[AISWorld] Student competition for Innovations in Patient Empowerment

[Samir Chatterjee]

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.
If you are a student or know someone interested in healthcare technology, do not miss this great opportunity to submit your innovative ideas.
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.
Please check website for additional details.

http://patientempowerment.org/

First Prize Winner: $1000 cash, airfare to symposium and up to $20,000 scholarship for Claremont Graduate University

Second Prize Winner: $500 cash, airfare to symposium and up to $10,000 scholarship for Claremont Graduate University

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.

Challenge Topics:

1.       *Mobile solutions for chronic disease management

2.       *Using GIS to visualize data for healthy living

3.       *Patient empowerment, healthy lifestyle models

4.       *Aging with technology

5.       *Addressing digital divide with underserved when it comes to patient services

6.       *Use of virtual world and gaming platforms to change the status quo of healthcare

7.       *Fundamental contributions (theory and practice) to the field of biomedical informatics

8.       *BIG Data in healthcare

Deadline for Submissions: August 26th 2012 at 11:59 PM PST.

Send your 5 page essay (8.5 x 11 in with 1 inch margin, 10 pt font) to Dr. Chatterjee at profsamir1 at gmail.com<mailto:profsamir1 at gmail.com>.

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:

1.       *Significance of research proposed

2.       *Broader societal impacts

3.       *Innovative ideas

 Panel of judges:
Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Florida International University
Paul Simms, Loma Linda University
Brian Alman, TruSage Inc.
Synthia Laura Molina, Central IQ, Inc.
Anjali Joshi, Google Inc
Wayne Dysinger, Loma Linda University
Ronald L. Hammerle, Health Resource Ltd.
Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California
Samir Chatterjee, Claremont Graduate University
Parvati Dev, Innovations in Learning & Stanford University




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