By Michael R. Ebert
michael.ebert@newsday.com
Tehreem Rehman, a junior at Walt Whitman High School, recently completed a breast cancer laboratory research internship at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. During her four-week experience, Rehman helped to extract DNA samples from tissue and investigated common pollutants and their effects on the development of breast cancer.
“I learned how cancer-causing elements like dioxins are very prevalent in our air,” said Rehman, 16 who first heard of the summer internship through her science teacher. “I’ve always believed that the rising rates of cancer are somehow related to the environment, and getting the opportunity to aid in research focused on that issue was truly phenomenal.”
As part of the research program, Rehman worked everyday with two staff mentors and lived with one of the Fox Chase researchers and her family. She was sponsored by a grassroots scholarship launched by the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition’s “Prevention Is The Cure” campaign.
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