The High School Health Research Forum Expo
A big portion of the forum’s value of connection comes from written health research. The HSHRF Expo displays high school student research dedicated to health, which is an opportunity for peers to learn and connect through words, on a wide scale. The HSHRF encourages students to submit their health research in almost all mediums, such as proposals, literature review posters, abstracts, methodologies, reports, brief manuscripts, original articles, and more.
When submitting your work, recognize whether your submission falls under this definition by Harvard Countway Library:
The term "health research" refers to research that is done to learn more about human health. Health research also aims to find better ways to prevent and treat disease. It is an important way to help improve the care and treatment of people worldwide (Research Guides: Participating in Health Research Studies: What Is Health Research?, 2020).
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Explore the Expo
The Effects of antibiotics and natural extracts on the growth of staphylococcus epidermidis
By: Aleena Bacorro, Winsor School
The ultimate goal of this project, no matter the result, was to see if there were alternative, cost-effective, and/or accessible ways to treat bacterial infections that didn't require a doctor's prescription. I always knew I wanted to study Staphylococcus aureus due to its mutation into MRSA, a deadly flesh-eating bacterium. Unfortunately, due to institutional and legal restrictions, I had to substitute S. aureus for S. epidermidis, a non-pathogenic but otherwise identical bacterium. From there, I tried three substances that can be found in a local grocery store against bacitracin, an over-the-counter drug, and mupirocin, a prescription drug. Eventually, it was found that bacitracin, due to antibiotic resistance, was less effective than tea tree oil, one of the tested substances but was just as effective as the other two tested substances, if not a little less. Furthermore, despite mupirocin continuing to be the most effective substance, there is some hope that tea tree oil could be effective as well.
Emerging Patterns of Breast Cancer Incidence in Asian Americans
By: Mikayla Chan, Polytechnic School
This poster aims to explore the emerging breast cancer rates specifically in Asian American females and share the importance of understanding the heterogeneity of the many Asian ethnicities. It was presented at the 2024 Annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting.