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8th Annual Central Massachusetts Regional Brain Bee

Congratulations to Liam Gong, Sophomore from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, MA. Liam is the winner of the Eighth Annual Central Massachusetts Brain Bee competition and the Andrew M. Sheridan Young Neuroscientist Award. Liam will be representing UMass in the National Brain Bee competition on March 14th and 15th in Maryland. Winners from each National Brain Bee then go on to compete in the International Brain Bee against students from around the world. Congratulations are also extended to our runner-up, Akshayaa Chittibabu from Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, and all top 11 finalists.


L to R: Liam Gong, Dr. Douglas Ziedonis (Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan)	Top 11 L to R back row: Rachel Stickles (Grafton HS), Rachel Lynch (Grafton HS), Aamer Syed (Wayland HS), Mohit Katyal (Grafton HS), Urvya Iyer (Westborough HS), Liam Gong (Deerfield Acad), Jillian Gosselin (Grafton HS), Akshayaa Chittibabu (Mass Acad Math & Sci); L to R front row: Megan Treu (Grafton HS), Sydney Ingel (David Prouty HS), and Chelsey Deranian (Grafton HS)


L to R: Michael Sheridan, Shirley Sheridan, Liam Gong, Dr. Douglas Ziedonis and Dr. Sheldon Benjamin (Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry, UMass Chan)

See the Telegram & Gazette article describing the activities of the day...

Group 2014

Group photo of our 61 registered students!

Thanks to our 2014 Brain Bee sponsors:

UMass Chan Medical School
UMass Memorial Health Care
Department of Psychiatry
Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
Baltimore Society for Neuroscience

Many thanks to our volunteers:

UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center faculty, staff & students representing:
Department of Psychiatry, its Residency Training
Program, Career Development & Research Office,
Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute; and
Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and its
Program in Neuroscience

Just Use It Brain Awareness Week:
March 10 – 16, 2014
The BAW website has great ideas for parents and educatorshttp://www.dana.org/brainweek/. Spread the word about brain power and brain health!

Participating High Schools:

David Prouty High School
Deerfield Academy
Grafton High School
Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science
North High School
Northbridge High School
Quabbin Regional High School
Shrewsbury High School
Tahanto Regional High School
Wayland High School
Westborough High School
Westford Academy

Brain Ticklers

1. Is your brain symmetrical?
2. Do brain cells ever heal?
3. Learning takes place where neurons connect
at the …………..?
4. Your brain is the consistency of ………...?
5. Human brain is what percentage water?

Brain Tickler Answers: 1) No; 2) No; 3) Synapse; 4) a raw egg; 5) 75%