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

This week we spoke with Noah Taracena and Henry Ferrari about renewable energy. Both Noah and Henry had a lot to share so we have a longer episode today! Noah was very excited for his first podcast appearance and were hoping to speak to him again. Thanks for tuning in :) 

This week we sat down (or better said, zoomed in) With Emilie Hoffman to talk about her experience working at a lab in Colchester this summer. Emilie talks abut what she liked and how she has found her passion for health care. Apologies for the sub par audio, due to illness our podcast was recorded over zoom which gave the audio some sparkle.

This week, Lily shares an article she found about enzyme degradation in the body after time of death and how you can use science to help murder mystery.  We also talk about use of animals in scientific research and the ethics behind this. Thanks for listening as we navigate our first few weeks on editing our podcast!!

This week we talked to the Toxicology class from last spring about toxins that are highly prevalent in our everyday lives.