How can we vaccinate the world?
Seven student teams from five U21 HSG member universities (Auckland, Birmingham, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Queensland) were given a task to formulate evidence based recommendations to assist the WHO in preparing for the next viral pandemic. To achieve this, students worked in small groups to conduct research related to the challenge given to them, formulated up to five evidence-based actions to be recommended to the WHO advisory group and created a five minute video to present the findings.
Each group had 2 weeks to prepare their findings and comprised of students from different countries and different disciplines.
The project was facilitated by University faculty from participating teams, plus Amsterdam through the U21 HSG IPE special interest group committee.
Student Video Presentations
Winning Team
Team 3- Winning Team: Olivia Lam Oi Lam and Seo Ji Won, Hong Kong University; Eng Yee Lim, Keiko Mishiro and Gabrielle Smith, University of Queensland; Catherine Palfreeman-Watt, University of Birmingham and Daniel Young, University of Auckland.
Highly Commended Teams
Team 1 - Highly Commended: Tsui Cheuk Yin, Hong Kong University; Sam Marcel, Hyunseon Lee and Yuming Tao, University of Queensland; Rhea Colaabavala, University of Auckland; Abbie Wilkinson, University of Birmingham and Caitlin Kane, University of Melbourne.
Team 4 - Highly Commended: Chong Tung Hei, Hong Kong University; David McAtee, Ngoc Thi Nhu Ha and Wen Lee, University of Queensland; Isaac Arthur Hockey, University of Melbourne and Shirley Ibegbulam, University of Birmingham.
Team 5 - Highly Commended: Li Kwok Wing and Nancy Jiang, Hong Kong University; Daniel Quach, University of Auckland; Erin Lomax Ford, University of Birmingham; Molly Lattin and Veronica Martinez Harris, University of Queensland and Tarawat Alaie, University of Melbourne.
Commended Teams
Team 2 - Commended: Wan Man Kit and Chiu Chi Ching Nicole, Hong Kong University; Dzila Arshia Mao, Daniel Heng-En Wo, Jodi Tan and Salma Farhah Cassim, University of Queensland; Seyedeh Sormeh Mirmohammad Sadeghi, University of Birmingham; Brittany Alexandria Fong, University of Melbourne.
Team 6 - Commended: Elaine Jung, University of Auckland; Khusbu Shivji Pindoria, Shamitran Prabakaran and Qianxin Li, University of Queensland; Angus Wayman, University of Birmingham; Sherene Antony, University of Melbourne and Mak Hei Ming, Hong Kong University.
Team 7 - Commended: Austin Abbas Manchadi, Maryam Al-Gharibeh and Renee Ng, University of Queensland; Alice Newman-Sanders, University of Birmingham, Yeo Victoria Anna, Hong Kong University; Jingjing Yang, University of Melbourne and Lisa Ang, University of Auckland.