CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Pediatric Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death for children worldwide [1], largely due to slow or incorrect diagnosis [2]. Even with advancements in machine learning, modern AI…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project is a three year study in investigating possible advancements that could made in the medical world. I created 3D printed casts and did comparative testing with different, more mo…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
In an age of rising conflict, there has been a significant increase in limb loss especially for the pediatric population. Yet the sustainability and cost associated with traditional prosthet…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gold Medal
Anorexia Nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder that primarily impacts teenage girls. This condition is especially challenging due to the lack of concrete biomarkers, such as structural ch…
Translational Medical Science
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the world, largely due to late-stage diagnosis. Current imaging diagnostic tools like CT and MRI scans lack the accuracy and sensitivity…
Medicine & Physiology (Track 2) (Senior Division)
Clinical decision-making relies heavily on patient documentation, rich in temporal detail, context, and clinician reasoning, contained in electronic health records, yet much of this informat…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Dehydration is one of the leading causes of hospital admissions. Evaluations to measure hydration status in clinical settings utilize methods such as blood tests, urinalysis, and skin turgor…
Translational Medical Science
Airborne Neurotropic Viruses (ANVs) are emergent invasive neuropathogens, affecting 300-500 million people and being responsible for >700,000 deaths annually. Early neurotropic transcriptomi…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder resulting in the dysregulation of blood glucose (BG), affecting more than 14% of adults. BG is typically regulated by the pancreatic hormone insulin…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with the deterioration of motor control and cognitive function as age advances. Representing the fa…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Platinum Award
Sepsis claims 11 million lives annually, but current diagnostics are costly and often ineffective. Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA sequences that are promising for detecting proteomi…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Extreme temperatures pose significant threats to human health. Each year, millions of deaths are linked to cold-related conditions, while extreme heat causes around 489,000 deaths. Early sym…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over 400 million people lack access to basic healthcare globally, with physician-to-patient ratios below 1 per 10,000 in low-resource regions. Language barriers, limited diagnostic infrastru…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Over 220,000 people live with ALS globally today, a number projected to rise 69% by 2040. Yet diagnosis still takes an average of 12 months after symptoms appear, no effective treatment is w…
Translational Medical Science
Esophageal obstruction caused by cancer and benign strictures can severely impair swallowing, leading to poor nutrition and reduced quality of life. Although conventional stents are commonly…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Honorable_mention Award
Oral health plays a critical role in overall health and long-term wellness. Maintaining proper brushing technique is essential, yet many people struggle to consistently identify and clean ar…
Translational Medical Science
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a neurodegenerative eye disease that impacts roughly 200 million people worldwide. It occurs in the macula, which contains a dense number of photore…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
How does social media affect self-esteem in different age groups? We chose to study the relationship between social media and self-esteem in various age groups and many different relationshi…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Marfan syndrome (MFS), a connective tissue disorder caused by FBN1 gene mutations, affects 1 in 5000 individuals. Current interventions for MFS are insufficient; they only mitigate symptoms…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Silver Medal
A Technical Method of Responsive Cellophane Films for Real Time Spoilage Detection is a scientific innovation experiment that identifies and tests a cellophane film fabricated with red cabba…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
In this project I tried to find new and simple ways to produce clean water anywhere in my community, or out on the land. Access to clean water for drinking and household use in my community…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Gold Medal
This project explores how a wearable tail could help seniors with Parkinson’s disease maintain balance, reducing their risk of falls. Using built-in sensors to detect when they are unstable,…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer progression is driven by immune tolerance, insufficient co-stimulation, and impaired danger signaling within the tumor microenvironment, limiting anti-tumor immunity. This study prese…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal cancers, with a survival rate of approximately 13%. 90% of PDAC tumors possess KRAS mutations, which drive tumor hyperprolif…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Silver Medal
Oral diseases affect nearly 3.7 billion people worldwide, making them one of the planet’s most widespread and neglected health burdens. Although largely preventable, these conditions often p…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Bronze Medal
Have you ever wondered if certain sounds could affect memory or efficiency in studying? This project, tested how the two highest binaural beats-Beta and Gamma- would affect student's short t…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Alzheimer’s disease is typically treated after symptoms appear, despite evidence that underlying changes begin years earlier. I investigated whether early calcium dysregulation and disrupted…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
EquiliMind is a multimodal fall-prevention system designed to address the unpredictable vertigo, imbalance, and sudden fall risk associated with Ménière’s disease. Current clinical approache…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Age-related hearing loss is associated with increased risk of cognitive decline, yet many predictive models rely on averaged hearing thresholds that may oversimplify clinically relevant audi…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's disease disproportionately affects Latinx communities, yet most prediction models rely on neuroimaging biomarkers that are costly and inaccessible to underserved populations. Thi…