Spring 2021

World of Difference competition winners

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Spring 2021

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Aditi Borde (MHA/MBA, 2020) and Jacqueline Gerhart, (PhD/MBA, 2021), won the 2020 World of Difference student pitch competition.

Aditi Borde (MHA/MBA, 2020) and Jacqueline Gerhart, (PhD/MBA, 2021), won the 2020 World of Difference student pitch competition, which was held virtually due to COVID-19. Teams lead by Gillings students and alumni competed head-to-head for the chance to win cash and consulting support to bring their idea to life. Their winning proposal leverages a partnership with Walmart and Blue Cross Blue Shield NC to bring an incentivized lifestyle management program to diabetics in rural communities. The Convenient Access for Rural Diabetics (CARD) program will provide convenient, one-stop-shopping for key components of diabetes management — healthy foods, exercise, filling prescriptions, regular A1c testing, retinopathy screens and diabetes education.

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