Ann Arbor high school senior wins top research prize

If the youth are the future then the future is now in Ann Arbor where one high school student won a $50,000 scholarship for conducting research for a vaccine.

Ann Arborites are so smart even the town’s high school students are winning awards for research. A Huron High School senior took home an award for her research on a vaccine and a $50,000 scholarship from the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition in Washington, D.C.

 

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Katie Everett is a math whiz, but even she didn’t know how to create a computer program until six months ago.

 

Today, this neophyte programmer from Ann Arbor is $50,000 better off — having earned a scholarship by being one of two top winners in the annual Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition.

 

She won thanks to a computer program she created that helped her discover information about the effectiveness of the human papilloma virus vaccination for adolescents.

 

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