About the challenge
At the UMSL Women's Hackathon, you will be building solutions to help address barriers, friction points, and other problems that women and underserved communities experience in healthcare.
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Requirements
What to Build
At the UMSL Women's Hackathon, your challenge is to identify one real barrier in the healthcare experience for women and underserved communities, and design a solution that makes care easier to access, navigate, understand, or trust.
Your response should be built around four questions:
- What is the problem?
- Who does it affect?
- What is your solution?
- Why will it work?
Your final deliverable is a 5-minute pitch, followed by 2 minutes of questions.
What to Submit
Submit your finished project by 4:05 pm and
Prizes
Most Impactful
Most Innovative
People's Choice
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Brian Adler
Assistant Teaching Professor, UMSL
Michelle DiMercurio
Senior Director of Information Technology, The Boeing Company
Ramit Luthra
Technology Executive & Venture Investor, Persow Consulting
Judging Criteria
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Scoring Scale
Judges will score your project from 1–5 in each category. -
Problem Clarity
Is the problem specific, real, and easy to understand? -
Solution Strength
Does your solution clearly address the problem? -
Feasibility
Could this realistically be implemented? -
Impact & Equity
Does this meaningfully help underserved populations? -
Innovation
Is the idea creative or forward-thinking?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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