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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Innovations in Learning Inc., invite students and recent graduates to participate in this exciting opportunity to compete and showcase their work in healthcare informatics.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you are a student or know someone interested in healthcare technology, do not miss this great opportunity to submit your innovative ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A student competition will be held at the Innovations in Patient Empowerment symposium to be held on November 11-12, 2012 at the Westin Pasadena.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please check website for additional details.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://patientempowerment.org/">http://patientempowerment.org/</a>
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<p class="paragraphstyle1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">First Prize Winner: $1000 cash, airfare to symposium and up to $20,000 scholarship for Claremont Graduate University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphstyle1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">Second Prize Winner: $500 cash, airfare to symposium and up to $10,000 scholarship for Claremont Graduate University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="freeform"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Applicants to the Patient Empowerment Challenge Contest must specify the Challenge Area that their research will address and must articulate how their proposed application and analysis would
extend our understanding of patient wellbeing and healthy lifestyles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="freeform"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Challenge Topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mobile solutions for chronic disease management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Using GIS to visualize data for healthy living<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Patient empowerment, healthy lifestyle models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Aging with technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Addressing digital divide with underserved when it comes to patient services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Use of virtual world and gaming platforms to change the status quo of healthcare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fundamental contributions (theory and practice) to the field of biomedical informatics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">BIG Data in healthcare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="freeform"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">Deadline for Submissions: August 26th 2012 at 11:59 PM PST</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="freeform"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Send your 5 page essay (8.5 x 11 in with 1 inch margin, 10 pt font) to Dr. Chatterjee at
<a href="mailto:profsamir1@gmail.com" title="mailto:profsamir1@gmail.com">profsamir1@gmail.com</a>.
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<p class="freeform"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Winning candidates will be eligible for up to $20,000 and $10,000 scholarships (over 2 years) for masters or PhD program at CGU, subject to meeting our admissions criteria and a review by
a panel of judges who will evaluate each proposal by the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Significance of research proposed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Broader societal impacts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="bullet"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Innovative ideas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphstyle2" style="mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <b><u>Panel of judges:<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Florida International University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Paul Simms, Loma Linda University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Brian Alman, TruSage Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Synthia Laura Molina, Central IQ, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Anjali Joshi, Google Inc</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wayne Dysinger, Loma Linda University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ronald L. Hammerle, Health Resource Ltd.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Samir Chatterjee, Claremont Graduate University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Parvati Dev, Innovations in Learning & Stanford University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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