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UMaine Institute of Medicine

PFAS: New Research and Impacts for Maine

Onur G. Apul, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering  A series of short courses and timely talks in Portland with experts from the University of Maine Limited to 25 participants Registration required  25$ per seat 

The human microbiome and cancer risk: Opportunities for prospective studies

Virtual

Speaker: Dr. Emily Vogtmann is an Earl Stadtman Investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics in the National Cancer Institute. She received her B.S. in biochemistry and molecular biology and B.A. in Spanish from Michigan State University, M.P.H. in international health epidemiology from the University of Michigan, and Ph.D. […]

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Antimicrobial chemicals, antimicrobial resistance, and the indoor microbiome

Virtual

Speaker: Dr. Erica Hartmann, PhD., Associate Professor at Northwestern University. Dr. Erica Marie Hartmann is an environmental microbiologist interested in the interaction between anthropogenic chemicals and microorganisms, as well as bio-inspired mechanisms for controlling microbial communities.   Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session

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What microbes can tell us about the built environment

Virtual

Speaker:  Dr. Davida Smyth, PhD., is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University – San Antonio. She received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, and completed her postdoctoral training at New York Medical College, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and New York University. She has served as an […]

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The PATHOME Study: Leveraging contrasts in urban socio-economic living conditions and pathogen diversity in humans, animals, and the environment to prioritize intervention policy in Kenya

Virtual

Speaker: Dr. Kelly K. Baker, PhD., is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the State University of New York Buffalo School of Public Health, and Director of the Center for Climate Change and Health Equity research. She conducts One Health focused eco-epidemiology studies in the US and globally that identify practical intervention […]

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Climate Change Linkages to the Spread of Vector-borne Disease in Maine

Virtual

Speakers: Sean Birkel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Maine State Climatologist Climate Change Institute & Cooperative Extension, University of Maine. Susan Elias, Ph.D., Staff Scientist MaineHealth Institute for Research, Lyme & Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory About the speakers: Sean Birkel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maine with a joint appointment to the Climate Change […]

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Fungal responses to global climate change and potential impacts to our ecosystems and public health

Virtual

Speaker:  Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares, PhD., Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University. She is a soil microbiologist who works at the intersection of ecosystem ecology and evolution with an emphasis on fungi. She did her bachelor’s degree in Biology and master’s degree in Molecular Ecology at the Autonomous University of Baja California. Dr. Romero-Olivares completed […]

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19th Annual UMaine Clinical Geriatrics Virtual Colloquium; Aging and Technology

SAVE THE DATE!  Tuesday, October 29, 2024 This Year’s Special Theme: Aging and the Technology Revolution (A Zoom webinar only event) PARTIAL LIST OF COLLOQUIUM TOPICS The implications of AI for older adults Smart technologies and aging-in-place The future of telehealth Strategies for advancing older adult digital literacy and inclusion The provision of virtual health care The […]

The Lasers and Materials Engineering (LAME) Group: Exploring 3D Structural Microscopy, Investigating Active Materials, and Developing Medical Devices

Virtual

Speaker:  Asheesh Ravikumar Lanba, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Composites Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) About the speaker:  Dr. Lanba teaches materials science and mechanics-based courses at the University of the Southern Maine, and conducts research in advanced materials, laser ablation tomography (LATscan) and image analysis. He is also leading the USM […]

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