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2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n

First Place<\/h4>\n

Shaan Mody, <\/span>“Theta\/Beta-Ratio Neurofeedback Training: A Better Long-Term Solution for Attention-Deficit\/Hyperactivity Disorder”<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n

Second Place<\/h4>\n

Cindy Do, “Chronic Stress Elevates the Risk of Parkinson\u2019s Disease”<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n
Jordyn Smith, “The Natural Antimicrobial Effects of Honey, Yogurt, and Pickle Juice on Escherichia coli B, Escherichia coli K-12, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Pseudomonas fluorescens”<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n

New Researcher<\/h4>\n

Kruthy Takkala, “Islamophobia and Why it is Harmful”<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n

 <\/p>\n

2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n

First Place<\/h4>\n

Lauren Owens, “Chronic Stress Increases the Risk of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease”<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n

Second Place<\/h4>\n

Matthew Brodsky, “Youth Civic and Political Participation: How Camden City Can Build a Culture of Civic Engagement”<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n
Allison Night, “Visual Taboo Distractors in a Modified Short-Term Memory Task”<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n

 <\/p>\n

2023 <\/strong><\/h3>\n

First Place<\/h4>\n

Melanie Veliz, \u201cComplexities of U.S. Occupations\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n

Second Place<\/h4>\n

Aiman Nadeem, \u201cIdentifying and Validating Recurrent Structural Variants Affecting Tumor Genomes using GROM and VN\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n
Jacquelyn Tran, \u201cPharmaceutical Violence Within the Juvenile Justice System and Its Long Lasting Effects\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n

New Researcher<\/h4>\n

Gretchen Purvis, \u201cThe History of PATCO, As Viewed From the Train\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n

Honorable Mentions<\/h4>\n

Dolly Marshall, \u201cBlack Representation and Equity at the American Negro Exposition of 1940: A Virtual Exhibit\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n
Shaan Mody, Joseph Lescht, and Emma Bogdan, \u201cQuality Improvement (QI) Study: Campus Conditions and Physical Health of Rutgers-Camden\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n

2022 <\/strong><\/h3>\n

First Place<\/h4>\n

Adam Soliman, “What Drives Some American Muslims to Support Republicans?<\/a>“<\/span><\/h6>\n

Second Place<\/h4>\n

Sumana Gadiraju, “Redefining Microbial Forensics: A Broader Scope of Applications<\/a>“<\/span><\/h6>\n
Kinjal Mody, “Modifying the Rat Grimace Scale for the Sub-second Assessment of Acute Pain<\/a>“<\/span><\/h6>\n

<\/h3>\n

2021 <\/strong><\/h3>\n

First Place<\/h4>\n

Sujay Ratna, “Ultrasensitive Molecular Profiling of EGFR Mutations in Glioblastoma Multiforme Using a Rapid & High-Resolution Digital PCR Approach<\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Second Place<\/h4>\n

Omri Bar & Anthony Monte Carlo, “Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins on Host Gene Expression and Fitness<\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions<\/h4>\n

Annika Liu, “Blue Wall of Silence: Degradation of Accountability<\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Benjamin Nixon, “Blood and Soil: Right-Wing Terrorism Poses an Existential Threat to the United States<\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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