Brain Dance 2007 - Winners

BrainDance Finalists 2007
Overall
Winner - $1000:
Alexander Yan & Pedro Ondrush (Kennedy High School, Waterbury, CT)
Video Documentary - “Stigma”
College Division:
First Place for Art Project - $500
Whitney Robinson (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA)
Autobiography: “A Darker Sort Of Girl”
First Place for Academic Project - $500
Brittany Speisman (Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT)
Research Study: “The Impact of Co-Morbid Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and
Major Depressive Disorder on Chronic Medical Conditions in a Nationally
Representative Sample”
High School Division:
First Place for Art Project - $500
Stacey Vishnevetsky & Abby Walworth (Hopkins School, New Haven, CT)
Illustrated Book: “A Day in the Life of an Autistic Boy”
First Place for Academic Project - $500
Brittany Decker and Maria Nadeau (Bristol Eastern High School, Bristol, CT)
Research Questionnaire: “Believing in Abilities”
High School Runner’s Up for Art or Science Projects - $100
Kristin Butler (The Williams School, New London)
Paper: untitled
Sarah Gerber (Hall High School, West Hartford)
Poem: “Concentration”
Julienne Lachine (Wolcott High School, Wolcott, CT)
Short Story: untitled
Abagail Lowry (Robert Fitch High School, Groton)
Poem: “One in Need”
Hannah Mondrach (RHAM High School, Hebron, CT)
Poem with Photographs: “Finding Myself”
Katrina Tulla (New Canaan High School, New Canaan, CT)
Photographic Story with Poem and Paper: “Dementia”
Katii Tornick (Avon High School, Avon, CT)
Poster: “Fight the Stigma of Mental Illness”
Eleanor Ubaldini’s Senior Psychology Class (Mercy High School, Middletown,
CT)
Collage: The Confusion Over Mental Illness”
Teacher – Grant - $1000
Martha Reynolds (Robert Fitch High School, Groton)