STEM at St. Mike's SMC STEM

After some time off, the STEM at Saint Mikes podcast has returned with a new episode! This week, Mia interviewed her dad, Dr.Cooper, as he is a physician at Glens Falls Hospital. Dr.Cooper shares about his experience in medical school and doing surgery on a robot! Tune in to hear some pretty cool medical innovations!!! 

This week, we talked to Peyton Edwards about her experience with Green Up and working on the farm through a class here at school. She talks about combining her MJD major with her love for the environment. 

This week we talked to Joey Del Toro. Joey is currently enrolled in the 3+2 program through SMC and UVM. He shared the benefits of spreading out his engineering classes and what it is like being a dual student. Thanks for listening! 

This week, we spoke with Greg Hurter, a Public Health major who has done research over the past few years regarding vaccine hesitancy and vaccination rates. We talk about the difference between social science and biological science research and how each poses its own challenges. We also have a discussion on vaccine hesitancy.  

This week, we talk to Josh Weiss about his experience taking part in REU programs, working in a Crispr lab and how to best apply to do research. Stay tuned next week for our new intro song!!  

This week, we talked about cue reactivity and the psychology, neurology, and social entities surrounding substance use. We have linked sources if you or anybody you know is struggling. 

https://www.nami.org/Home

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

Article: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.26.966549v1.full