MedBud wins Rep. Brad Sherman’s (CA-30) 2020 Congressional App Challenge

When asked what inspired the creation of MedBud, the student said, “I wanted to create an app that allows us to make use of all of this information and data floating around in the medical field, especially during COVID. We often search up symptoms and attempt to perform a diagnosis of ourselves that ends up being misleading and inaccurate. With this app, I hope to reduce misinformation. This free health resource will give the user a change to learn more about their body and the basic indicators of certain diseases or sicknesses.”

Over 6,500 students registered for the 2020 Congressional App Challenge. These students created and submitted 3,088 functioning apps, marking the end of an extremely successful Congressional App Challenge amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All told, 308 Members of Congress hosted Congressional App Challenges in their districts across 49 states, Puerto Rico, the Mariana Islands, and Washington, DC.

The CAC is an initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Members of Congress host competitions in their districts for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science. The Internet Education Foundation provides the CAC with supplemental support. In the six years of the Congressional App Challenge, thousands of functional apps have been created by over 30,000 students, and participant demographics surpass all industry diversity metrics.