Members of the Hopkinton HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) team took part in the State Leadership Conference on March 18 at Worcester State University. A total of 28 Hopkinton High School and Hopkinton Middle School students finished in the top three in various events and qualified for the International Leadership Conference, which will be held in Dallas from June 21-24.

In the high school competition, in the Community Awareness event, Srilakshmi Venkatesan and Nandita Ramesh finished first, Piyusha Majgaonkar and Shrija Kumar took second, and Anna Noroian and Tanisha Renjith were third.

In Health Education, Devanshi Agrawal, Anjali Bhattacharyya, Sofia Dhayal and Sruthi Tadaka finished first.

In Job-Seeking Skills, Nandita Ramesh took second.

In Medical Innovation, Jake Dold, Kaizar Rangwala and Shaurya Patni finished first.

In Medical Math, Prachi Meher was third.

In Nutrition, Aryan Shah was third.

In Public Health, Anagha Kulkarni, Renee Gowda, Vidya Narendra Ramakrishna and Charan Vijay finished second.

In Research Poster, Ishita Khurana captured first.

In Veterinary Science, Leah Hong took third.

In the middle school competition, in the Emotional Well-Being event, Suhani Patni and Parnika Rai took first.

In Health Career Display, Akshadha Ghantasala and Kashvi Gupta took second, and Ishana Khurana and Niyathi Thatigutla took third.

In Medical Terminology, Ghantasala was first, Khurana was second and Gupta was third.

The State Leadership Conference also included presentations from multiple college and medical students, researchers, physicians and professionals from many healthcare careers.