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Notes from the Hack4Health community

Announcements, tutorials, and hackathon recaps. We're just getting started — the posts below are samples of what's coming.

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Announcing Byte 2 Beat: our 2026 cardiovascular AI hackathon

We're opening our next research season with a challenge focused on predicting and interpreting cardiovascular disease risk. Here's what to expect, how to register, and the datasets you'll be working with.

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How to write a reproducible hackathon submission

A practical guide to structuring your notebook and report so judges can re-run your work and follow your reasoning from start to finish.

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Recap5 min readComing soon

Recap: what students built in AI 4 Alzheimer's

A look back at the models, ideas, and lessons from our neuroimaging hackathon, including common pitfalls and standout approaches.

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Tutorial8 min readComing soon

Getting started with PyTorch for biomedical data

The minimal subset of PyTorch you actually need to participate — tensors, shapes, and a simple training loop — explained for beginners.

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Guide5 min readComing soon

Working responsibly with clinical datasets

Why de-identification, careful evaluation, and model interpretability matter just as much as accuracy in health research.

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Meet the mentors behind Hack4Health Labs

An introduction to the people who help students frame questions, debug models, and turn experiments into clear write-ups.

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