Winners
2026
First Place
Tiffany Chan, Integrating Structural, Energetic, and Computational Views of Voltage-Controlled Catalysis in VSP
Renuka Kumar, Investigating the Role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 3 (S1PR3) in Hippocampal Activation and Behavior
Second Place
Emma Bogdan, Prenatal Acetaminophen Usage Combined With Vitamin D-3 Supplementation can Mitigate Autism Risk in Cases of Maternal Immune Activation: A Dual Approach
Thaha Alam, A National Study of Social Support and Depression Among Immigrant Mothers in the United States
New Researcher
Niayla Silvera, How Social Studies Teachers in New Jersey Incorporate Current Events: Attitudes, Practices, and Constraints
2025
First Place
Second Place
Cindy Do, “Chronic Stress Elevates the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease”
New Researcher
Kruthy Takkala, “Islamophobia and Why it is Harmful”
2024
First Place
Lauren Owens, “Chronic Stress Increases the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease”
Second Place
Matthew Brodsky, “Youth Civic and Political Participation: How Camden City Can Build a Culture of Civic Engagement”
Allison Night, “Visual Taboo Distractors in a Modified Short-Term Memory Task”
2023
First Place
Melanie Veliz, “Complexities of U.S. Occupations”
Second Place
Aiman Nadeem, “Identifying and Validating Recurrent Structural Variants Affecting Tumor Genomes using GROM and VN”
Jacquelyn Tran, “Pharmaceutical Violence Within the Juvenile Justice System and Its Long Lasting Effects”
New Researcher
Gretchen Purvis, “The History of PATCO, As Viewed From the Train”
Honorable Mentions
Dolly Marshall, “Black Representation and Equity at the American Negro Exposition of 1940: A Virtual Exhibit”
Mody, Joseph Lescht, and Emma Bogdan, “Quality Improvement (QI) Study: Campus Conditions and Physical Health of Rutgers-Camden”
2022
First Place
Adam Soliman, “What Drives Some American Muslims to Support Republicans?”
Second Place
Sumana Gadiraju, “Redefining Microbial Forensics: A Broader Scope of Applications”
Kinjal Mody, “Modifying the Rat Grimace Scale for the Sub-second Assessment of Acute Pain”
2021
First Place
Sujay Ratna, “Ultrasensitive Molecular Profiling of EGFR Mutations in Glioblastoma Multiforme Using a Rapid & High-Resolution Digital PCR Approach.”
Second Place
Omri Bar & Anthony Monte Carlo, “Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins on Host Gene Expression and Fitness.”
Julia DeFeo, “Evaluating the effects of wild and prescribed fire on the taxonomic and functional diversity of soil-dwelling arthropods in the New Jersey Pinelands, a high-disturbance system.”
Honorable Mentions
Annika Liu, “Blue Wall of Silence: Degradation of Accountability.”
Benjamin Nixon, “Blood and Soil: Right-Wing Terrorism Poses an Existential Threat to the United States.”