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…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects 300 million people worldwide, causing 1.3 million annual deaths. Current treatments can suppress viral replication but fail to eliminate covalently closed cir…
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…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project aims to explore the mechanisms the rabies virus uses to evade the immune system while traveling through the nervous system. We are motivated by the challenge of comprehending ho…
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…
Translational Medical Science
Norovirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide, causing over 685 million cases each year globally, yet rapid and sensitive detection tools remain limited. All diagnostic technol…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Rock climbing is inaccessible to individuals with hand amputations because existing myoelectric prosthetics cannot perform sport-specific grips like crimps, pinches, and slopers. This projec…
Translational Medical Science
Peritoneal dialysis, one type of dialysis for patients with end-stage renal disease, can be complicated by peritonitis, a life-threatening inflammation of the peritoneum typically caused by…
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…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is known to effectively colonize other parts of the body, often evading the immune system as it metastasizes or spreads. Pre-lim…
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…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Award
Dysregulated astrocytic Ca2+ signaling is a key driver of high-burden CNS disorders, including Alzheimer’s and stroke, yet existing neuromodulation strategies remain invasive and neuron-cent…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Honorable_mention Award
Cough remains one of the most prominent medical indicators of illness, amassing 120M+ clinical visits per year in the US alone. Although coughing is a common symptom, dismissing it as trivia…
Medicine & Physiology (Track 2) (Senior Division)
Our project develops a deep learning framework to assist doctors in identifying and diagnosing brain tumors by comparing pre-trained and original models. Using the ResNet50 architecture, our…
Translational Medical Science
Retinal diseases are the major causes of permanent vision loss worldwide, affecting tens of millions of people and making early, accurate detection essential for timely intervention and pres…
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…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Second Award
Neuroblastoma is a pediatric cancer arising from mutated embryonic nerve cell precursors. It is the most common extracranial pediatric solid tumor, yet current therapies are associated with…
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…
Translational Medical Science
GLP-1 drugs address diabetes-obesity crisis that claims 12 lives per minute from associated complications, yet their uncharacterized off-targets may pose long-term health risks. Current safe…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The skin, the body's largest organ, consists of three layers: the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis, each with distinct roles. Skin hyperpigmentation disorders, such as Post-inflammatory hyp…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
My science fair project was how electronics may affect vision with children. My goal was to prove my mom wrong so I could play more electronics. I tested using bright surroundings and dark s…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
AI-powered breast cancer diagnostics remain inaccessible in low-resource settings due to patient privacy constraints, high hardware costs, and bandwidth limitations. This project designed an…
Medicine & Physiology (Track 2) (Senior Division)
SEABED addresses a critical gap in global healthcare: AI-powered breast cancer diagnostics exist but remain inaccessible in low-resource settings due to high hardware costs, bandwidth limita…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Evolution has shaped primates to develop two key advanced traits in comparison with lower mammalian species: first higher intelligence with increased brain size and cortical complexity and s…
Translational Medical Science
Sepsis, responsible for 11,000,000+ deaths globally and 270,000+ annually in the U.S., is very time-sensitive. Mortality increases by 7.6% per hour of delayed antibiotic treatment. Bedside t…
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…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Breast cancer (BC) is the most expensive cancer to treat in the United States and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Nuclear enlargement is a well-established histopathol…
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…