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UMaine Institute of Medicine

“What Connects Us: stories of working across difference with humans and microbes”

Virtual

Speaker: Dr. Maya Hey, PhD About the Speaker: Dr. Maya Hey is a postdoctoral researcher with the Future Organisms project as part of an international trans-disciplinary team investigating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). She brings a humanities and social science perspective to the life sciences, calling upon feminist, intersectional, and multispecies approaches to map out […]

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It’s about time: ecological and eco-evolutionary dynamics across the scales

Virtual

Speaker: Dr. Liat Shenhav, PhD About the Speaker:   Dr. Liat Shenhav is an independent research fellow at the Center for Studies in Physics and Biology at the Rockefeller University. Prior to that, Liat received a B.Sc. and. M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from Tel-Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Los […]

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2022 Microbes and Social Equity summer symposium

Virtual

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 […]

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A Geriatrics Thought Leaders Conversation – Clinical Perspectives on the Predictors of Progression

Virtual

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 […]

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Redesigning Higher Education through Co‐creation and Partnership

Soderberg Lecture Hall TBD

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 […]

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Pathways to Care for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in Rural Maine

Buchanan Alumni House Two Alumni Place, Orono, Maine

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 […]

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Vitamin D Supplementation: Where’s the Evidence?

Virtual

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 […]

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