2017 Fall USCLAP Winners

Standing	Authors	Title	Institution	Instructor Mentor	Project
1^st	Spencer Eanes, Penelope Lancrete, & Emma Daggett	Risk Factors for Teen Alcohol Use	St. Olaf College	Paul Roback	View
2^nd	Erina Fukuda	Factors that Impact Video Game Sales	Smith College (project done while abroad at DIS in Denmark)	Ulf Aslak Jensen	View
3^rd	Lucas Betts, Matt Whear, & Kyle Krona	Psychological Disorders Within Homeless Populations	St. Olaf College	Paul Roback	View
Honorable Mention	Michael Crowell	Exploration of a Linear Relationship between Burglary and Larceny Rates	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Megan Heyman	View
Honorable Mention	Emily Maruyama & Nina McLarnan	Effect of Legal and Legislative Provisions on Burden Indicators of Substance Use Disorders in European Countries	St. Olaf College	Paul Roback	View
Honorable Mention	Meryl Nath, Meaghan Carney, Joey Chmelik	Factors Surrounding Prostate Cancer Recurrence	St. Olaf College	Paul Roback	View

Standing	Authors	Title	Institution	Instructor Mentor	Project
1^st	Angelica Estrada, Jessica Wert, & Oumayma Koulouh	Helping the Red Cross Predict Flooding in Togo	Smith College	Jordan Crouser	View
2^nd	Cory McCartan, Andrea Baumgartel, & Rong Guo	Ransom and Terrorist Hostage Release: Competing Risks Analysis Using the Fine-Gray Subdistribution Hazards Model	Grinnell College	Shonda Kuiper	View
3^rd	Elise Brod, Yuyin Sun, & Zachary Segall	Analysis of Marriage Survival Rates based on Fixed Social Status Variables	Grinnell College	Shonda Kuiper	View
3^rd	Laura Farro, Taylor House, & Alondra Griffith	The Effect of Music on the Ability to Focus	Northern Kentucky University	Joseph Nolan	View
Honorable Mention	Kevin Gubner, Karin Cho, & Won Seok Chung	Evaluating Benign and Malignant Breast Cancer Cells from Fine-Needle Aspirates	Grinnell College	Shonda Kuiper & Jeff Jonkman	View