Making healthy choices - Several LWSD students excel in future health professionals competition

Lake Washington School District students are ready to make a big splash in the health sciences industry. Twenty-three individuals or teams finished in first place and many more placed in the top three at the 2024 HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference in Spokane, Wash. March 14-16. 

Students compete in more than 50 different categories. They attend workshops when they are not competing throughout the event. The conference focuses on providing opportunities for knowledge, skill and leadership development in health sciences. 

The national conference will be held in Houston, Texas June 26-29. Those who place in the top three at the state event are eligible to compete at nationals. 

Here is a list of the competitors who finished in the top three along with their category and placement:

Eastlake High School

Biomedical Debate: Samiksha Bhasin, Charlotte Gruian and Maahum Jahangir - Third Place
Community Awareness: Kaeya Joshi and Urja Varatkar - Second Place
Cultural Diversities & Disparities in Healthcare: Arnav Gaddam - First Place
Health Informatics: Arnav Gaddam - Second Place
Epidemiology: Pranavi Rohit - First Place
Research Poster: Pranavi Rohit - First Place
Health Career Photography: Bebe Schiff - First Place
Health Education: Kaylee Ro, Mehek Mathur and Smera Bharadwaj - Second Place 
Healthy Living: Sophia Huang - Second Place
Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking: Praveena Mahendran - Third Place
Veterinary Science: Jade Lam - First place
Emotional Well Being Challenge: Lydia Roh, Natalia Lazo, Ariana Durbin and Priyoshi De - National Qualifier

International Community School

Dynamic Decisions - Middle School: Harnamhe Ahluwalia and Tvisha Kapur - First Place
Foundations of Veterinary Science - Middle School: Karthik Mrunalika - First Place
Health Career Display - Middle School: Harnamhe Ahluwalia and Tvisha Kapur- First Place
Math for Health Careers - Middle School: Shria Gaddam - Second Place
Physical Therapy: Leonard Lannynd - First Place
Dental Terminology Health Science: Leonard Lannynd - Third Place

Lake Washington High School

Medical Terminology: Rachel Chu - Third Place
Creative Problem Solving (team): Rachel Friend, Sana Hoque, Ashwika Mattam and Anoushka Oka - Third Place

Tesla STEM High School

Nutrition: Krishnan Samyuktha - First Place
Pathophysiology: Krishnan Samyuktha - First Place
Human Growth and Development: Krishnan Samyuktha - First Place
Clinical Specialty: Inaya Chowdhury - First Place
Health Career Photography: Basudha Ghose - Third Place
Family Medicine Physician: Pavitra Dave - Third Place
Extemporaneous Policy Writing: Akchara Mukunthu Deepakbabu - First Place
Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking: Priyanka Kudallur - Second Place
Medical Reading: Abhinav Nadupalli - Third Place
Pathophysiology: Berke Yilmaz - First Place
Clinical Specialty: Joliz Karukayil - Second Place
Extemporaneous Policy Writing: Shreeya Muhunthan - Third Place
Public Health: Diya Modi and Rajiv Arvind - First Place
Mental Health Promotion: Aanchal Batwara and Shriya Krishnan - First Place    

Redmond High School

Biomedical Debate: Kimberly Ong, Shreya Sharma and Siri Mutalik Desai  - First Place
CERT: Arhant Das and Tawan Sangnak - Second Place
CERT: Dhyana Magesh and Krithi Iyer - Third Place
Community Awareness: Anika Kothari, Prisha Sood and Sarah Mendahawi - First Place
Creative Problem Solving: Anika Chitnis, Ella Shi and Vaishnavi Vuttravadium - First Place
Epidemiology: Dhyana Magesh - Second Place
Forensics: Julia Wen and Sihan Chen - Third Place
Human Growth and Development: Ann Joby - Third Place
Medical Innovation: Akshat Nayak, Akshith Sama and Shriyans Katukuri - First Place
Medical Math: Luke Lee - Second Place
Medical Math: Theo Chen - Third Place
Medical Spelling: Sirjana Kaur - First Place
Medical Terminology: Rithvikhaa Sathish - Second Place
Mental Health Promotion: Anika Kothari, Kirsten Lee and Mahima Balakrishnan - Second Place
Nutrition: Suhani Singh - Second Place
Prepared Speaking: Anika Chitnis - Second Place
PSA: Aaradhya Kumar and Mohith Ram Narendrababu - Third Place
Veterinary Science: Arya Nagvekar - Third Place  

WANIC Skills Center

Life Support Skills: MiaBella Dattoli - First Place 
Interviewing Skills: MiaBella Dattoli - Third Place