The challenge focuses on understanding the relationships between health conditions, health disparities and social determinants of health at the county level that may bring a higher burden of illness or mortality due to COVID-19.
Ramaraju Rudraraju, Ph.D.Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Ramaraju Rudraraju, Ph.D., and his team have been named the second-place winner in the American Heart Association COVID-19 data challenge for their submission of “Understanding the Impact of Social Determinants of Health on COVID-19 Outbreak.”
The challenge focuses on understanding the relationships between health conditions, health disparities and social determinants of health at the county level that may bring a higher burden of illness or mortality due to COVID-19. The challenge was judged by a panel of 26 United States-based data science and public health experts. Researchers connected their own data with datasets hosted on BurstIQ’s Research Foundry and the