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MedHacks - Annual healthcare focused hackathon at Johns Hopkins Hospital

By Jessica

MedHacks is the largest healthcare hackathon in the world hosting 400+ clinicians, engineers, data scientists, and students annually! The upcoming Virtual Fall 2020 event will take place the weekend of September 4th-6th where we will be tackling pressing medical issues at the intersection of medicine, tech, and entrepreneurship. We'll have a variety of speakers and workshops including Will Robbins from Contrary Capital, Po-Shen Loh founder of NOVID and professor at CMU, and Google Cloud. We're offering $3,500+ in prizes and tons of high quality opportunities for mentorship and networking. This is a fantastic opportunity to interact with physicians and industry sponsors, connect with students from across the globe and be a part of one of the largest annual events on campus. No hackathon experience is necessary!


You can apply to attend (required for participation) and find more info on our website, medhacks.io/2020. The deadline is August 15th.


We hope to see you at the virtual opening ceremony on Friday, September 4th!


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