Education Archives - UMaine Institute of Medicine

MaineHealth Receives HRSA Grant to Enhance Rural Obstetric Training

MaineHealth Receives HRSA Grant to Enhance Rural Obstetric Training through the Maine Rural Graduate Medical Education (MERGE) Collaborative. In partnership with Northern Light Health, Central Maine Medical Center, and Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, the initiative aims to increase training opportunities for graduate medical students in rural areas.Learn more: MaineHealth Receives HRSA Grant to Enhance Rural […]

Melissa Maginnis: Two Winning Teams | Creating STEM Career Pathways for DI Athletes

Dr Melissa Maginnis, Associate Professor of Microbiology and COBRE project leader, was asked by Admissions to be a recruiter for student athletes interested in STEM careers. The University of Maine women’s soccer program is on a roll, winning the last two America East Championships (2023 & 2024) and participating in the NCAA Tournament.Four of the […]

NSF Ethical and Responsible Research Program Webinar, October 2

Please join us on Zoom on Wednesday, October 2, from 1:00-2:00 PM for a presentation on the NSF Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) Program by Dr. Jason Borenstein of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ER2 program supports projects that examine what constitutes or promotes responsible and ethical research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) ﬁelds. The ER2 program encourages […]

The Maine Patient Safety Academy offering – Navigating Together: Charting a Course for Safer Care

May 2, 2024 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm | Orono, Maine Judy Tupper, DHEd, MCHES, CPPS, Director, Population Health, Catherine Cutler Institute, and a faculty affiliated with the Institute of Medicine invites you to an event organized by the Maine Patient Safety Academy. Register today for the 2024 Maine Patient Safety Academy! Anyone interested or […]

The Maine Patient Safety Academy offering – Navigating Together: Charting a Course for Safer Care

May 2, 2024 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm | Orono, Maine Judy Tupper, DHEd, MCHES, CPPS, Director, Population Health, Catherine Cutler Institute, and a faculty affiliated with the Institute of Medicine invites you to an event organized by the Maine Patient Safety Academy. Register today for the 2024 Maine Patient Safety Academy! Anyone interested or […]

Student Spotlight: Josh Hamilton

We continue with our series featuring the nine graduate students who received research fellowships to focus on research last summer. Joshua David Hamilton, a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student advised by Andre Khalil, received funding for a project titled “Breast cancer case-control pilot study on patient-matched mammograms and histological tissue slides for NCI grant renewal proposal.” […]

CUGR Announces Academic Year Fellowship Recipients

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2023-24 CUGR and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) academic year fellowship winners. The Institute of Medicine will fund one fellowship, awarded to Sydney Brown, Molecular and Cellular Biology, “Evaluation of calcium inhibitor drugs in JC Polyomavirus infection,” advised by Melissa Maginnis The CUGR […]

Student Spotlight: Sean Sibley

We continue with our series featuring the nine graduate students who received research fellowships to focus on research last summer. Sean Sibley, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, Clinical Assistant Faculty & FNP Program Coordinator in the University of Maine School of Nursing and a Ph.D. candidate in Nursing Education took time to answer a few questions […]

Student Spotlight – Katie Patenaude

Katie Patenaude is one of the nine graduate students who received a research fellowship to focus on research this summer. She took time to answer a few questions about the impact of the award, her experience at UMaine and plans for the future. We wish her the best as she defends her dissertation on September […]

Falls Prevention Lunch & Learn on September 28

The AgingME Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) is pleased to present a virtual Lunch & Learn session on falls prevention from 12 -1 pm on Thursday, September 28. MaineHealth’s Kirsten Dorsey and Jessica Bolduc will lead a dynamic conversation about falls prevention resources for older Mainers. We will explore information about the prevalence of falls, the economic […]