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Register Now For Fourth Annual NSPC Health Science Competition
Registration for the fourth annual NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery (NSPC) Health Science Competition (HSC), a program of the Center for Science Teaching & Learning (CSTL), is now open. Visit www.cstl.org/nspc to register. The 2022 program will combine both an online, “virtual” competition to select ten finalists in each of five categories and an “actual” finals event to be held at the Center for Science Teaching & Learning’s Rockville Centre office.
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So far, nearly 200 teams from 22 different Long Island high schools have registered for the 2022 competition, including teams from Great Neck South, Jericho, Manhasset, Mineola and Paul D. Schreiber high schools.
Applications for the “virtual” competition must be received by no later than 4 p.m. (EST) on Friday, March 18. A $30 non-refundable registration fee per team applies to all entries. The NSPC HSC is available only to Nassau and Suffolk County high school teams.
In 2021, more than 420 students representing 31 Long Island high schools participated in the competition and 50 prize-winning teams shared more than $80,000 in score-based awards.
To compete, teams will create a Google site and upload: 1. Images of their poster board/digital poster board or a 20-slide PowerPoint presentation; 2. An eight-minute video in which team members can be seen explaining their project and 3. All executed competition documents. Entries must be received by 4 p.m. (EST) on Monday, March 28.
A “live,” in-person competition final will be held on Wednesday, May 18, at the Center for Science Teaching & Learning’s offices at 1450 Tanglewood Rd. in Rockville Centre.
Student teams will be judged in one of five categories: Behavioral Sciences; Biology-Medicine/ Health; Biology-Microbiology/ Genetics; Health Related Biochemistry/Biophysics, and Bioengineering and Computational Biology.
The five first place winners in last year’s competition were: Lily Li of Jericho Senior High School in the “Behavioral Sciences” category; Griffin Hon of Syosset High School in the “Bioengineering and Computational Biology” category; Benjamin Yacht of Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School in the “Biology-Microbiology/Genetics” category; Ivan Ge of Ward Melville High School in East Setauket in the “Biology-Medicine/Health” category, and Jessica Guo of Ward Melville High School in the “Health Related Biochemistry & Biophysics” category. Each first place winner received a $5,500 prize.
Visit www.cstl.org/nspc/ hsc-prizes/ to see the exact breakdown of prizes.
“The NSPC Health Science Competition is now more important than ever,” said Michael H. Brisman, M.D., an attending neurosurgeon and chief executive officer of NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery, “The 2020 and 2021 school years presented many challenges for students and educators. But the young people who entered our competition persevered.” For more information about the NSPC Health Science Competition (HSC), complete competition rules,and deadlines, visit www.cstl. org/nspc or call 516-764-0045.
Michael H. Brisman, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery (center), congratulates four of the first-place winners of the 2021 NSPC Health Science Competition at the Center for Science Teaching & Learning. From left: Lily Li of Jericho Senior High School; Jessica Guo of Ward Melville High School; Griffin Hon of Syosset High School and Ivan Ge of Ward Melville High School.
(Photo courtesy of NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery [NSPC])
—Submitted by NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery (NSPC)
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