2016 Global Health Case Competition
The Case
The case topic of the 2016 Global Health Case Competition was “The Aftermath of Ebola: Strengthening Health Systems in Liberia.”
The participants of the 2016 Global Health Case Competition were prompted to answer the question: “What is your team’s plan for health systems strengthening in post-Ebola Liberia, and how will you defend that plan as the most effective plan?” Each team created their plan thinking of themselves as interdisciplinary consultants to a large, international, non-governmental organization. Their NGO, a current partner of the Liberian government, had been asked by the Ministry of Health to provide technical consulting and expertise, and ultimately, to assist with the development of a strategic plan for health systems strengthening in Liberia post-Ebola.
Teams worked together for a week to develop a post-Ebola HSS plan that is
realistic, prioritized, and
actionable
in a five-year timeframe. Despite an
unrestricted and unspecified
budget, decisions, plans, and priorities were required to be
justified
during the team’s 12-minute presentation.
Read the full Case Prompt here.
The Winning Team
Erin Hamilton, School of Medicine
MPH candidate (Global Health)
Matt De Niear, School of Medicine
MD, PhD candidate
Emily Sheldon, School of Medicine
MPH candidate (Global Health)
Matt Inbusch, Owen Graduate School of Management
MBA candidate
Yoonhee Han, Graduate School
MA (Economics) candidate through the Vanderbilt Graduate Program in Economic Development
Kevin Kelly, Graduate School
MA (Economics) candidate through the Vanderbilt Graduate Program in Economic Development
The Winning Presentation
See the winning presentation here.
Participants
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Team 1
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Team 2 |
Team 4
Saimukeshvar Bhupatiraju Dustin Cai Amy Cui Eric Doan Naeha Haridasa Saurabh Jha |
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Team 5
Grace Umutesi |
Team 6
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Team 7
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Team 9 |
Team 10 |
Team 11 |
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Team 12
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Team 13 |
Team 15
Chealsea Biegler Kelly Ruse Christine O'Brien Isaac Pence Winston Ling Meghan Mouser |
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Team 16
Sebastian Dobrow |
Team 17
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Team 18
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Team 19 Mary Masterman |
Team 20 |
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Judges
Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH – Associate Professor of Health Policy & Medicine – Associate Director for Research, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Dr. Muktar Aliyu is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine and Associate Director for Research with the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health. Dr. Aliyu attended medical school at the Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria and completed graduate training in public health at the George Washington University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He joined Vanderbilt University after completing residency and fellowship training at Meharry Medical College and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. His research interests are in adverse birth outcomes associated with infectious diseases in resource-limited settings. He is a principal investigator on research and training grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Dr. Aliyu is board-certified in General Preventive Medicine & Public Health and is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.
Carolyn M Audet, PhD, MSc. – Assistant Professor – Department of Health Policy –Vanderbilt University
Dr. Carolyn Audet is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy, the Institute for Global Health and the Center for Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University. She has received funding from ViiV Health Care to pilot a male engagement in antenatal care services in rural Mozambique (2011-2014), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (through a sub-contract from UCSF) to assess a Positive Prevention intervention (2010-2014), a career development award (K12) from Vanderbilt University to increase traditional healer referrals of HIV-infected patients (2012-2015), and the National Institutes of Health (National Institute for Mental Health K01 Award) to assess feasibility of engaging traditional healers as HIV treatment partners (2015-2019). Her research has led to changes in national health policy in Mozambique. Traditional healers, recently recognized as potential allies in health care delivery, use low-literacy patient referral forms piloted by her team in 2012-2013. Male partners, traditionally excluded from ante-natal, delivery, and post-natal care in Mozambique, are now formally invited to participate in couples-based services, including HIV counseling and testing after a pilot intervention increased male engagement, leading to higher proportion of women testing for HIV, accepting treatment (if positive), and delivering at the health facility.
Carol Etherington, MSN, RN, FAAN – Associate Director of Community Health Initiatives – Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Carol Etherington has worked in urban and rural areas around the globe focusing on traumatized populations. She established one of the first police based counseling programs in the nation within the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department and has worked throughout the U.S. during times of natural and man made disasters including earthquakes, hurricanes, school shootings and New York City post 9/11. Carol first served on an international emergency medical team in the aftermath of the Pol Pot genocide. In the early/mid 90’s, she completed four missions in war-torn Bosnia and since 1996, has worked with Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) in Bosnia, Poland, Honduras, Tajikistan, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Angola, the Darfur refugee camps; in 2013 she evaluated MSF’s three year old mental health program in Iraq. A member of MSF/USA Board of Directors from 1998 – 2004, she served the last two years of her tenure as President of that Board. An Associate Professor of Nursing, Emerita as of 2014, Etherington continues to teach interdisciplinary groups of graduate students in community health, global health, and caring for victims of violence. She is an outspoken advocate for underserved and vulnerable populations, and strongly promotes the concept that health, mental health, human rights and human dignity are inextricably linked.
Doug C. Heimburger, MD, M.S. – Professor of Medicine - Associate Director for Education and Training –Director, MPH Global Health Track - Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health
Dr. Heimburger is Professor of Medicine and Associate Director for Education and Training in the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH). He directs VIGH’s education and training programs for Vanderbilt students and trainees, as well as research training opportunities for doctoral and postdoctoral trainees from other institutions and other countries. These include direction of the Global Health Track in Vanderbilt’s Master of Public Health Program and the University of Zambia-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-Nutrition-Metabolic Research (UVP), and co-direction of the Vanderbilt-Zambia Network for Innovation in Global Health Technologies, the Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows, the Vanderbilt-CIDRZ AIDS International Training and Research Program, the Vanderbilt Training Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer (MAGEC), and previously curriculum development for the University of Guyana Master of Public Health Program. His principal research and publication interests are nutritional influences on responses to treatment for HIV/AIDS in developing countries and global health education. He conducts clinical nutrition research in a population of undernourished Zambians who are on antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS.
