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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:
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| 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:
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| 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) |
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| 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:
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| 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.) |
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| 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.
Silent Spring Institute, Newton Mass.
Julia Brody, PhD and Ruthann Rudel MS
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
























