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Students & Scientists Program Description

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HBCAC’s Students and Scientists Environmental Research Scholarship Program is a place for discovery, awareness and the exchange of ideas. Enter a bold and exciting new classroom and take an unprecedented journey, working beside world-renowned researchers at a national state-of-the-art facility. Students & Scientists internship program is designed for highly motivated students with a proven interest and academic strength in biology and chemistry. Initiated by Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition,  The Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition program focuses on the importance of environmental research and the causation of diseases.

To date 18 students have graduated from our Students & Scientists Environmental Program. They have continued advancing their knowledge at Universities such as Columbia, Brown, Cornell, John Hopkins, and UC Davis.

Students:

2011:

Megan-Hansen Kayla-Neville Joshua-Solomowitz Harrison-Ferlauto Melissa-Wing Ishara-Lareef
Megan Hansen Kayla Neville Joshua Solomowitz Harrison Ferlauto Melissa Wing Ishara Lareef
Huntington HS Commack HS Huntington HS Commack HS Northport HS JR Masterman
HS 
Philadelphia
Silent Spring
Institute
Stony Brook
University
Fox Chase
Cancer Ctr.
Fox Chase
Cancer Ctr.
Tufts University Fox Chase
Cancer Ctr.

2010:

Pablo-Palacios Chirag-Munim Kimberly-Shen Savitha-Racha
Pablo Palacios Chirag Munim Kimberly Shen Savitha Racha
Walt Whitman HS Northport HS Walt Whitman HS Commack HS
(Silent Spring Institute) (Silent Spring Institute) (Silent Spring Institute) (Tufts University)
2009:

Aliyah-Cohen Farooq-Ansari Travis-Fishstein Rubab-Rehman
Aliyah Cohen Farooq Ansari Travis Fishstein Rubab Rehman
Huntington HS Commack HS Northport HS Walt Whitman HS
(Silent Spring Institute) (Fox Chase Cancer Ctr.) (Fox Chase Cancer Ctr.) (Stony Brook University)

2008:

Emily-Lopes Shirou-Wu Zachary-Rotter
Emily Lopes Shirou Wu Zachary Rotter
Commack HS Commack HS Walt Whitman HS
(Fox Chase Cancer Ctr.) (Fox Chase Cancer Ctr.) (Fox Chase Cancer Ctr.)
2007:

Tehreem-Rehman
Tehreem Rehman
Walt Whitman HS
(Fox Chase Cancer Ctr.)

Scientists:

Stony Brook University, Biomedical Engineering, Long Island
Balaji Sitharaman, PhD

Tufts University School of Medicine,  Boston Mass.

Ana Soto, MD and Carlos Sonnenschein, MD

Silent Spring Institute, Newton Mass.
Julia Brody, PhD and Ruthann Rudel MS

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

Jose Russo, MD and Irma Russo, MD