The symposium will be held over zoom on July 18 – 22, 2022, 12:30 – 16:00 EST. Registration is free, and anyone is welcome. The details of the program can be found here. Symposium description: To understand a microbiome, you must learn about the bustling community of microorganisms and the complex ecosystems they live in, because one […]
The Center on Aging and UMaine Medicine invite you to join them for a virtual event A GERIATRICS THOUGHT LEADERS CONVERSATION - Clinical Perspectives on the Predictors of Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia Tuesday, July 26, 2022 4–5 p.m. Facilitated by Lenard Kaye, DSW, Ph.D. Director, UMaine Center on Aging Professor, UMaine School […]
In person event at Buchanan Alumni House Two Alumni Place, Orono, Maine Speaker: D. Allan Butterfield, Ph.D The UK Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological Chemistry; Associate Vice President for Research for Centers and Institutes and UK Research Priority Areas; Fellow, Society for Redox Biology and Medicine University of Kentucky About the seminar: Alzheimer disease […]
Speakers: Tora Johnson, PhD, Director, Geographic Information Systems Service Center, Associate Professor of GIS University of Maine Machias Katherine Weatherford Darling, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Social Science Program, University […]
Speaker: Aileen Huang‐Saad, PhD, MBA Director of Life Sciences and Engineering Programs, Department of Bioengineering The Roux Institute, Northeastern University About the lecture: Today, higher education is facing significant challenges as it tries to prepare its graduates for post graduate opportunities. Additionally, technology development is evolving at a record pace across disciplines; students are faced with an over‐whelming number […]
The UMaine Institute of Medicine announces the First Annual Distinguished Mental Health Lecture: Speaker: Jeffrey E. Hecker, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Clinical Training About the lecture: This lecture briefly reviews the evidence supporting the efficacy of early, multifaceted intervention for individuals with psychotic spectrum disorders including the relationship between the duration of untreated psychosis and clinical […]
Speaker: Jessica Salley Riccardi, PhD, CCC-SLP Assistant Professor- Communication Sciences & Disorders About the seminar: Children from birth to 18 years old are of the highest risk age groups to experience a brain injury, with over 2.8 million children having experienced a brain injury in the United States. Despite a broad understanding of the chronic and complex nature of […]
Speaker: Clifford J. Rosen, MD, Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine, Principal Investigator of the NNE-CTR. About the seminar: Vitamin D supplementation is the most commonly administered treatment in clinical practice in the US and vitamin D measurement testing is rampant. I will discuss the physiology of Vitamin D, the rationale for treatment, […]
Speaker: Sally D. Molloy, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Genomics, The University of Maine Honors College, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences About the seminar: Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging pathogen in cystic fibrosis patients with a treatment success rate of only 45%, and is considered one of the most drug-resistant mycobacteria. Resistant isolates commonly display increased expression of intrinsic antibiotic resistance […]
Join the Intermedia program Tuesday, December 6th from 5 -7 pm at Stewart Commons for an open house and studio session to see amazing art on UMaine's campus. This event is free and no registration is required. Learn more here!
