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For the last four years, one student from the Ventura County Science Fair has been invited to compete at the international science fair. A Center student has been selected each of those four years.
Tonight, Olivia Johnson won $5000 from DCAT for her research investigating whether combining two compounds can more effectively reduce the survival and growth of triple-negative breast cancer cells.
Olivia will be attending UCLA in the fall to further pursue her research.

Good luck at , Olivia! We’re so proud of you!

Congratulations to Olivia Johnson from Thousand Oaks High School for representing Ventura County at the prestigious International Science and Engineering Fair in Arizona! She placed as a top awardee at the 2026 Ventura County Science Fair.

Conejo Valley Unified School District, TOHS The Center For Advanced Studies and Research

We're so excited for our Center Scholars who competed in the Ventura County Science Fair.

1 Regeneron ISEF Finalist
3 Special Award Recipients
16 California Science and Engineering Fair Finalists
25 Category Award Winners

Ventura County sends the 35 top-scoring projects on to the California State Science Fair and the highest-scoring project on to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. We wish each of them the best of luck, but more importantly, the best of times.

Good morning,
My name is Tasha Beaudoin and I am the program co-director of The Center.

I’m hoping the Facebook community can help one of our students who does not have enough data (survey participants).

Looking for participants aged 41-61 (Gen X) with permanent residence in Southern California.

This is a student survey researching the correlation between aquatic engagement (ex: swimming, beachgoing) and awareness of fire retardant-based pollutants in the ocean.

Aquatic Engagement on Oceanic Conservation This survey aims to investigate the extent that personal engagement with the ocean and wildfire engagement in relation to the knowledge of ongoing marine issues related to fire retardant runoff in Southern California. The first part of this survey will record preliminary information about residence....

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Congratulations to Lila Papavasiliou on being selected as a Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 High School researchers in the nation.
This is the 3rd year in a row a student from The Center has won this prestigious award.

Hello Center parents. It’s that time of year. The first day of school is just around the corner but we’ve already got our Fall Colleges Tour planned. Information session is next Wednesday (we’ve got flights and hotels to book so time is of the essence).
Here’s the link to sign up for the information session. https://forms.gle/gvudS5zKrKpcXhzd9