I still clearly remember the excitement I felt when I saw the communications intern position at SMAHRT on my school’s job listings a year ago in the spring. At the time, I had been working as a research assistant for Computational Approaches and Message Effects Research (CAMER) and had been content analyzing tweets about the […]
By: Isa Garlough-Shah Every summer, SMAHRT directs teens through a research project in the 6 week program Summer Research Scholars. In this virtual setting, teens get the chance not just to learn about research, but actually get to conduct their own project. They can analyze any subject as it relates to adolescents and social media; […]
During my pediatric endocrinology elective, I met a teenage patient who had recently been exploring their gender identity. I had the honor of being the first person in a medical setting to have asked the patient their pronouns since they had changed them. The patient’s face lit up with excitement and they showed pride in […]