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
Corbett Hall 4th Floor, 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, DLFAPA, AGSF
Director, Northern Light Memory and Aging, Northern Light Acadia Hospital
Research Professor, University of Maine - Douglas Sawyer, MD
Chief Academic Officer, Maine Medical Center and MaineHealth
Co-Director, Myocardial Biology and Heart Failure Laboratory, Maine Medical Center Research Institute - Gwendolyn Mahon, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of New England - 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
- Jonnathan Busko, MD, MPH, MBA
Medical Director, Care Delivery Transformation, Emergency Physician, St. Joseph Healthcare
Innovation Advisor, Community Care Partnership of Maine
EMS Physician, Kennebec County MD-3 - 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 - 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
