miLEAD team wins first prize in Yale Healthcare Case Competition

On Saturday, Feb 13, the highly competitive 2021 Yale Healthcare Case Competition (https://www.yalehcc.com/) took place virtually. After a grueling week of intense preparation, the University of Michigan team consisting of miLEAD members Ishtiaq Mawla, Sydney Smith, Fabienne Birkle, Marjana Sarker, and Anindita Sarkar won first prize, beating 65 other competing teams. Global participating teams included MBA and PhD students from Yale, UCLA, Dartmouth, Duke, UC Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, University of Cambridge, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, HEC Paris, and many more top institutions. Other participating teams included miLEAD members Liu Liu, Divyani Paul, Hyo Sub Choi, and Vikramjit Lahiri.

Great work and congratulations to miLEAD members who participated!

A snapshot of the winning miLEAD team: Marjana Sarker, Ishtiaq Mawla, Sydney Smith, Anindita Sarkar, and Fabienne Birkle.

A snapshot of the winning miLEAD team: Marjana Sarker, Ishtiaq Mawla, Sydney Smith, Anindita Sarkar, and Fabienne Birkle.

The team’s winning case presentation on pediatric health empowerment.

The team’s winning case presentation on pediatric health empowerment.