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Student Spotlight: Zach Applebee

Zachary Applebee is a graduate student in the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, pursuing a degree in Biomedical Engineering.  He shared what brought him to UMaine and his experiences in multiple research labs on campus, including the Howell lab. Caitlin Howell, PhD., is affiliated with the Institute of Medicine.  Zach was supported for his first two […]

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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.”  […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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2023 MSE Summer Symposium

The Microbes and Social Equity working group, and The University of Maine Institute of Medicine will once again host a free-to-attend virtual summer symposium. Save the dates: June 5 – 9th, 2023 We will host one thematic session per day, from 11 – 14:45 pm EDT Session themes include: Reconsidering ‘One Health’ Through Microbes Microbiomes and […]

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Student Spotlight: Avery England, PhD Chemistry Candidate

Avery England is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry. Her thesis advisor, Prof Scott Collins, says “Avery is delightful to work with. She is a dedicated and diligent student with an eclectic curiosity that drives her research with intriguing perspectives.” Avery shared her path to a Ph.D. program and her interest in nanoscience:  ___________________________________________________________________________ As a chemistry student, I […]

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Maine Arts and Humanities in Medicine, Graduate Certificate Program Accepting Applications

An interdisciplinary graduate certificate program, targeting creative and medical practitioners, designed to examine in-depth the intersection of Art and Medicine.  Its goal is to use multi-modal research to develop different ways of knowing, seeing and making. At the University of Maine, within the Intermedia program, the Maine Arts and Humanities in Medicine graduate certificate program […]

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Practitioners’ Knowledge and Perceptions Project

  UMaine’s Communication Sciences and Disorders are looking for participants! Are you a practicing pediatric professional in the medical field in Maine? Consider taking this <15 minute anonymous survey to support our graduate student’s thesis? Survey Link Here  

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