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The NEIU Center of Health REST Team hosts the 2024 Datathon at the 2024 Women in Science Conference.

The Research & Statistical Service (REST) team within the NEIU Center of Health will host the 2024 Datathon! The theme is Examining Worldwide Health Disparities using Excel. The objective is to utilize a given dataset to link health disparities worldwide to their underlying health determinants. The Datathon is open to all NEIU students, including graduate students, and is free to participate. Prizes are given to first, second, and third-place teams. The Datathon will occur at the 2024 Women in Science conference on March 18-20 at Northeastern Illinois University's Main Campus in Alumni Hall (5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois).

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Datathon Dates

March 18, 2024: 1:00-3:30 p.m.
March 18, 2024: 3:30-9:30 p.m. 
March 19, 2024: 11:00 a.m.-noon
March 19, 2024: 12:15-3:00 p.m. 

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Compete and Earn Prizes! Place and Earn Prizes! 

Just to compete, you'll earn the 2024 Datathon Badge!

Participate in the 2024 Datathon and earn the Credly Badge! Learn more about our badges here.

You'll earn the 2024 Datathon Badge & Monetary Awards if your team places!

  • 1st place: $300 

    ($300 awarded to each team member

  • 2nd Place: $200

    ($200 awarded to each team member

  • 3rd place: $100

    ($100 awarded to each team member


Registration for this event has ended. 
Thank you to everyone participating in the 2024 Datathon!