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 am – 2:45 pm EDT Session themes include: Reconsidering ‘One Health’ Through Microbes Microbiomes […]
Speakers: Dr. Nicole M. Farmer, M.D., Principal Investigator, Translational Biobehavioral and Health Disparities Branch, NIH Clinical Center. Dr. Katherine Maki, PhD., Assistant Clinical Investigator, Translational Biobehavioral and Health Disparities Branch, NIH Clinical Center. Dr. Sue Ishaq, PhD., Assistant Professor at the University of Maine and Lead of the Microbes and Social Equity working group. Dr. Amber Benezra, PhD., […]
Speaker: Professor Jack A Gilbert earned his Ph.D. from Unilever and Nottingham University, UK in 2002, and received his postdoctoral training at Queens University, Canada. From 2005-2010 he was a senior scientist at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK; and from 2010-2018 he was Group Leader for Microbial Ecology at Argonne National Laboratory, a Professor of Surgery, […]
Speaker: Dr. Sonny Lee, PhD., Assistant Professor at Kansas State University. His lab website is here; “In our laboratory, computational biology approaches result in identification of functional potentials in both individual microbial organism and communities.” Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session
Speaker: Dr. Stephan Van Vliet, Phd., Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science at Utah State University. Faculty profile here; “Dr. van Vliet’s research is performed at the nexus of agricultural and human health. He routinely collaborates with farmers, ecologists, and agricultural scientists to study critical linkages between agricultural production methods, the nutrient density of food, and human […]
Speaker: Dr. Emily Vogtmann is an Earl Stadtman Investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics in the National Cancer Institute. She received her B.S. in biochemistry and molecular biology and B.A. in Spanish from Michigan State University, M.P.H. in international health epidemiology from the University of Michigan, and Ph.D. […]
Speaker: Dr. Erica Hartmann, PhD., Associate Professor at Northwestern University. Dr. Erica Marie Hartmann is an environmental microbiologist interested in the interaction between anthropogenic chemicals and microorganisms, as well as bio-inspired mechanisms for controlling microbial communities. Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session
Speaker: Dr. Kelly Baker, PhD., Associate Professor at the University of Iowa. Faculty page here; “Dr. Baker is a microbiologist and epidemiologist whose research aims to generate evidence on household- and community-level environmental causes of enteric pathogen transmission between humans, animals, and the environment to improve the prioritization of interventions and policies that can reduce global […]
Speaker: Dr. Davida Smyth, PhD., Associate Professor at Texas A&M University – San Antonio. Her lab website is here; they research microbiology, sustainability, pedagogy, and inclusion. Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session
Speaker: Mary Coughter, PhD Candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University. Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session