Brian L. Heuser, Ed.D., M.T.S. – Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College – Senior Research Fellow & Advisor , Office of the Associate Provost and Dean of Students – Vanderbilt University
Dr. Brian L. Heuser is an Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations (LPO)at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Professor Heuser currently directs the International Leadership Development (ILD) track of the Human and Organizational Development (HOD) major, and teaches and advises in both the International Education Policy and Management (IEPM) masters program and Ed.D programs. Professor Heuser has research and work experience in more than 30 countries, including as a US Embassy Policy Specialist in the Republic Georgia where he worked on issues related to scientific and academic research conducted by tertiary institutions of the post-Soviet region. He has long worked with - and supported - renowned programs such as the Boren National Security Education Program, the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program, the Fulbright US Student Program, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. His academic and policy work has a strong emphasis on higher education internationalization and economic development. He teaches classes in comparative education, international organizations and economic development, education policy, and international higher education management.
Scott T. Massey, PhD – Chairman and CEO – Global Action Platform
Dr. Scott T. Massey is Founding Chairman and CEO of Global Action Platform, a university-business alliance advancing scalable, sustainable solutions for abundant food, health, and prosperity. Dr. Massey is the immediate past President and CEO of The Meridian Institute (Indianapolis), a national think tank with programs in economics, education, and healthcare. His other prior roles include President and CEO, The Learning Collaborative, President and CEO, The Indiana Humanities Council, and Founding President and CEO of the Leonard Bernstein Center. In addition to his leadership role at Global Action Platform, Dr. Massey is Managing Partner for Global Partnership for Sustainable Solutions, an international development organization and serves as Professor of Strategy and Competitiveness, Massey School of Business, Belmont University, where he is a member of Michael Porter’s Microeconomics of Competitiveness global network. Dr. Massey is a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Diplomatic Courier and a member of the STEM Higher Education Council. A published author, speaker, and Emmy-Award nominated television documentary producer, Dr. Massey works on initiatives that connect academic, business, and government sectors, principally in regional economic development. Dr. Massey holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, with a focus on cybernetics and the philosophy of science and logic.
Troy Moon, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Dr. Troy Moon, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH). He did his residency training at Tulane/Ocshner Clinic Foundation, and subsequently completed his Pediatric Infectious Disease fellowship at Tulane/LSU in New Orleans. He recently served 6 years with the VIGH partner organization Friends in Global Health, based in Zambézia, Mozambique, as the Clinical Director overseeing an HIV care and treatment scale-up program. Dr. Moon co-directs the Foundations in Global Health course within the Vanderbilt M.P.H. program and has taught at the University Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique.
Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD – Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Health , Professor of Pediatrics and Director – Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Dr. Sten Vermund, is the Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Amos Christie Chair in Global Health, and Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Vermund received his M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, an M.Sc. in tropical public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from Columbia University. He has led international HIV care, treatment, and prevention projects in numerous locations around the globe, and spearheaded efforts to ease the burden of tropical and childhood diseases through research and teaching in low- and middle- income countries. In 2013 Vermund was awarded the Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence from the Global Health Education Consortium.
Bart Victor, PhD – Cal Turner Professor of Moral Leadership – Owen School of Management, Vanderbilt University
Bart Victor holds the Cal Turner Chair in Moral Leadership at The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He teaches ethics in the MBA, EMBA, Executive Education, and MaCC programs. He also leads the Owen initiative on business and poverty alleviation (Project Pyramid). Professor Victor joined the Owen faculty from the Institute for Management Development International (IMD), in Lausanne Switzerland where he was Professor of Management and Director of the Program for Management Development. In addition to his academic experience, Professor Victor has significant experience as a manager: From 1970 to 1979, he founded and operated Child Day Care Centers in California, Illinois, and New York. He then spent several years as a management consultant based in Washington D.C. He founded (with Johan Roos) and served as CEO from 1999 to 2003 of Executive Discovery, a LEGO group company. He has served on the board of directors of several healthcare companies and was chair of the board of the Baptist Healthcare System Inc (DBA BH1) and chair of the board of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services. Professor Victor is a member of several professional organizations, including the Academy of Management and the International Association for Business and Society.
Isabelle Wachsmuth – Huguet, MSc, MPH – World Health Organization
Isabelle Wachsmuth is an expert in multi-sectoral institutional and human capacity building with 18 years of experience in an international network promoting and implementing knowledge management solutions in both high and low income countries. She has a Masters in Sciences on “Genie Physiologique” at the University of Poitiers, France and Master in Public Health at the University of Geneva. She was Director of international advanced technology projects in private sector (Vivendi Universal). Now in WHO Headquarter, she is project manager for the Service Delivery and Safety Department to address emerging areas (genomic, palliative care, traditional and complementary medicine) and Quality of Universal Health Coverage in the perspective to strengthen health system. She is the moderator of the international francophone forum on Health Information For All. HIFA Forums are worldwide collaboration platforms of 20,000 members. From 2007, in WHO Headquarter, she was a project manager of the Evidence Informed Policy Network for the Knowledge Ethic and Research Department. From 2002, she has worked for various WHO departments and on Public-Private Partnerships as adviser for UNECE for Economic Cooperation and Integration and Sustainable Energy Divisions to establish International PPP Centre of Excellence on Health, Institutional and Legal Concession PPP and Renewable energy.
Sponsors
The VIGH Student Advisory Committee is grateful for the generous support of the many Sponsors of the 2016 Global Health Case Competition, without whom, the Case Competition would not have been possible.
