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2026 Hackathon Winners

1st Place Winner

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NextStep.ai

  • Abhishek Basu, University of Illinois Chicago

  • Luis Cisneros, Serelora 

  • Lawrence Salud, University of Illinois Chicago

  • Amy Wang, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2nd Place Winners

Next Steps: A Personalized Fall Prevention Safety Summary for Discharge and Beyond

The Loop: Closing the Loop of Care

  • Ivan Bala, University of Illinois Chicago

  • Jayalakshmi Jain, University of Illinois Chicago

  • Morgan Merrill, University of Illinois Chicago

  • Mit Patel, University of Illinois Chicago

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  • Jessie Hansen, University of Missouri

  • Sarah, McGuinness, University of Illinois Chicago

  • Mary Salazar, University of Missouri

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3rd Place Winners

LANTERN – Visit: LLM Analytics for Neonatal Timelines and HER Review Network-Visit

  • Nicholas Hadas, Washington University in St Louis

  • Levi Kaster, Washington University in St Louis

  • William Powell, Washington University in St Louis

  • Guntaas Shergill, Washington University in St Louis

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Supporting NICU teams in assessing readiness for discharge, including observed feeding behaviors

  • Behrouz Ebrahimi, University of Illinois Chicago

  • Patrick Matshumba, University of Iowa

  • Brandy Parker, IDEO

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