Junior Presents Research at University of Maryland

Brendan Russell '25 was selected to present his work on using fruit flies as model organisms in studying concussions at the Society for Developmental Biology regional meeting at the University of Maryland College Park in May.

A silver medal winner in the Health and Medicine category at the local George Washington Carver Science Fair this year, he was the lone high school student to present at this conference among graduate students and post-docs. He was thrilled to be able to talk to developmental biologist researchers and graduate students who suggested further opportunities for his project. 

"It actually helped me figure out what I wanted to do for college," says Russell.