Congratulations to all of the student teams who took part in the fall 2019 IIPHRP Global Public Health Case Competition and tackled the global plastic crisis.

Here are the top three teams:

First place: Hawks 4 Health

Mentor: Xi Zhu, Health Management and Policy

• Ellise Bechler, Community and Behavioral Health
• Eric Ortiz, Biology, Community and Behavioral Health
• Claire Carmichael, Medicine
• Aravin Sivamurugan, Biochemistry, Economics

Second place: Global Impact Partners

Mentor: Kelly Baker, Occupational and Environmental Health

• Maya Altemeier, Public Health, Biochemistry
• Darian Thompson, Public Health
• Cole Malcolm, Health Management and Policy
• Juan Gudino, Epidemiology
• Alexa Kort, Biochemistry, Spanish

Third place: COBRA

Mentor: Anjali Deshpande, Epidemiology

• Chelsea Hicks, Occupational and Environmental Health
• Oluoma Obi, Public Health
• Barbara Kagima, Geography and Sustainability Sciences
• Robyn Espinosa, Occupational and Environmental Health
• Amina Grant, Civil and Environmental Engineering