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CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Three serious neurological diseases — Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy — affect hundreds of thousands of Canadians, and none of them have a cure. On the surface, they lo…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Cancer is often deadly, not always because it cannot be treated, but because it is found too late. In this project, I built two low-cost systems that use artificial intelligence to help dete…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
For acne treatment, conventional Western medicine focuses on addressing direct symptoms and causes and has been effective for some people, but often has harsh side effects. Chinese herbal me…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Lung cancer involves mutations causing uncontrolled cell growth, with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) making up 15% of cases. SCLC is aggressive, progresses rapidly, and resists treatment. Che…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Dental disease is one of the most underdiagnosed conditions worldwide. Apical periodontitis affects nearly half of adults, yet often remains asymptomatic until irreversible damage occurs. Ea…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
Many people struggle to take medications correctly, leading to missed doses and potential hospitalizations. Existing pill dispensers require someone to read each label, hand-load pills into…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Dental cavities are widely considered the most prevalent chronic disease globally. For over a century, dental x-rays have been the standard for diagnosis. However, new technologies are emerg…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
Plaque is a widespread health problem leading to cavities, pain, gum disease, and eventual tooth loss. Many popular mouthwashes address this by using alcohol to nonselectively kill oral bact…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Every year nearly half of cardiac rehab patients quit before finishing recovery. With a specific cardiac rehab program helping over 550 patients with heart disease and diabetes restrengthen…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
This study aims to improve cancer treatment by using patient-derived tumor organoids. Traditional two-dimensional cell models cannot fully represent the real tumor environment, so drug testi…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
The H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as Bird Flu, is an urgent threat to global health. This virus is a significant problem, infecting millions of birds and 42 d…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Sepsis is one of the deadliest conditions in modern medicine, an extremely fatal cascading immune response to infection that kills more people each year than heart attacks and strokes combin…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
J’ai conçu une serviette hygiénique biodégradable capable de changer de couleur pour montrer si le niveau d’acidité d’un liquide est normal ou non. Cette idée est intéressante, car les servi…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Grief is a strong feeling of sadness that happens when someone loses a person or something important. It affects kids and teens differently because their brains are still growing and learnin…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Can vaping hurt you? My project studied the dangerous effects of vaping chemicals on zebrafish embryos. I investigated how both vaping liquids and their aerosols affected the survival rates…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
I developed a low-cost device to measure tremors, which are small, involuntary movements often seen in conditions like Parkinson’s disease. I was inspired to do this after seeing how difficu…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
I created RAISE (Recovery Analytics and Intensity Surveillance Engine) as an individualized early-warning system to prevent Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), a condition where an…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This project aims to improve the current triage system by using wearable technology to monitor vital signs such as heart rate, oxygen, blood pressure and temperature. By continuously collect…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Dementia is a global health concern that affects approximately 57 million senior citizens worldwide. This condition presents as a variety of behavioral, cognitive, and physical symptoms that…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
Mon projet est un bracelet vibrant qui donne un rythme pour parler et indique quand respirer aux personnes qui bégayent. Le bracelet est fabriqué en tissu extensible avec un moteur vibrant e…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation can damage cells by harming DNA and reducing normal activity, especially in northern regions where sunlight reflects off snow and ice. This study explores birch ro…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This project studied how different salivary acidity levels similar to that of males (neutral) and females (acidic) affect tooth enamel by quantifying structural damage and recovery over time…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
On entend parler de cette fameuse pilule bleue, ce remède magique pour les hommes souffrant de dysfonction érectile, mais qu’en est-il des traitements pour les femmes souffrant de dysfonctio…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
My project is about building a wearable device that can detect signs of silent aspiration, a condition where food or liquid enters the airway without causing a cough. This is important becau…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Verbal communication is a fundamental aspect of our daily lives, yet millions of people struggle to speak clearly due to speech disorders. These speech disorders include Dysarthria, a speech…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
I created a wearable diagnostic device that helps people see how their knees are doing to prevent injury risk. Whether in sports or casual physical activity, our bodies experience a lot of s…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
The purpose of this research is to evaluate how much influence social visibility plays on decision-making among adolescents by isolating social cost perception as a variable. In the three ex…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 27B (SCA27B) is a rare neurogenetic condition that mainly affects balance. The condition was only discovered in 2023, but is already proving to be a common cause…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
StabiliT is a wearable that is designed to help improve movement stability for individuals who develop tremors as a side effect of neurological illnesses like Essential tremor and Parkinson'…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This project explores how different hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle affect glucose levels in a controlled experiment. The four phases in the menstrual cycle include menstrua…