BELLEVIEW, FL (352today.com) – For the first time in Marion County Public Schools (MCPS) history, a student has been named a Grand Award Ying Scholar, one of only eight students statewide to receive the distinction.
Briana Stephens, a Belleview High School (BHS) junior, earned the top honor at the 71st Florida State Science and Engineering Fair.
Stephens earned the prestigious recognition for her project, “Revolutionizing Tympanoplasty: A Personalized Surgical Process.” Her research focused on tympanic membrane perforations, a condition affecting more than 320 million people worldwide, and a leading cause of preventable hearing loss…