Awards and Past Recipients
Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition
This competition offers an opportunity for teams of U.S. master’s students to showcase analytical skills while solving real-world business problems for Humana. Participants will dive into intricate real-world scenarios, navigating through large amounts of complex data. Success in this competition demands not only technical proficiency for data analysis but also communication skills to effectively convey insights, implications, and recommendations to non-technical audiences. Basic eligibility is for graduate students currently enrolled in a Master’s Program. Each team is comprised of 2-4 people. Your team must be registered to compete.
Case Competition Overview
Event: 2024 8th Annual Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition
Process: Apply using the “Apply” Button on the main Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition page here *Sign-ups open on August 1st
Eligibility: Students Enrolled in a qualifying U.S. master’s program and residing within the United States are eligible to enter. Humana employees may not participate.
Calendar:
- Competition: September – November 2024
- Informational Call: Held September 18, 2024 – 4:00 PM CST
- Team Registration: August 1 to September 27, 2024
- Finals: November 14, 2024
Prizes: 1st ($50k) | 2nd ($20k) | 3rd ($10k) | 4th ($5k) | 5th ($5k)
Location: Virtual Competition
For general information, please email humanacasecomp@tamu.edu
Participants get to build a team and compete against a talented pool of master students residing in the United States for a total cash pot of $90k to be distributed among the top 5 teams as mentioned above.
Awards
A total of $90,000 cash pot will be distributed among the top 5 teams as follows:
- 1st Place $50,000
- 2nd Place $20,000
- 3rd Place $10,000
- 4th Place $5,000
- 5th Place $5,000
Past Recipients
2023 Competition Overview
This is the seventh year of the competition, which has grown to be one of the top healthcare analytics case competitions in the country. Over 750 master’s level students, representing 75 major universities in the U.S., registered for the national competition to compete for $90,000 in total prizes. The student team of Edward Raff, Natalie Howell, Pulak Jain, and Nicholas Graham from Syracuse University received first place and the prize of $50,000. The Second-Place prize of $20,000 was awarded to Taylor Boles, and Geet Raval from Texas A&M University, while the Third-Place prize of $10,000 was presented to Asif Syed, Landrie Alsobrook, Shubhi Gupta, and Ranjith Kumar Kuppu Rathinam from Oklahoma State University. In addition to these prizes, teams from Oklahoma State University and Boston University both received Finalist Awards for $5,000 each.
2022 Competition Overview
This is the sixth year of the competition, which has grown to be one of the top healthcare analytics case competitions in the country. Over 750 master’s level students, representing 75 major universities in the U.S., registered for the national competition to compete for $80,000 in total prizes. The student team of Rick Kessels, Karthik Maddipoti, and Charlotte Nouwen from UCLA received first place and the prize of $50,000. The Second-Place prize of $20,000 was awarded to Madhusree Chowdhury, Sai Jahnavi Gamalapati, and Di Zhao from the University of Connecticut, while the Third-Place prize of $10,000 was presented to Chen (Leo) Lin, Bill Pahutski, and Paul Selling of UCLA.
