Translational Medical Science
Third Award
Pressure ulcers affect 2.5+ million people annually in the U.S., contributing to 60,000+ deaths and $26+ billion in healthcare costs. Current prevention methods remain inadequate. Preventive…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Critical bone defects remain a major clinical challenge, often requiring pre-formed grafts or substitutes that can trigger inflammatory responses and delay healing. This project focuses on d…
Translational Medical Science
Prior research has indicated that the synthetic peptide D-(KLAKLAK)2 and its analogues exhibit potent cancer toxicity (oncotoxicity) and pro-apoptotic activity when internalized within mamma…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
The purpose of this study was to explore the efficacy of three between-inning recovery methods [Active recovery (AR), passive recovery (PR), and electromuscular stimulation (EMS)] among high…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Silver Medal
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii infects up to 1/3 of the global population (Habtye et al., 2023). Immunocompromised individuals face a high risk of parasite reactivation, which can cause seve…
Translational Medical Science
Strokes are a leading cause of disability and death in adults in the US and globally. Approximately 40% of stroke survivors develop aphasia, an acquired language and communication disorder t…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gold Medal
Conventional chemotherapy often fails due to systemic toxicity and acquired drug resistance. To address this, I developed a multi-targeted therapeutic matrix using synergistic phytochemicals…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Mutations in the FLT3 receptor, present in approximately one third of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), are associated with an aggressive course of the disease, a high risk of rela…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a life-threatening disorder of humans and dogs, leads to spontaneous bleeding from antibody-mediated platelet destruction. Standard immunosuppressive therapies…
Translational Medical Science
Around 40% of the world's population (approximately 3.3 billion people) are at risk of developing cancer at some point in their lives. TP53 (Tumor Protein 53) is a gene altered in most human…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder strongly tied to Amyloid-ß aggregation, leading to cellular dysfunction and an inhibition of movement. In the Caenorhabditis elegans CL200…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Platinum Award
Over 98% of potential therapeutics for neurological diseases fail because they cannot cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Current screening methods for novel ligands often focus too heavily…
Translational Medical Science
Background: Optimizing performance and enhancing resilience among military personnel who are frequently exposed to traumatic situations is challenging. Outstanding physical fitness, the foun…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
The ketogenic diet is commonly used to prevent seizures in children with drug-resistant epilepsy. However, due to its unpleasant taste and difficulty in adherence, many children must receive…
Translational Medical Science
Introduction: Endometrial Cancer (EC), the most common and deadliest gynecological cancer in the U.S., has seen a steady rise in incidence and mortality since 2003 across all races. When ide…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether people with blue eyes were more sensitive to light than people with brown eyes. Scientists have found that blue eyes are lighter due to the…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Parkinson's disease affects movement by damaging nerve cells in the brain, and these changes can also impact eye movements. This project tested whether a 60 Hz laptop webcam could accurately…
Medicine & Physiology (Track 2) (Senior Division)
Seizures pose an imperative risk due to their frequency rising after the COVID-19 pandemic, with between 25-30% of patients going misdiagnosed or undiagnosed for seizure related conditions s…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
We studied about first nations fasting and what it does for the body, we went to our elders and offered tobacco for information and knowledge. Our elders gave us lots of information for our…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Lactase dietary supplements are widely used to address lactose intolerance, a condition where the small intestine produces insufficient lactase enzyme to break down lactose, the natural suga…
Translational Medical Science
Second Award
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains a clinical challenge due to its aggressive nature and the lack of targeted therapies. Traf2 and NCK-interacting kinase (TNIK), a key regulator of…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is associated with neurocognitive dysfunction (NeuroHIV), which can occur in 30–50% of people with HIV, despite successful combination antiretrov…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Bronze Medal
Tamarack bark tea is a traditional tea consumed by the Aboriginal people of Canada. It is primarily made up of the bark of Larix laricina to help with the health of the brain. Although the t…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Meniscus injuries are among the most common orthopedic conditions, with approximately 1 million surgeries annually. Injuries in the avascular zone cannot self-regenerate, and modern scaffold…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
In Garden Hill First Nation, I have seen that many people deal with dry skin, especially when it gets cold. Since our community is remote and only accessible by plane, getting medicine and s…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder requiring early intervention, yet screening is often delayed due to a dependency on expensive, in-person clinical assessments.…
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Second Award
Millions of people have incorrect standing postures and gait and a majority of these people are unaware they even have this issue. Many people also have undiagnosed differences in leg length…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nerve degeneration causes devastating symptoms for millions of patients worldwide. While some peripheral nerves experience recovery, others experience chronic neuropathic pain due to sensory…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Impaired wound healing is a widespread complication experienced by diabetic patients, with persistent hyperglycemic conditions being a central factor that disrupts cellular repair programs.…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most predominant malignant brain cancer in adults without prognosis improvement in decades (average survival interval of 14-17 months). Nevertheless, 83% of GBM cas…