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UK Students Named Among Global Health Case Competition Winners

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 13, 2015) – A multidisciplinary team of five University of Kentucky students took the second place during the 5th annual Emory Global Health Case Competition held March 27-28 at Emory University.

Teams were given one week to develop strategies for reducing gun violence in Honduras and presented their proposals to a panel of judges at the Rollins School of Public Health. In addition to placing second in the competition, UK students won $3,600 and were also selected by their peers for the Participant’s Choice Award for the best executed presentation and solution.

The UK team included Joshua Gwinn, Patterson School of Diplomacy & International Commerce; Ryan McElhose, College of Arts & Sciences; Kevin Chen, College of Pharmacy; Nneka Udechukwu, College of Medicine; and Sindhu Nimma, College of Medicine  

April Young, assistant professor in the College of Public Health and faculty mentor, said the team did a good job in representing UK.

“It was incredible,” Young said. “They were up against schools that historically have been ranked top five in public health such as Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Emory and University of California, Berkeley. I was really proud of them, and I think they represent UK really well.”

Nearly 140 students from universities across the United States, as well as Australia and Denmark, competed  in the largest and most enduring academic global health competition in the nation. The competition is a unique opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students from multiple universities and disciplines to come together to learn about, develop, and recommend innovative solutions for a 21st century global health problem. 

For more information, visit: http://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/04/er_case_competition/campus.html

Media Contact: Ann Blackford at 859-323-6442 or ann.blackford@uky.edu