澳门六合彩历史记录 Announces Winners of 鈥楥OVID-19 Change Challenge鈥
澳门六合彩历史记录 has announced the winners of the COVID-19 Change Challenge organized by the . Students were asked to submit their ideas of how to meet the demands of COVID-19 related issues for an opportunity to earn up to $2,000 to help implement that idea.聽
鈥淲e know that it鈥檚 through an all-hands-on-deck effort with good science, innovation and hard work that we will beat back this pandemic,鈥 said , Ph.D., vice president for research at 澳门六合彩历史记录. 鈥淕reat research ideas for tackling COVID-19 don鈥檛 come exclusively from high-level researchers with years of experience. These student winners show that they can contribute to the solutions.鈥
Sean Paz, a doctoral student from the Department of Biology in the , won for his project on optimizing the COVID-19 testing process to improve the methodology.
Elena McLaughlin, a doctoral student from the , was selected for her project on supporting fine motor skills development of young children with Autism spectrum disorder.聽
Students Christy LaFlamme, ; Alexia Betances, ; Michelle Cunningham, College of Education; and Toluleke Famuyiwa, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, won for their project, 鈥淜eep Moving.鈥 The idea is an online platform that engages the community and students with at home challenges, virtual volunteer hours, motivational segments, and mental health check-ins to stay connected during this pandemic.
Steven Shiba, first-year medical student from the , won for his idea to build an individualized COVID-19 early detection and symptoms monitoring system.
For more information about the 澳门六合彩历史记录鈥檚 Division of Research, click聽.
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