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High School Research competition

in the competition because the standard was exceptionally high. We were extremely impressed by the quality of the research, the very high level of presentation and the deep understanding each student demonstrated about his or her subject area. “The judges are going to have a hard time choosing the winners, but by researching difficult subject matter and presenting it with confidence and assuredness today, you are in fact all winners.”

In addition to presenting their research in poster form, the students also had to explain their findings to the WCM-Q faculty on the panel of judges, which comprised Dr. Bendriss, Dr. Dietrich Büsselberg, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Dr. Raphael Courjaret, Research Associate in Physiology and Biophysics, Dr. Sohaila Cheema, Director of the Institute for Population Health, and Dr. Yasser Majeed, Postdoctoral Associate in Microbiology and Immunology.

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