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NORTHERN TODAY 12 FALL 2017 NORTHERN NEWS WHEN ANNIKA VAN OOSBREE came across an online fundraising site for a child with pediatric leukemia, it drove home the importance of her summer internship. “I just started crying,” said van Oosbree, a senior honors student at Northern State University. “These are kids who are actually affected by what I’m doing. … I don’t even have my B.S. yet, and I’m making some small dent in this huge problem for kids.” Van Oosbree spent her summer at the Sanford Research Center in Sioux Falls as an intern in the Milanovich Lab, where she conducted cancer biology research in the specialty of pediatric leukemia. The 10-week Sanford Making a difference in children’s lives NSU student spent summer conducting pediatric leukemia research “There aren’t a ton of opportunities for this kind of thing, so I was just really thrilled to get this.” NSU student Annika van Oosbree , summer intern in the Milanovich Lab at the Sanford Research Center in Sioux Falls (Photo provided courtesy of Sanford Health)