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Commack High grad plans to research infectious diseases
A summer in India volunteering at a charitable hospital was enough to convince Shalini Pammal that a career in medicine was for her. Pammal, a senior at Commack High School, said she was struck by the kinds of illnesses the hospital treated. "Tuberculosis was a major disease," Shalini said. "Taking those experiences, I knew I wanted to do research in infectious diseases." Since that summer, Shalini...
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