POLITICS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

A TRI-INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN NEW YORK CITY

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW SCIENTISTS CAN PLAY A ROLE IN POLICY?

MONTHLY EPISODES

Tri-Institutional Campus, New York City

Weill Cornell Medical School

Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Rockefeller University

Hear from expert scientists about topics that can affect daily life and the journey of graduate student to science policy-maker.

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Politics Under the Microscope aims to capture the thought process of policy makers as they respond to complex problems and to discuss the implications those policies will have for the scientific community and broader society. Each episode starts by briefing the listener on a societal problem using an anecdote, then will reframe the problem with a science policy-related question, and finally engage the listener by integrating audio from multiple expert interviews. Taken together, these will shape the role science can and may play in developing policies in response to political and social issues. Our unique approach lies in our ability to layer scientific and political facts in a single narrative, with an emphasis on capturing the principles of scientific and creative problem solving to address a diverse range of topics that caters to many interests.

This podcast is a student-led initiative by a team of graduate students in New York City within the Tri-Institutional (Tri-I) community composed of The Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medicine Center (WCMC) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). Partnered with the Science and Education Policy Association (SEPA), our podcast seeks to lend a scientific perspective on political and social issues. Our interviews with experts involved in science policy decisions help disseminate science policy information to the general public. The podcast creators and hosts are rising scientists in the fields of Pharmacology, Health Policy and Economics, Neuroscience, Stem Cell Biology, Genomics, and Genome Architecture.

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Hear from scientific and policy-making experts.

Caitlin Warlick-Short, MS

Caitlin Warlick-Short is the currently the Director of Communications at the National Science Policy Network. She facilitates connections between NPSN members and NSPN's network.

Amrita Banerjee, PhD

Amrita Banerjee is currently the Science Diplomacy and Exchange Learning program coordinator and a AAAS Science & Technology Fellow.

Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD

Dr. García-Sastre is Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He was appointed by Governor Cuomo to the COVID-19 Clinical Advisory Task Force.

Chrissy Houlahan, MS

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan is the U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. A former engineer and U.S. Air Force Officer, Rep. Houlahan has been actively involved in COVID-19 legislation.

Seth Moulton, MBA, MPP

Rep. Seth Moulton is the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. A former Officer of the Marine Corps, Rep. Moulton got his Bachelor's degree in Physics and has served 4 tours in Iraq.

Rev. Diann Holt

Reverend Diann Holt is the Founder and Executive Director at Durham's Maternal Stress-Free Zone DH Inc. She is a member of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force.

Ayaz Hyder, PhD

Dr. Ayaz Hyder is an Assistant Professor at the College of Public Health at the Ohio State University and serves as Core Faculty of the Translational Data Analytics Institute. His research develops strategies for community-centered modeling.

Ashleigh Tuite, PhD, MPH

Dr. Ashleigh Tuite is an infectious disease epidemiologist and mathematical modeler at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She focuses on the use of mathematical modeling to improve decision-making for communicable diseases.

Nathan Vanderford, PhD, MBA

Dr. Vanderford is an Associate Professor in the Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology at the University of Kentucky. His research interests are focused on graduate student mental health, cancer disparities, and health promotion.

Judith Cukor, PhD

Dr. Cukor is a clinical psychologist specializing in behavioral medicine. Dr. Cukor is an expert in treating patients with anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Hassan Muhammad, PhD

Hassan received his PhD from the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and is passionate about uncovering the underlying factors of the graduate student mental health crisis and abolishing the problem overall.

Caitlin Gilbert, PhD

Caitlin received her PhD from The Rockefeller University in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language. Now in the field of Data Journalism, Caitlin is passionate about the mental health crisis among graduate students.

Amanda Sachs

Amanda works as a Legislative and Climate Associate with the Environmental Advocates of New York (EANY), a non-profit organization at the forefront of taking action to fight climate change and advocating for policies that transition our economy off of fossil fuels.

Barbara Nelson

Barbara Nelson is a resident and activist in Pascagoula, Mississippi, also home to corporations like VT Halter and Chevron. A member of the Cherokee Concerned Citizens, Barbara is leading her community's fight for environmental justice.

Jennifer Crosslin

Jennifer Crosslin is Co-President of Cherokee Concerned Citizens. She serves as a environmental and climate justice organizer in her community in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

Ingrid Paredes, PhD

Dr. Ingrid Paredes, PhD, is an Industry Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. A passionate advocate in the fight against climate change, Dr. Paredes is co-chair of March for Science NYC.

Gianna White, B.S.

Gianna White is completing her Master's degree in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and currently serves as Operations Director for March for Science NYC.

João Víctor Gomes de Oliveira

João is a member of the indigenous Pankararu community in Brazil. He serves as youth leader and coordinator of the Global Youth Alliance of Traditional Communities. An environmental, social and political activist, he fights for his people's territorial rights by engaging in debates and discussions. A PhD student in Pharmacy, his research focuses on ethnopharmacology.

Imran Islam, PhD, MBA, MEngg

Dr. Islam is a Professor and Researcher at the New York Fashion Institute of Technology. An expert in Apparel and Textile Production and Development, Dr. Islam is passionate about combating the fast fashion crisis.

Preeti Arya, PhD

Dr. Arya is an Assistant Professor of Textile Development and Marketing at the New York Fashion Institute of Technology. With much expertise in textile composites and fabric development, Dr. Arya lends an informed perspective in understanding the fast fashion crisis at a macromolecular level.

Ken Pucker, M.S.

Ken Pucker is an advisor, investor, and educator focused on sustainability and environmental, social governance (ESG). He specifically focuses on the consumer and retail sectors and the efficacy of sustainability. As the former COO of Timberland and as a contributor the Fashion Act in New York state, Ken has crucial insights into the fast fashion crisis from multiple perspectives.

Whitney McGuire, Esq

Whitney is a licensed attorney, legal and sustainability consultant/ strategist, and co-founder of Sustainable Brooklyn, an organization that disrupts the whitewashing of sustainability in order to concretize equity in the sustainability movement. An expert and pioneer in fashion law, Whitney lends a legal perspective to the fast fashion crisis.

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POLITICS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

A TRI-INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN NEW YORK CITY

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW SCIENTISTS CAN PLAY A ROLE IN POLICY?

MONTHLY EPISODES

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