[STEM-Announce] Invitation: Opioid Datathon @ Fri Feb 22, 2019 1pm - 10pm (UTC) (stem-announce at lists.rbtc.tech)

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Title: Opioid Datathon
The Virginia Tech Roanoke Center hosts the Opioid Datathon on Friday,  
February 22, 2019 and Saturday, February 23, 2019.

According to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, over 20 percent of  
patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, leading to an  
epidemic of addiction. In 2017, over 1,000 people died from opioid  
overdosing in Virginia alone (including prescription opioids, fentanyl and  
heroin). A Virginia Department of Health report says that opioid-related  
deaths in Roanoke quadrupled between 2016 and 2017.

The 2019 Virginia Tech Roanoke Center Opioid Datathon is a competition  
organized in collaboration with the Urgent Love (http://www.urgentlove.org)  
Initiative of Southwest Virginia that will bring together bright,  
multi-discipline teams. Teams will analyze data sets and turn them into  
useful information that will support local initiatives and policies that  
are vital to managing the opioid crisis at the local and regional level.

A total of 10 teams will be vetted and accepted by the Virginia Tech  
Roanoke Center. We would like five multi-discipline student (enrolled  
full-time in college) teams, along with five professional (not enrolled in  
college) teams. All participants must be age 18 or above.

Prizes will be $1,000.00 for the overall team winner, $500.00 for the top  
student team and $500.00 for the top professional team. Each team will also  
receive gift cards from our generous community partner, Cabo Fish Taco.

The day will be highlighted by research presentations, speakers and poster  
sessions. Teams are encouraged to work on their projects and presentations,  
as well as attend speaker sessions as they'd like.

Data stewards from health and other relevant agencies across the region  
will provide non-sensitive, de-identified data to this challenge for the  
teams to explore and use. Public and open data sets will also be provided  
for use

Both the public and teams are welcome to attend. Public attendees are  
welcome to hear speakers, view research and support the effort. Both team  
members and guests need to register and registration is free.

To register, visit:  
https://events.eventzilla.net/e/2019-virginia-tech-roanoke-center-opioid-datathon-2138711267

Note: Teams are required to register as one unit, identifying each member.

A light breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be provided to team members  
and volunteers, thanks to our generous community partners.

We are looking forward to playing a part in the fight against opioids!

The Virginia Tech Roanoke Center is located on the 7th floor of the Roanoke  
Higher Education Center at 108 N. Jefferson Street in Roanoke, VA.

For more information, visit: http://www.vtrc.vt.edu/datathon or  
https://www.facebook.com/groups/VTData19/.

Cost: See Description
When: Fri Feb 22, 2019 1pm – 10pm Coordinated Universal Time
Where: Virginia Tech Roanoke Center
108 North Jefferson Street
Suite 710
Roanoke, VA 24016
Calendar: stem-announce at lists.rbtc.tech
Who:
     * RBTC STEM Event Announcer

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