SWAG视频 hosts high school students for annual neuroscience competition

Students from several high schools came to SWAG视频 for the Southern Maine Brain Bee, an annual neuroscience competition
Students from several high schools came to SWAG视频 for the Southern Maine Brain Bee, an annual neuroscience competition

Twenty-three students from local high schools competed in the 2020 Southern Maine Brain Bee hosted by SWAG视频鈥檚 Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences (CEN).

Students competed in a spelling bee-like neuroscience competition, with the winner having the opportunity to compete at the National Brain Bee.

Participating schools included Biddeford High School, Thornton Academy, and Acton-Boxborough Regional High School from Massachusetts.

This year鈥檚 competition went into a sudden death round with first place being captured by Chris Sousounis of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. Thornton Academy students Maya Trahan and Chase Buzzell finished second and third.

Prior to the match, students participated in sheep brain dissections organized by the CEN K-12 Outreach Program and were given guided anatomy tours of human brain tissue samples provided by College of Osteopathic Medicine students.

Jennifer Malon, M.P.H. 鈥14, CEN program manager, organized the event.

鈥淭his is a great event for all participants鈥攙olunteers and students alike,鈥 she stated. 鈥淭he medical fellows gave an amazing anatomy lesson prior to the competition, which really made the bee extra special.鈥

Ian Meng, Ph.D., director of CEN, served as master of ceremonies for the event.

 

 

Chase Buzzell, Maya Trahan, and Chris Sousounis were top finishers in the competition
Chase Buzzell, Maya Trahan, and Chris Sousounis were top finishers in the competition

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