Zebrafish play a crucial role in modeling human disease, from childhood developmental diseases and muscular dystrophy to immune responses against bacteria, fungi and viruses. Five biomedical research laboratories at UMaine, and many throughout the state, lean heavily on this transparent fish to catalyze discoveries pointing the ways to new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat […]
Climate Change Institute – Panel Discussion 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center and Via Zoom Paul Andrew Mayewski Director, Professor Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Sean Birkel Assistant Professor and the Maine State Climatologist, Climate Change Institute and Cooperative Extension, University of Maine Alexander More Assistant Research Professor, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine; Associate […]
In person event at Buchanan Alumni House Two Alumni Place, Orono, Maine Speaker: Clifford J Rosen MD. UMaine class of '71 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine Senior Scientist- MaineHealth Institute for Research Associate Editor- New England Journal of Medicine About the speaker: Dr. Rosen is an endocrinologist and bone […]
MaineHealth's Peter O. Baker, LCSW, Program Manager for Geriatrics Healthy Aging Team, Maine Health, will share research on and strategies for maintaining cognitive health and well-being across our lifespan. Interested persons can find the flyer and registration link online here. Ensuring cognitive health and well-being across our lifespan is a goal for many. This program […]
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. […]
Please join us for a conversation about aging and learn how research conducted at the UMaine Center on Aging and elsewhere provides us with a proven road map for successfully addressing common age-related challenges. Ultimately, the key is making needed adaptations and that requires taking advantage of both the internal and external resources available to you.
Speaker: Kelly R. Klein, MD, MPH, FACEP About the seminar: Panic is frequently cited for a population's presumed bad behavior or a reason for marshal law to be enacted. Our discussion will unpack this notion and get a better back story to this myth and why it still is pervasive in disaster management, hospital preparedness, and […]
Speaker: Colleen Marzilli, Ph.D., DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, CNE, PHNA-BC, CCM, MedSurg-BC, FNAP About the speaker: Dr. Marzilli is a passionate nurse educator and researcher. She is an alumna of The University of Texas at Tyler and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis. She is a professor of nursing and the […]
Speaker: Kelley Strout, Ph.D., RN About the speaker: Kelley Strout earned her PhD in Nursing at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.. She is currently serving as the Director of the […]
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 […]
