2019 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.
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