Thank you to our 2023 Symposium Sponsors!
Second Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering
The Institute of Medicine, along with partner organizations JAX, MDI Biological Laboratory, MaineHealth, Northern Light Health, University of New England, University of Southern Maine, and the Roux Institute, are planning the second Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering for Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, October 25, 26 & 27, 2023.
Call for poster abstracts is open! Deadline to submit is October 6
Registration information for the Symposium and MERGE Collaborative is now available! Deadline to register is October 6
(PLEASE NOTE: additional registration is needed if planning to attend the 18th Annual Geriatrics Colloquium.)
Questions on the symposium? Please contact Tanya Pinkham at tanya.pinkham@maine.edu
18th Annual University of Maine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
The Eighteenth Annual University of Maine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium (https://mainecenteronaging.umaine.edu/resource/2023-18cgc-program/) will be a hybrid event this year (both in-person and Zoom online webinar). It will be held on Wednesday, October 25th on the University of Maine Orono campus, and has the theme of Sexual Health and Aging. The Colloquium will be a part of the Second Annual Maine Research Symposium scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, October 25-27 at the University of Maine. You will be able to register for just the Colloquium or the entire Research Symposium which is entirely an in-person event addressing rural and behavioral health topics and biomedical science and engineering topics.
Points of focus of the Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium include the physiology and psychology of sexual aging; dementia and sexuality; medication effects on libido, orgasm, and arousal; LGBTQ+ relationships in late life; sexuality and sexualized behaviors in long-term care. Authorities will gather before a broad audience of health and human services professionals and older adult health care consumers to consider the personal and clinical impacts and physical, cognitive, psychological, ethical, and social perspectives on sexuality, intimacy, and relationships in late life.
For more information, please visit the UMaine Center on Aging Colloquium website.
Registration to the 18th Annual Geriatrics Colloquium is now open and available here.
(PLEASE NOTE: additional registration is needed if planning to attend the Maine Research Symposium and MERGE Collaborative.)
Questions on the Geriatrics Colloquium? Please contact Lenard Kaye at len.kaye@maine.edu
The MERGE Collaborative will host its first Rural Graduate Medical Education (GME) Friday, October 27!
The ME Rural GME Education (MERGE) Collaborative is part of a state-funded initiative to build a healthcare workforce and infrastructure for rural Maine. As a partnership among Maine’s four ACGME sponsoring institutions, the MERGE Collaborative aims to promote, standardize, and optimize rural elective rotations for graduate medical education resident physicians. As part of the Maine Biomedical Research Symposium, the MERGE Collaborative will host its first Rural GME Conference on October 27th in the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine – Orono. Sessions will include topics on teaching techniques for graduate medical education, rural workforce pressures in Maine, DEI in rural spaces, and more. Registration for the MERGE conference is included with registration for the Maine Biomedical Research Symposium.
Registration information for the Symposium and MERGE Collaborative is now available!
(PLEASE NOTE: additional registration is needed if planning to attend the 18th Annual Geriatrics Colloquium.)
Questions on the MERGE Collaborative? Please contact David McLellan at david.mclellan@mainehealth.org