Student-first healthcare innovation sprint

Hack 4 Health

Program Timeline

Oct 25 – Nov 21

KickoffDeep WorkShowcase
Team formationMentored sprintsDemos
Teams of 1-3

Mentor-guided pods

Weekly Labs

Hands-on ML training

Demo Day

Feedback & prizes

Key Logistics
  • Commitment5-7 hrs/wk

Why students choose Hack 4 Health

Mentored Execution

Weekly 1:1 and group touchpoints keep your technical progress accountable and grounded in research needs.

Real Healthcare Impact

Prototype ML models on curated MRI datasets to answer questions clinicians actually care about.

Portfolio & Recognition

Ship a public case study, earn recommendation letters, and compete for research prizes judged by practitioners.

Stay connected

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hack4health.xyz

Ready to build?

Submit interest, confirm your team, and receive onboarding materials within 24 hours.

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Meet fellow builders and mentors

Inside the 4-week build

  • Kickoff weekend: scaffold your research angle and align with mentors on evaluation metrics.
  • Weekly learning labs: model training, validation, bias/ethics, and storytelling for scientists.
  • Mentor office hours: rapid iteration on experiments, visualizations, and interpretation.
  • Final expo: present to a panel of researchers and receive tailored feedback & opportunities.

Prizes & Sponsors

You’ll walk away with

  • Publication-ready project brief & GitHub repo
  • Benchmarks on medical imaging data
  • Automation scripts & reproducible notebooks
  • Mentor endorsements for college applications

Over $500 in rewards

Celebrate your impact

Top Team Award

Premium resources from Art of Problem Solving to continue your learning.

Design Excellence

Balsamiq credits for UI prototyping and iterating on healthcare tools.

Community Choice

Spotlight features + mentorship to refine your research story.

Recognition Kit

Certificates, recommendation letters, and feature on our showcase site.

Title Sponsor

Art of Problem Solving

Advanced math resources and mentorship pathways that push analytical thinking.

Design Partner

Balsamiq

Rapid wireframing credits so teams iterate on patient-centered interfaces.

Showcase Partner

GenXYZ

Custom .xyz domains and amplification for every winning project launch.

Engineering Partner

CodeCrafters

Challenge passes and mentorship to sharpen technical depth and craft.

Empowering the next generation of healthcare innovators through collaborative AI research grounded in empathy, ethics, and evidence.