About the speaker: Katherine (Kate) Weatherford Darling, PhD is a Sociologist and Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Maine at Augusta Bangor Campus, working across the boundaries of medical sociology, feminist science studies, public health and bioethics. Her research examines the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI’s) of biomedical and genomic sciences in […]
Microbes and Social Equity speaker series, spring 2021 About the speaker: Dr. Joshua August (Gus) Skorburg is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Academic Co-Director of the Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI), and Faculty Affiliate at the One Health Institute at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He is also Adjunct Professor […]
Speaker: James A. Coffman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, MDIBL. Director, Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) How much does your health, your susceptibility to disease, and your rate of aging depend on the environment in which you were raised? Or for that matter, on the environments to which your parents or grandparents were exposed? […]
Speaker: Dr. Doratha Byrd, MPH, PhD About the speaker: Dr. Byrd received a B.S. in biology and an M.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of Florida. She completed her Ph.D. in epidemiology at Emory University, where her dissertation research focused on the development and validation of novel, inflammation biomarker panel-weighted dietary and lifestyle inflammation scores, […]
Speaker: Debbie Saber, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions - Faculty Associate, Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE). University of Maine Dr. Saber aims to understand microbial dispersion within healthcare institutions to ultimately drive policy and procedures towards the highest level of standardized prevention […]
Speakers: Dr. Erin Eggleston and Dr. Mallory Choudoir About the speakers: Dr. Erin Eggleston, PhD, is an assistant professor of biology at Middlebury College. Her research focuses on molecular microbial ecology. Recent projects include mercury-cycling microbes in the soils of the St. Lawrence River, coral microbiome and reef resilience, and community dynamics of harmful cyanobacterial […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
