Penn State Health Policy and Administration Virtual Case Competition

You may register by the name of your program and your college/university. A separate link will be sent later for you to provide the names of your team members.

Our registration system will track the order of teams that don't meet the deadline. If there are any teams that cancel, we will reach out in order to those on the waiting list.

Teams may consist of 3 or 4 student members. The team can decide if they want to have 4 presenters or 3 presenters and an observer. IF they opt to have an observer, that person may not participate in developing case solutions, nor can they present. They are purely observing the process and presentation.

• Solutions: Case Analysis
• Solutions: Case Deliverables
• Solutions: Innovation
• Solutions: Feasibility
• Presentation: Design
• Presentation: Delivery
• Answering the Judge's Questions

Prior to the competition, advisors may help prepare teams by coaching them in general case analysis and general presentation skills. Once the case drops, advisors may not help develop any portion of the case solution or presentation.

Each team will be assigned a letter for identification. Teams should only refer to themselves by their assigned Letter. Clothing and presentation background must not reveal university affiliation. All deliverables should have the Team Letter noted on them. All presentations should include a title slide that indicates your Team Letter and team members’ first names. 

The competition is not open to the public. In the first and second rounds of the competition, only team members, judges, team advisor or team observer, and program coordination staff are to be present. Teams that do not advance to the final round are encouraged to watch the finalists’ presentations. 

Undergraduate Programs

• 1st place: Olivia Langille, Sanya Patel, Akshita Ponnuru, Tiffany Rusnok – Loyola University Chicago
• 2nd place: Leticia Delgado, Gracelyn Gattis, Aaron Oliva – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• 3rd place: Lauren Angus, Dylan Kurian, Cindy Le – University of Pittsburgh

Residential MHA Programs

• 1st place: Benjamin Blake, Delaney Field, Khushee Modi, Alexandra Sass – University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 2nd place: Essence Byrantkendrick, Masroor Habeeb, Nadia Siddiqui, Erik Wittstadt – University of Texas Science Center
• 3rd place: Kaitlyn Hubany, Janki Patel, Marisa Randolph, Nick Seiffert – Medical University of South Carolina

Online MHA Programs

• 1st place: Robert Gallagher, Rebekah Langford, Emma Penn, Kathryn Siano – Rush University
• 2nd place: Kenneth Benson, Lajmi Islam, Sophia Steddin – Tulane University
• 3rd place: Priyanka Bhogala, Emily Butler, Theresa Hernandez – University of Scranton

Undergraduate Programs

• 1st place: Sanya Patel, Georgia Glidden, Angelique Flores, Tiffany Rusnok – Loyola University Chicago
• 2nd place: Sabrina Lee, Nina Royer, Stephen Ciccarone, Elijah Beard – Penn State
• 3rd place: Nana Keita, Mandy Prescott, Angelina Colucci, Paige Myers – Penn State

Residential MHA Programs

• 1st place: Tanyon Loose, Alex Reidel, Hubert Zhou, Keshaav Krishnaa P – Cornell University
• 2nd place: Alexandra Voisey, Ezra Washington Gore, Josef Saway, George Fereg – University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 3rd place: Esther Ruedi, Marjorie Lutz, Kent Turner, Chris Ervin – Army Baylor University

Online MHA Programs

• 1st place: Abby Anderson, Michael Vieyra, Sarah Earley – George Washington University
• 2nd place: Harshitha Ramanan, Conner Bartley, Alycia Ford – Duquesne University
• 3rd place: Jiwon Yang, Yudamis Rodriguez, Pontea Allen – University of the Incarnate Word

Residential MHA Program

• 1st Place: Judith Daniel, Rebecca Ganthier, Romil Upadhyay
• 2nd Place: Amey Udar, Hannah Earley, Katherine Aiken, Michael Manyak
• 3rd Place: Aarathi Kallur, Daniel Ackiewicz, Meghan McNulty, Smita Disale

Online MHA Program

• 1st Place: Christopher Sweigart, Madison Carr, Ryan Roth
• 2nd Place: Allison L'Esperance, Anita Dong, Kelsey Sims
• 3rd Place: Alexandra Hitchens, Faith Readinger, Isabella Kronau

Undergraduate Program

• 1st Place: Aimee Asante, Hanna Golden, Malia Diakite, Sarah Manna
• 2nd Place: Caroline Adams, Madelyn Oates, Samantha Kenny, Zhi Xin Zou
• 3rd Place: Anastasiya Kovalenko, Ben Johnson, Francesca Mbibouth, Sergio Visco

Undergraduate Programs 

• 1st Place: Danielle King, Kirsten Morey, Gabrielle Mifsud, Makayla Wiltse- Central Michigan University 

• 2nd Place: Daniela Rizzi, Sophia Barnard, Farah Elhoumaidi- Loyola University, Chicago 

• 3rd Place: Samantha Bobinski, Michael Volpe, Janvee Patel- University of Scranton

Best Presence During Q&A

•  Gabby Mifsud- Central Michigan University 

First-Year MHA Programs 

• 1st Place: Brenna Hill, Atikah Munnee, Eryn Burnett- University of Southern California  
• 2nd Place: Kaitlyn Apodaca, Elizabeth James, Anthony Moscato- George Washington University 
• 3rd Place: Jackson Pettus, Kyle McLaughlin, Madelyn Vera, A.J. Jarman- University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Best Presence During Q&A

• A.J. Jarman- University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Online MHA Programs 

• 1st Place: Daniel Fessler, Dominique Martino, Bunty Shah- Penn State University 
• 2nd Place: Tara Hank, Shauna Jacobs, Karen Maselli, Blayne Roach- Penn State University 
• 3rd Place: Keith Duemling, Beverlee McDowell-Franceschi, Benjamin Munoz- Penn State University 

Best Presence During Q&A

• Kirstyn Nero- George Mason University

Participating Universities

Thank you to the following universities who participated in the 2021 event!

• Boston University
• Texas State University
• Central Michigan University
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Columbia University
• University of Florida
• Cornell University
• University of Houston, Clear Lake
• George Mason University
• University of North Florida
• George Washington University
• University of Pittsburgh
• Loyola University
• University of Scranton
• Penn State University
• University of the Incarnate Word
• Rutgers University
• University of Southern California
• Texas A&M University