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Cemre Sengul is Gulliver Prep’s Silver Knight nominee in the Vocational/Technical category. When she was a freshman, she took a computer class.
“When I took the Intro to C++, I discovered my passion for computer science and how it can be applied to solve problems,” she says.
The summer before her sophomore year, she attended the New York University (NYU) Quantitative Public Health Data Literacy Training Program. There she learned statistical programming languages and data analysis techniques used in public health research.
“It started my passion for using technology and integrating it with public health,” Sengul says. “In the summer before my junior year, I furthered my interest in research by analyzing a dataset from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), focusing on the question ‘How much do you think climate change will harm your health?’ I examined sociodemographic groups, such as age, race, gender, and geographic location, analyzing their perceptions of climate change’s health effects.”
She chose the topic because of Miami’s exposure to extreme heat.
“We’re one of the locations that are affected by climate change the most,” she says.
She looked at the different sociodemographic groups’ perception on climate health effects and was able to discern which sociodemographic groups were more aware of those effects.
“The older generations don’t really know much about the health risk that climate change is creating,” she says. “Generation Z, they know more about how bad climate change is for health. I think one of the reasons Gen Z knows more about climate change than other generations is because of social media.”
She shared her findings at the NIH HINTS Data Users Conference (in Washington, D.C.), the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition (in Atlanta, Georgia), and the University of Miami Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (in Miami).
“From this, I emphasized the need to educate people about the detrimental harms and effects of climate change on public health,” she says.
She realized how much she enjoyed the process and decided to continue.
Sengul was chosen for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Student Scientific Writing and Review Training Committee, a competitive program that trains future public health researchers while providing them with insights into scientific publishing and research evaluation. She was one of only thirteen individuals selected nationwide, chosen from high school, undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels and the only one from Florida. She engaged with real-world public health challenges, learning how to assess scientific work while serving as a peer reviewer for submitted manuscripts. Her dedication and passion for research continue to shape her journey.
“I was able to improve my understanding of the scientific publishing process, learn how to critically assess research, and contribute meaningful feedback to ongoing projects,” she says.
At Gulliver, she was president of the Tri-M National Music Honor Society and the Music Club.
“I’ve been playing violin since I was three,” she says.
She played first violin in the Gulliver orchestra and chamber ensemble. She’s won superiors in solo and ensemble competitions at the district level. The Gulliver orchestra also received superiors at the district and state level for the Music Performance Assessment events. Sengul hopes to join the orchestra in college.
Sengul was vice president of the Math Club, a member of Mu Alpha Theta, Rho Kappa, the Science National Honor Society, the National Stem Honor Society, the National Honor Society, and the National English Honor Society.
Sengul has been accepted to several colleges but is still deciding on which college to attend.
Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
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