
2018 Championship
Overview
The 2019 Brain Bee World Championship was held in conjunction with the 10th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience September 19-23, 2019 in Daegu, Korea. Information about the IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience can be found on the IBRO website.
The competition was hosted by the Korea Brain Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, and the IBRO Congress. Twenty-eight national and regional champions traveled from all six continents to demonstrate graduate-level knowledge in Neurosciences, Neuroanatomy, Neurohistology, and Neurological Patient Diagnosis.
The World Champion was Yidou Weng, representing China. Yidou was awared with $3,000, a $4,000 scholarship to attend the 2020 Georgetown Neuroscience Summit, and a travel stipend to assist with her trip to Washington, DC. Second place went to Natalia Koc from Poland, earning her $2,000, and third place was awarded to Kamand Soufiabadi from Iran, earning her $1,000.
Sponsors

KBRI

Korea Brain Education Society

Korean Ministry of Science and ICT

Daegu Metropolitan City

Daegu Convention and Visitors Bureau

Elsevier

Leadership Initiatives
Judging Panel

Dr. Cheah Pike See
Dr. Cheah Pike See

Dr. Wing-Ho Yung
Dr. Wing-Ho Yung

Dr. Yun Wang
Dr. Yun Wang

Dr. Yoo-Hun Suh
Dr. Yoo-hun Suh

Dr. Sunday Agba Bisong
Dr. Sunday Agba Bisong

Dr. Anna Beyeler
Dr. Anna Beyeler

Dr. Darcy Peterka
Dr. Darcy Peterka
Organizing Committee

Dr. Yoo-Hun Suh
Dr. Yoo-hun Suh

Dr. Julianne McCall
Dr. Julianne McCall

Dr. Seong-Whan Lee
Dr. Seong-Whan Lee

Dr. Moon Cheil
Dr. Moon Cheil

Dr. Sung-Jin Jeong
Dr. Sung-Jin Jeong
Academic Advisors

Dr. Ionut Dumitru
Dr. Ionut Dumitru
Logistics Team

Dr. Landon Klein
Dr. Landon Klein

Dr. Chanel Matney
Dr. Chanel Matney

Olivia Krieger
Olivia Krieger

Dr. Marissa Kraynak
Dr. Marissa Kraynak

Shannon Connelly
Shannon Connelly
Organizing Subcommittees

Dr. Tiziana Cesetti
Dr. Tiziana Cesetti

Friedrich Schwartz
Friedrich Schwartz

Dr. Marta Orlando
Dr. Marta Orlando

Teresa Spanò