Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Honorable_mention Award
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival depends on effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which maintains blood flow to the brain and vital organs. However, CPR quality often decline…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gold Medal
2.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, world wide. One of the main tools to decide the treatment is tumor grade, or aggressiveness of the cancer cells. Yet, the patho…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
COVID-19 infection causes disordered sugar metabolism, both in acute infection and long COVID. Diabetic COVID-19 patients with hyperglycemia have higher mortality rates, and infection elevat…
Translational Medical Science
GLP-1 receptor agonists are widely used to treat diabetes and obesity and are being investigated for potential cognitive benefits in Alzheimer's disease. However, these treatments simultaneo…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Silver Medal
Bloodstream infections are life-threatening and frequently bacterial, requiring rapid initiation of species-specific antibiotic treatment. Gram staining provides initial bacterial characteri…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Each year, about 58,500 Americans are diagnosed with oral or oropharyngeal cancer, and over 12,000 of them will not survive it. When oral cancer is caught at a localized stage, the 5-year su…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Chaque année, environ 15 millions de nouveau-nés naissent prématurément à travers le monde. Parmi eux, les grands prématurés, nés à 22 semaines de gestation, se trouvent dans une situation p…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Silver Medal
Undetected and untreated infected wounds are a global leading cause of undiagnosed illness, especially in developing countries. Derma-Heal is designed to address this unattended crisis by de…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Women are often medicated according to the male body. Throughout history, women have been underrepresented in clinical trials within medical research, and drugs have been developed based on…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Leukemia remains a leading cause of global cancer mortality, with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) presenting the most aggressive clinical profile with frequent relapse even after treatment. Ove…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which encompasses Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, affects about 5 million people worldwide and is caused by the inflammation of the gastrointestinal…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Myxomatous Degeneration of the Mitral Valve (MDMV) affects 16 million people worldwide, characterized by weak and swollen leaflet tissue caused by over accumulated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)…
Translational Medical Science
Background: Skin aging is a natural biological process that was cause by a comprehensive combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. This process varies a lot among individuals and often…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Every 3 seconds, a new case of dementia is diagnosed worldwide, and more than 55 million people live with dementia, underscoring the need for innovative, accessible complementary strategies…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a multifactorial, neurodegenerative disease characterized by a decline in cognitive functions, is projected to double by 2060, underscoring a grow…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Honorable_mention Award
Can integrating a dataset uncover heart failure that may be overlooked in single-study analyses? Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) shows widespread remodeling, yet many individual studies are cons…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
I started my science fair project last year. I used a smartwatch to monitor my REM sleep. I ate different types of food before bed to see if it would affect my sleep cycle. The smartwatch I…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, leading to cognitive decline and neuro…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Congenital heart defects (CHDs), which affect nearly 1% of live births worldwide, arise from disruptions in tightly regulated signaling pathways governing early cardiac morphogenesis. This p…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Bronze Medal
In this digital age, we give away our data everyday; by accepting website cookies or wearing smartwatches that track everything from heart rate to sleep cycles. The data we generate can be u…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Measles is a highly contagious respiratory infection that can spread before clinical diagnosis, because transmission often occurs during the prodromal phase when symptoms resemble common vir…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Superficial Spreading Melanoma (SSM) accounts for approximately 70% of melanoma cases and can be fatal if not detected early. This project aimed to develop a computer-based method to assist…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are an important component of a leading drug delivery system. They protect the medicine they carry, increasing its bioavailability and stability and notably used i…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Fourth Award
Human midbrain organoids are 3-dimension neural tissues derived from iPSC-stem cells. As they self-assemble into layered neural networks, these models capture key aspects of developing human…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major public health concern within the United States alone, with approximately 2.5 million cases reportedly annually (CNS, 2021). TBIs contribute to sig…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Ultrasound imaging is an advanced tool used to examine internal structures of the human body, while light imaging is commonly used in laboratories to examine smaller structures. But how well…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Platinum Award
When my father was hospitalized, overworked staff struggled to check his vitals regularly. That experience led me to remote heart-rate monitoring, then to a deeper problem: optical heart-rat…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Pulse oximeters are noninvasive, portable devices that measure blood oxygen oxygen levels also known as SpO2. The popularity of the device has led to increased use in household and emergency…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Le GBA1 est un gène associé à la maladie de Parkinson qui n’est que partiellement comprise même à ce jour. Pour tenter de tirer au clair les effets de l’inflammation et du silençage du GBA1,…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Millions of people are affected by chronic wounds each year because they are extremely difficult to treat due to protective biofilms that block treatment. Current wound care methods are ofte…