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Posted by Hannah Sinemus on March 24th, 2020
Posted in: Health Professionals, Outreach, Public Health, Technology
Convened by Datavant in collaboration with the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), the American Public Health Association, Komodo Health, Prognos, Mapbox, and Immuta, the Pandemic Response Hackathon is a virtual hackathon aimed at better understanding and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and future pandemics. The goal is to bring public health professionals alongside the technology community’s talent to contribute to the world’s response to the pandemic. Hackathon projects will be formulated and judged by an interdisciplinary panel of public health, health IT, and policy experts. The hackathon will kick off March 27-29, with continued support for developing projects.
The organizers of the Pandemic Response Hackathon are looking for:
Projects will be divided into four tracks. The organizers are seeking submissions for ideas in these four tracks, which will be curated ahead of the event to inspire specific project ideas.
Visit the Pandemic Response Hackathon website to register for the event, see ideas that have already been submitted, submit your own ideas, and get answers to questions about building your team or joining an existing project.