STEM Tea

Welcome to the STEM Tea podcast! The series all about the latest in social, societal and scientific developments in STEM, from establishing healthy and productive research environments to navigating difficult conversations about diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion. Join Antentor Othrell Hinton Jr, Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University, as he spills the tea with a different guest each week to explore their research and how they work to improve DEAI in STEM. Antentor also shares his advice on mentoring, expanding cultural humility and competency in the lab, alongside an array of guest hosts throughout each season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

STEM Tea is a society podcast hosted by BioTechniques, with 26 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

BioTechniques hosts STEM Tea, a society show with 26 episodes published.

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  Episode #15

  STEM Tea | The experiences of an industry scientist

  Dec 3, 202451 minS2

  <p>In this episode of the STEM Tea podcast, AJ Hinton is joined by Angela Pack – Senior Scientist at a pharmaceutical company in Rockville/Gaithersburg (MD, USA). Angela is an immunologist, who recently transitioned from infectious disease vaccine development to translational medicine and clinical trial data analysis. </p><br><p>In this episode, Angela calls on her experience in academia and industry to discuss factors to consider when pursuing a scientific career in industry as well as career options for scientists who don’t want to be at the bench, highlighting the multitude of different roles that one can pursue.</p><br>...

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  Episode #14

  STEM Tea | Mentoring junior faculty: how to handle the research tidal wave

  Oct 1, 202452 minS2

  <p>In this episode of the STEM Tea podcast, AJ Hinton is joined by guest co-host Andrea Marshall, a Staff Scientist in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University (TN, USA) studying age-related changes in mitochondrial networks. The pair speak with David Drake (left), Professor of microbiology and infectious diseases in the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry (IA, USA), where his research focuses on the development of the oral microbiome in young children. </p><br><p>In this episode, however, the focus is on mentoring. Throughout David’s 35-year prof...

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  Episode #13

  Science beyond academia: a career in the charity sector

  Sep 17, 202438 minS2

  <p>In this episode of the STEM Tea podcast, host AJ Hinton is joined by Ashley Campbell. After being an Assistant Professor and working in EDI at the University of Rochester (NY, USA), Ashley is now Chief Impact Officer at United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes (NY, USA), a charity bringing together local people, companies, nonprofits and leaders to address the region’s biggest human services challenges to help the community thrive.</p><br><p>In this episode, Ashley discusses her career, what led her to her current role and her favorite accomplishments. Ashley and AJ also ex...

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  Episode #12

  STEM Tea | How to lead a lab

  Aug 13, 202445 minS2

  <p>In this episode of STEM Tea, host AJ Hinton is joined by Quinton Smith, an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine (CA, USA). Quinton’s lab focuses on distilling the complexity of early human development to controllable factors, creating synthetic biomaterials that support the differentiation and expansion of stem cell-derived organoids and building small and large-scale vascularized tissues from single donor iPSCs for regenerative medicine applications.</p><p>Here, Quinton discusses his journey into academia, his lab’s research and how he balances life with work, blocking out time to look after his mental health. Quinton and AJ t...

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  Episode #11

  STEM Tea | Empowering youth, empowering communities: on a mission to decolonize knowledge

  Aug 6, 202454 minS2

  <p>Host AJ Hinton is joined by Alhaji N’jai, a man wearing many hats; Alhaji is a Senior Scientist, Associate Professor, Pan Africanist and philanthropist. Alhaji currently teaches at the University of Sierra Leone (Freetown, Sierra Leone) and the California University of Science and Medicine (CA, USA) while maintaining the position of Director of the Global Health Institute – One Health, West Africa, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (WI, USA). Additionally, he is the Founder and Chief Strategist of Project1808 (WI, USA), an organization that forms partnerships with universities to foster community development through education.</p><br><p>In this e...

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