Contact us

David Harder
Director and University Research
Professor of Medicine
david.harder@maine.edu
Harder Biography

Tanya Pinkham
Assistant Director for
Development and Administration
tanya.pinkham@maine.edu
Pinkham Biography

Cecile Ferguson
Program Manager
cecile.ferguson@maine.edu
207.581.3026
York Village #6, Orono, Maine 04469
207.581.3026 cecile.ferguson@maine.edu
Leadership Team

Gregory Cox
Director, Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE)
gregory.a.cox@maine.edu
Cox Biography

Caitlin Howell
Associate Professor of Bio-Engineering
caitlin.howell@maine.edu
Howell Biography

Melody N. Neely
Associate Professor and Chair of
Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
melody.neely@maine.edu
Neely Biography

Alan Cobo-Lewis
Director, CCIDS;
Associate Professor of Psychology
alanc@maine.edu
Cobo-Lewis Biography

Jeffrey Hecker
Professor of Psychology,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
hecker@maine.edu
Hecker Biography

Sandra De Urioste-Stone
Associate Professor of Nature-based Tourism,
Assistant Vice President for Research
sandra.de@maine.edu
De Urioste-Stone Biography

Shihfen Tu
Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods, School of Learning and Teaching
shihfen.tu@maine.edu
Tu Biography
External Advisory Committee
- Brad Schimelman, MD
Associate Chief of Staff for Education and Research, VA Maine Healthcare System - Cliff Singer, MD, DFAPA, AGSF
Chief, Center for Geriatric Cognitive and Mental Health
Director, Mood and Memory Clinic
Director, Robert C. Strauss Neurocognitive Research Program
Chair, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Research IRB
Northern Light Acadia Hospital - Douglas Sawyer, MD
Chief Academic Officer, Maine Medical Center and Maine Health
Co-Director, Myocardial Biology and Heart Failure Laboratory, Maine Medical Center Research Institute - Hermann Haller, MD
President, Professor, MDI Biological Laboratory
Professor, Director, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School - James W. Jarvis, MD, FAAFP
Director of Clinical Education, Eastern Maine Medical Center
Senior Physician Executive, System Incident Command, Northern Light Health - Karen L. Houseknecht, Ph.D.
Professor and Senior Associate Provost, Vice President for Research and Scholarship, Research Integrity Officer, Institutional Official, University of New England - Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Advisor for Clinical and Translational Research Initiatives
Presidential Scholar Endowed Chair for Clinical and Translational Science, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia - Mary Prybylo, RN, MSN, FACHE
Covenant Health Senior Vice President & President, St. Joseph Healthcare - Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D., FMedSci, FAAHMS
Scientific Director and Professor, the Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics - Raimond Winslow, Ph.D.
Director of Life Science and Medicine Research, Professor of Bioengineering, The Roux Institute