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)