Swati Madankumar

"What is a ‘normal’ sleep schedule? As college students, it’s hard to tell."

Forty-six Long Island students in public and private schools were among 300 high school seniors nationwide named scholars Tuesday in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search, the country’s oldest high school competition in the math and science. In the Bethpage district, educators said Bethpage High School senior Smiti Shah — whose research project focused on efforts to increase access to clean water — is their first-ever honoree in the contest. “Since eighth grade, it’s been my goal to

"Maybe you've been offered a 'hit', or even decided to purchase one yourself."

Yes, it would be nice to have you or your future child’s fun days in the sun uninterrupted by a car ride to the doctor, and to leave with just a lollipop, not the hurt of a needle’s pinch and a sore upper arm. But before indulging this fantasy...

(Submitted to 2018 DNA Day Essay Contest by the American Society of Human Genetics) The doctor rubbed a gel over the abdomen of her young patient. Pointing at the grainy sonogram, she animatedly indicated the various structures of the growing fetus. “Those are the ten little piggy toes, those are the feet, and-”

(First Idea for 2015 DuPont Essay Challenge) ...Because of this negligence, Rory’s infection that led to septic shock and subsequent death went undiagnosed and untreated...

Inspired by "Serum-based miRNAs in the prediction and detection of recurrence in melanoma patients."

(Submitted to Al Kalfus Math Fair) With the ongoing surge in data collection and the technological advancements made in computer power, statistical data analysis has become of widespread prevalence...The discovery of strange, almost paradoxical statistical phenomena has occurred alongside this development.

(Submitted to DuPont Challenge) Click. The sunset’s blinding light refracts through the aperture as the shutter’s mouth widens.

(Team Proposal Won 1st Place in Medical Marvels Competition) Excerpt: Assessing the Relationship Between Culturally-Diverse Patients and Healthcare Providers to Reform Clinical Practices

(Submitted to DNA Day Essay Contest) It is common scientific knowledge that transcribing and translating the instructions encoded in the DNA of a gene manufactures proteins to contribute to an organism’s genotype and phenotype. Astoundingly, a phenomenon coined ‘epigenetics’ transcends this entire process.