Pitt team takes third place at Emory University Global Health Case Competition

A team of University of Pittsburgh students won third place at Emory University's Morningside International Global Health Case Competition on March 19.

The group’s presentation, “New ERA: Indigenous Knowledge for a Sustainable Future,” aimed to develop a strategic four-year plan to reduce environmental health disparities in French Polynesia. Forty teams participated, representing institutions from around the world.

Pitt’s team, which was supported with a Curiosity Grant from the Office of Undergraduate Research to compete at Emory, included:

• Mei (Seung Won) Baek, graduate student, School of Pharmacy
• Chiayun Cheng, sophomore, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Cassandra Morales, graduate student, School of Pharmacy
• Hyun-Ji Sim, junior, Dietrich School
• Mabry Smyer, sophomore, Dietrich School

The same team placed first in Pitt’s November 2021 Global Health Case Competition, sponsored by the Center for Global Health at the School of Public Health, the Global Studies Center and the Center for BioEthics and Health Law.