Speakers: Janice L. Pelletier, MD, FAAP with Jennifer Curran Ph.D, and Mary Tedesco-Schneck, Ph.D, RN, CPNP. About the speakers: Janice Pelletier is a pediatrician, teacher, researcher, and advocate in this community for over 3 decades. She helped to develop and co-teach at the University of Maine a novel course, called “Introduction to Health Professions.” She […]
About the speaker: Dr. Amber Benezra is an Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology. She is a sociocultural anthropologist researching how studies of the human microbiome intersect with biomedical ethics, public health/technological infrastructures, and care. In partnership with human microbial ecologists, she is developing an “anthropology of microbes” to […]
Speaker: Iain Drummond, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Davis Center for Aging and Regeneration. MDI Biological Laboratory. About the speaker: Dr. Drummond studies kidney organogenesis, genetic disease, and regeneration using the zebrafish as a model system. His lab uses in vivo imaging and targeted gene mutations to identify new human disease genes, reveal kidney morphogenetic processes, and […]
About the speaker: Megan A. Carney is a sociocultural and medical anthropologist with specializations in migration and health, food insecurity, and the politics of care. She is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Regional Food Studies at the University of Arizona. She is the author of two books, the award-winning “The […]
About the speaker: Dustin Updike, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory About the seminar: In an animal, the same DNA will be found in both its somatic and germ cells; yet, only germ cells can produce the next generation. What then distinguishes a somatic cell's terminal fate from the totipotent and […]
About the speaker: After studying Psychology and Neuroscience in Chile, I moved to the USA to pursue my Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology and Neural Sciences at the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington. During this period I was able to work on neural signal processing, brain networks, and embodiment within the context of social […]
Speaker: Ian D. Dickey, MD, FRCSC Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Dept. of Orthopaedics Dr. Dickey is an Orthopaedic Oncologist. He did his undergraduate and medical school at the University of British Columbia, and then completed his internship and residency in Orthopaedics at McGill University, followed by a fellowship with two years of Adult Reconstruction and Musculoskeletal […]
The UMaine Institute of Medicine, the Center on Aging and the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies invite you to join them for a virtual Mental Health in the Times of COVID 19 Symposium on Monday, April 5, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 pm. The program includes speakers and descriptions of presentations and panel […]
About the speaker: Dr. Kieran C. O’Doherty is professor in the department of psychology at the University of Guelph, where he directs the Discourse, Science, Publics research Group. His research focuses on the social and ethical implications of science and technology. In this context, he has published on such topics as data governance, vaccines, human […]
About the speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Hoisington is currently an adjunct Associate Professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology as he serves on active duty Air Force rebuilding Tyndall AFB after hurricane Michael. Lt Col Hoisington received his PhD in 2013 from the University of Texas, studying the indoor microbiome. In 2015 he was one […]
