Saniya Williams
2025 Scholar
Saniya Williams is a senior at Toms River High School North. She is currently conducting research on the variants of unknown significance in Sickle Cell disease using HudsonAlpha’s YASARA. She hopes to be able to increase awareness about the disease and discover the effects of certain genetic variations on Sickle Cell Disease. Her main STEM interests lie in biology and biomedical sciences. Saniya is the vice president of her school’s thespian troupe and National Honors Society. Outside of STEM, Saniya enjoys playing field hockey and lacrosse, and she participates in her school’s theatre program. She is also an active member of her school’s Medical Club. In the future, she hopes to become a pediatric hospitalist and expand on her research in Sickle Cell Disease.