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UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

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The CARE Lab recently published an article that suggests that greater childhood adversity may increase vulnerability for cognitive impairment by impacting early education, socioeconomic status, and mental health. These findings also suggested that greater levels of education may buffer the harmful effects of adverse childhood experiences on brain health.

Congratulations to Zoe who won a CUGR fellowship award of $1500 for their project titled “No More Excu-SES: Time to Address Class and Cognitive Function.” Zoe’s project aims to better characterize the interrelationships between SSS, traditional measures of SES, and cognitive function using data from the Maine, Aging, Behavior, & Learning Enrichment (M-ABLE) study.

The CARE Lab recently published an article in the journal of Aging Mental Health that suggests that increasing dispositional mindfulness may provide psychological resilience to potential harmful effects of stress on brain health

Read more here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UV7VNH7UA9QVCFT5PNHJ/full?target=10.1080/13607863.2021.1998352

Updates from our lab graduates!

Heather Andrews graduated from the University of Maine with a BA in Psychology and is excited to be working at the Marcus Institute for Aging Research in Boston, MA. Michael Fagan graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Business Management as well as a Psychology degree. Michael has bridged these interests […]

As part of the National Academy of Neuropsychology grant, the CARE Lab recently published their findings on the Psychometric Properties of the NIH Toolbox in comparison to Gold-Standard Cognitive Measures in Socioeconomically Diverse Older Adults in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

Published article may be viewed at: https://academic.oup.com/acn/advance-article/doi/10.1093/arclin/acab018/6226673?guestAccessKey=4dddde2f-2197-464c-8323-01f970aeef80

Congratulations Sahvannah on winning the prestigious Susan J. Hunter Research Impact Award!

Read more here: In the Undergraduate scholar category the Susan J. Hunter Research Impact Award goes to Sahvannah Michaud for her symposium project #708, “The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Working Memory, and Perceived Stress in Older Adults”. Savannah’s work was done in the UMaine Cognition Aging Resiliency Enhancement (CARE) Lab, which is directed by […]

Congratulations to our graduating seniors! Allie, Heather, Sahvannah, and Michael each were honored with Departmental Awards in recognition of their research roles in the CARE Lab.

The CARE Lab in collaboration with researchers at MUSC provided evidence that slower gait speed mediates the relationship between falling and depression in older adults with cognitive concerns.

These findings have important treatment implications as primarily physical interventions for fall risk may not be as effective for those with depression and cognitive impairments. This work also demonstrates the clinical utility of gait speed assessment for fall risk in a memory clinic setting and emphasizes the importance of routine screening for depression and MCI […]

Congratulations to Amy! Amy was awarded the competitive Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship based on her dissertation proposal that will investigate interactions between affective and decision making processes influence on cognitive function and health behaviors.

Angel Boeve presents: “Impact of Demographic and Health Factors on Simple and Dual-Task Gait Speed” at the 49th Annual International Neuropsychological Society Conference held virtually in February 2021.

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