
  5. What are the requirements for written essays?  Written essays can only be within a maximum of two categories and must range from 750 to 1,000 words.
  6. What are the requirements for photo essays?  Photo essays must include 10 to 20 photos as well as a 300-word description of the entire photo essay.
  7. What are the eligibility criteria?  Any public health professional, clinician, public health enthusiast, nurse, pharmacist, dentist, professional or student of law or business is eligible to participate. Participants must belong to a university, institutional organization, or volunteer organization.
  8. What are groups or participants disqualified from the HPHR Hackathon?  Not following the specified guidelines (see disqualifications); using profane language and/or derogatory language.
  9. How can groups identify a public health problem or challenge? Problems can be political, economic, entrepreneurial, environmental, social, technological, legal , economic, and/or multifactorial in nature within the areas of covid-19, maternal and child health, surgery and public health, vulnerable communities, and/or environmental health.
  10. How can groups identify a solution to a public health problem or challenge?  Solutions can be political, economic, entrepreneurial, environmental, social, technological, legal, economic, and/or multifactorial in nature within the areas of covid-19, maternal and child health, surgery and public health, vulnerable communities, and/or environmental health.
  11. What are the categories of awards?  Awards include Next Generation Public Health,  Best Written and Photo-Essays in the following categories: Covid-19,  maternal and child health, surgery and public Health,  environmental health, and vulnerable communities
  12.  How can groups win? Winners will clearly outline public health challenges and problems within the specified areas as well as creative and innovative solutions within the specified areas.  Winners can identify a well known problem or an obscure problem within an area of public health. Solutions must be innovative  in that they have never been proposed before or implemented before in some aspect.  Solutions do not have to be grandiose. Winners will utilize a range of  reputable references, succinctly outline the problem, distinctly delineate the solution, and provide relevant statistics, images, and other information as necessary. They will not go over the word limit or the photo limit.  The judges will take special note of teams that are intellectually, technically, socioculturally, and/or geographically diverse.
  13. What are some recommended links and suggestions for teamwork? We recommend using google docs and sheets to work with your team. For brainstorming and creation of images, you can use free versions of www.canva.com, https://webwhiteboard.com/, and https://www.mural.co. You can create Whatsapp or Telegram Group to talk to your group. You can organize via Slack, Trello, Asana, or another planning platform.






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