New associate director for archiving named for Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Emergency services responded promptly to the scene and the student has been transported to a local hospital. The student’s family has been informed.

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 or you may call the Dean of Students Office at 207-581-1406.

An investigation is underway and more details will be released when they become available. Our thoughts are with the student and their family.

Long Road has been cleared and is now accessible. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lieutenant Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

December 7, 2022 Education, News, Research

November 16, 2022

The directors of the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS) announce the appointment of Susan Elias as associate director for archiving. Elias will serve as study archivist and historian for MSLS, which has data collected since 1974.

Elias earned degrees in wildlife science at the University of Maine and Virginia Tech (bachelor’s and master’s, respectively), and Earth and climate science at UMaine (Ph.D.). She is a staff scientist at the MaineHealth Institute for Research in Scarborough. In addition to her experience in data archiving and management, Elias is known for her statewide research on ticks that carry Lyme disease. Persons wishing to use MSLS data or obtain published papers should contact Elias (susan.elias@maine.edu); Fayeza Ahmed (fayeza.ahmed@maine.edu), associate director of MSLS, Department of Psychology, University of Maine; or Michael Robbins, co-director of MSLS (robbins@maine.edu).

More information on MSLS is online. The MSLS study was funded by the National Institutes for Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and its directors are affiliated with the Department of Psychology and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering.