Congratulations to the 2005-06 Regional Finalists who each receive a $2,000 college scholarship

Monis Alam, Fredonia High School, Fredonia, NY, "Prevalence of Undiagnosed Asthma in Fredonia High School and the Correlations between Asthma and Overweight/Obesity"

Nicole Anderson, Hazel Park High School, Hazel Park, MI, "Immunize-A-Nation"

Steven Benay, Smithtown High School West, Smithtown, NY, "Can Acne Vex the Psyche?"

David Billig, Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ, "A Mathematical Model for HIV Treatment Selection: Analyzing Phase III Clinical Results Using Decision-Theoretical and Proportional-Comparative Methods"

Molly Broache, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, MD, "Comparing the Frequency of Fruit and Vegetable Purchase with Fast Food Consumption (Pre and Post Intervention): A Study Using Data from the Apache Healthy Stores Program"

Christopher Chen, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA, "Design and Implementation of a Pilot In-Language Nutrition Intervention for Low-Income Chinese in Los Angeles"

Mi Chen, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora, IL, "Demographic Correlates with Impulsivity Measured by the Delay Discounting Task"

Carol Cheng, Northview High School, Duluth, GA, "Smoking and Serum Antioxidant Nutrients in U.S. Adolescents"

Louise Clemens, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, TN, "Fighting the Methamphetamine Epidemic with Legislative Interventions"

Michael Ding, Glen Cove High School, Glen Cove, NY, "Nail Beauty at the Expense of Health: Surveys on Nail Polishes on the U.S. Market and on Nail Product Usage of Female High School Students"

Xinyi Duan, Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, NY, "Is There an Association between Vitamin/Mineral Use and Type 2 Diabetes?"

Maria Ruth Fabiosa, Ames High School, Ames, IA, "The Study of Education as a Tool for Vector-Borne Disease Prevention"

Samantha Griner, The South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics, Hartsville, SC, "Impact of Antimicrobial Potency Distributions in Individual Hospitals on Target Attainment Rates Using Monte Carlo Analysis of Levofloxacin and Gatifloxacin Against Streptococcus Pneumoniae"

Lindsay Haines, Wheeler High School, Marietta, GA, "Breast Cancer in Young Women"

Miju Han, Maggie Walker Governor's School, Richmond, VA, "Service-Seeking Behaviors in Female Sexual Assault Victims in Virginia"

Sesha Hanson-Drury, Richland High School, Richland, WA, "Dating and Friendship Relationships AAD Overweight/Obesity Status: Significant Associations in High School Students"

Daniel Kamakura, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC, "Video Gaming and Its Correlation to Attitudes"

Rachel Kessy, Oak Park River Forest High School, Oak Park, IL, "From Oprah to the Hairdresser - Where Do Underserved Women Want to Get Information About Their Breast Health?"

Joyce Khandji, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT, "Role of Duraplasty in the Development of Post-operative Subacute Extra-axial Fluid Collections Following Subdural Electrode Placement"

Victoria Kim, Washington High School, Fremont, CA, "Gum Disease in Youth"

Paige Lane, Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, OH, "The Epidemiology of Sick Days: Could Yogurt's Active Cultures be a Secret Weapon against Childhood Illnesses?"

Elliott Lippner, Ossining High School, Ossining, NY, "The Effects of Parental Acceptability on Teenage Alcohol Use"

Opal Lynch, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY, "The Relationship Between Testosterone and Aggressive Behavior in Research Volunteers"

Shannon Mentock, Cary Academy, Cary, NC, "Incidents of Sports-Related Knee Injuries in Female High School Athletes"

Ryan Morgan, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, "Controlling the Avian Influenza Pandemic: A computer Simulation of the Effectiveness of Non-Pharmac"

Jasper Sneff Nanni, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA, "The Prevalence of Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors Among High School Male Athletes"

Madelena Ng, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY, "Possible Unifying Calcium Hypothesis to Explain Abnormalities in Schizophrenia"

Allyson Rinderle, Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA, "Increasing Sports Specialization in Athletes: Is This a Healthy Trend?"

Matthew Russell, Bradford Area High School, Bradford, PA, "Liquid Intakes and Body Mass Index"

Alison Ryu, The Cate School, Carpinteria, CA, "Putting Stress to the Test - The Behavioral Manifestations of Adolescent and Adult Stress in a Boarding School Community"

Jeffrey Schneider, South Windsor High School, South Windsor, CT, "A Survey of the Attitude Towards Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Harmful Noise Exposure in a Suburban High School Population"

Albert Shieh, Chaparral High School, Scottsadale, AZ, "Associations Between Human Development Index and Infant Mortality Rate"

Elaine Shing, Northview High School, Duluth, GA, "Nutritional Awareness Among High School Students and Its Relationship with Actual Lunch Food Choices: it is Time to Change the School Lunch Environment"

Jyotsna Somaraju, Richwoods High School, Peoria, IL, "The Knowledge of HIV and AIDS in Suburban High School Students in Central Illinois"

Rob St. Louis, Paideia School, Atlanta, GA, "The Protective Effect of HIV/AIDS Education in Schools for HIV Infection Among Young Men in Zimbabwe"

Kelly Staves, Sehome High School, Bellingham, WA, "Promoting Positive Body Image and Eating Disorder Prevention Through Peer Education"

Emma Steinmetz, Medina Senior High School, Medina, OH, "High School Extracurricular Activities and Their Relation to Student Health"

Michelle Stokes, South Cobb High School, Austell, GA, "Determing the Knowledge and Understanding High School Students have of Antibiotics and Their Functions"

Heather Stone, Allegany High School, Cumberland, MD, "Does Marching Band Make You Sick?"

Melanie Subramanian, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, MO, "The Impact of Breakfast on High School Students: Is There a Correlation Between Not Eating Breakfast and Sleeping in Class?"

Stacie Sueda, Hawaii Baptist Academy, Honolulu, HI, "Hawaii's Epidemic Dental Decay Rate in Children"

Christine Sullivan, General Douglas MacArthur High School, Levittown, NY, "Some Children Left Behind: The Troubling Effect of Middle School Reform on the Body Image Concerns of Sixth Grade Girls"

Andrea Tee, Marble Falls High School, Marble Falls, TX, "America: Declining in Time and Increasing in Obesity"

Krista Versteeg, Saint Ursula Academy, Cincinnati, OH, "Trends in Emergency Room Visits Due to Food Allergic Reactions"

Paul Welle, Statesboro High School, Statesboro, GA, "A Retrospective Case-Control Study of Stress Tolerance in Adolescents"

Allyson White, Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, AR, "Perspectives on Food and Entertainment: A Study on Adolescent Obesity in Little Rock, Arkansas"

Maya Wolpert, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH, "Atypical Visual Behaviors as Early Indicators of Autism in Children"

Simpson Zhang, Catonsville High School, Catonsville, MD "Cumulative Alcohol Consumption in Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis Decedents"