New England Student Wins In Nation's Leading Public Health Competition For High School Student
Apr. 2011
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Zizi Yu of Woodbridge, Connecticut, National Finalist 2011
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A Connecticut student received a $15,000 scholarship for research related to hygiene and food allergies in the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition, the nation’s leading public health competition for high school students.
YES was created by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the College Board to inspire the next generation of public health leaders and encourage the brightest young minds to enter the field.
This year, 562 students entered the YES Competition. Sixty Regional Finalists from 22 states and Puerto Rico were invited to compete in Washington and present their projects to a panel of distinguished judges composed of leading public health experts and educators. Twelve National Finalists were awarded scholarships of $15,000 to $50,000.
Zizi Yu of Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, Conn., was named a National Finalist for her project, “Investigating the Hygiene Hypothesis: A Case-Control Study of Food Allergies and Age of Food Allergen Exposure in High School Teenagers.”
“The critical thinking and problem-solving skills students learn through YES will be useful in many fields of study, and the scholarships they earn will help them as they go to college,” said College Board President Gaston Caperton.
Forty-eight Regional Finalists each received a $2,000 scholarship.
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