Science Research Program Accolades 2025

6/11/2025

On Saturday, May 31, students from Science Research 1 competed at the Somers Science Fair, a prestigious regional competition for first year research students to present the proposed projects that they will work on this summer. Congratulations to all who participated!

1st Place in Bioinformatics
April Wang '27 - "Uncoupling TLR7 and Estrogen Effects on Immunity Using the Four Core Genotype Model"

1st Place in Behavioral & Social Science
Julia Panos '27 - "The Impact of Truthful vs. Fabricated Responses to Visual Cues on Memory Recall Accuracy"

2nd Place in Behavioral & Social Science
SeRy Jarrett '27 - "Rest and Resilience: Investigating the Impact of Sleep Quality and Positive Mindset on Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients"

2nd Place in Behavioral & Social Science
Lucille Quackenbush '26 - "The Impact of Chronic Pain on Quality of Life in Men vs. Women"

2nd Place in Cell & Molecular Biology
Emily Kasoff '27 - "Investigating the Role of Dhx9 in Congenital Heart Disease Etiology Using iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes"

2nd Place in Medicine & Health
Arlo Goldberg '27 - "Comparing Outcomes of Minimally Invasive vs. Open Ureteral Reconstruction After Kidney Transplant"

3rd Place in Computer Science
Siena Versaci '27 - "Fragmented Faces, Whole Emotions: Advancing AI Emotion Detection with Partial Facial Input"