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SUMMARY:Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy and Maternal/Child Health
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Abby Fleisch\, MD\, MPH\nAssociate Professor of Pediatrics\, Tufts University School of Medicine\nAttending Physician\, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes\, Maine Medical Center\nCenter for Outcomes Research and Evaluation\, Maine Medical Center Research Institute \nAbout the Seminar: During this seminar\, Dr. Fleisch will describe her research examining the health impact of prenatal exposure to air pollution. She will describe studies nested within two pre-birth cohorts: the Boston-based Project Viva cohort and the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study. The studies examine the impact of exposure to air pollution from outdoor sources (ie\, traffic) and indoor sources (i.e.\, wood stoves) on maternal and child cardiometabolic health.\n \nAbout the Speaker:  Abby Fleisch\, MD\, MPH\, is an environmental health researcher at CORE and a pediatric endocrinologist at Maine Medical Center. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Fleisch received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Northwestern University. She completed residency in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center and fellowship in endocrinology at Boston Children’s Hospital. She participated in the Harvard-wide pediatric health services research fellowship and received a Masters of Public Health from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. After serving on faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital for 3 years\, she joined MMC in 2016. \nDr. Fleisch’s research is focused on the extent to which early life exposures to environmental toxicants such as air pollution and household chemicals are associated with childhood obesity and bone health. Dr. Fleisch is the principal investigator of an Outstanding New Environmental Scientist R01 award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. She received the Academic Pediatric Association Michael Shannon Research Award in 2012 and an Endocrine Society Early Career Investigator Award in 2016. \nDr. Fleisch is a peer mentor for the Harvard Medical School-Harvard Catalyst Grant Review and Support Program and an affiliated faculty member and advisor to the New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit. She sees endocrinology patients at the Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic at MMC. \nThe event is free but registration is required. Please use this link to register for the Zoom event.
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/air-pollution-exposure-during-pregnancy-and-maternal-child-health/
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SUMMARY:“Risk factors for colonization with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Guatemala and East Africa”
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Douglas Call\, PhD \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Douglas Call is a Regents Professor of molecular epidemiology at the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health\, and the Associate Director for Research and Graduate Education\, at Washington State University. In 2014 he became a Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition for his contributions to food and water safety\, particularly through molecular epidemiology of antibiotic resistant bacteria in agricultural systems. Dr. Call has published over 235 peer-reviewed papers and has ongoing antibiotic resistance research projects in the U.S.\, Kenya\, Brazil and Guatemala with funding from NIH\, USDA\, and the CDC. He has consulted for the Gates Foundation and Fleming Fund regarding antibiotic resistance\, and he is a member of the Board of Directors for the Washington State Academy of Science. In 2021 he received the Washington State University Sahlin Eminent Faculty Award. Dr. Call is currently serving as the chair of the Faculty Senate at Washington State University\, and he is a regular columnist for the Moscow-Pullman Daily News where he frequently writes about science and science policy. \nProfessional Page \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/title-tbd-with-a-focus-on-molecular-epidemiology-and-antibiotic-resistance/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220406T120000
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SUMMARY:“Decomposition as Life Politics”
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Kristina Lyons\, PhD \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Kristina Lyons is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and with the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds affiliations with the Center for Experimental Ethnography and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies. Kristina’s current research is situated at the interfaces of socio-ecological conflicts\, science\, and legal studies in Colombia and Latin America. Her manuscript\, Vital Decomposition: Soil Practitioners and Life Politics (Duke 2020)\, was awarded honorable mention by the Bryce Wood Book Award committee from the Latin American Studies Association. She has also collaborated on the creation of soundscapes\, street performances\, photographic essays\, graphic novels\, popular education audiovisual projects\, community radio programs\, digital storytelling platforms\, and various forms of literary writing. \nTalk summary: How does attention to and stewardship of soils point to alternative frameworks for living and dying? Dr. Lyons explores the way life strives to flourish in the face of violence\, criminalization\, and poisoning produced by militarized\, growth-oriented development in the midst of the U.S.-Colombia war on drugs. \nProfessional Page \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/decomposition-as-life-politics/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:“Deconstructing the individual: how science can materially advance using queer and feminist theory“
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Patricia Kaishian\, PhD \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Patricia Kaishian is a visiting professor of Biology at Bard College in NY. Her scientific research is focused on the taxonomy of Laboulbeniales fungi\, fungal biodiversity\, and exploration of the use of certain fungi as potential indicators of ecosystem health. Beyond more traditional scientific research\, Patricia works in the realms of philosophy of science\, feminist bioscience\, ecofeminism and queer theory\, exploring how mycology and other scientific disciplines are situated in and informed by our sociopolitical landscape. Her publication\, The science underground: mycology as a queer discipline\, appears in the journal Catalyst: Feminism\, Theory & Technoscience. Patricia is also a founding member of the International Congress of Armenian Mycologists (ICAM)\, a research organization comprised of ethnically Armenian mycologists who seek to simultaneously advance mycological science and Armenian sovereignty and liberation. \nTalk summary: This talk will explore the field of mycology and the mycobiome through a theoretical framework rooted in queer and feminist theories\, as well as philosophy of science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. The goal is to challenge\, push\, and explore central tenets of institutional science\, and to socially and historically situate current research dilemmas in mycology and microbiome studies. By excavating and laying bare ingrained\, systemic biases in scientific institutions\, we can attempt to disarm fallacious assertions of “purity” in science and better understand bodies at various scales. \nProfessional Page \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/deconstructing-the-individual-how-science-can-materially-advance-using-queer-and-feminist-theory/
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CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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SUMMARY:“Microbiomes and climate change at the intersection of human and ecosystem health in the North”
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Catherine Girard\, PhD \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Catherine Girard is an Associate Professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi\, where she works on the response of microbiomes to climate change in the Arctic. In the past\, she has worked on the human microbiome and how it is shaped by tradition\, culture and global warming. She now explores how ice-dwelling microbes are responding to change\, from a conservation and ecosystem service perspective. She is involved in collaborative research with partners from the Inuit Nunangat\, and views microbiomes as part of our heritage. \nProfessional Page \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/microbiomes-and-climate-change-at-the-intersection-of-human-and-ecosystem-health-in-the-north/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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SUMMARY:“What Connects Us: stories of working across difference with humans and microbes”
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Maya Hey\, PhD \nAbout 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 human response-ability in a more-than-human world. She is vested in questions related to fermentation\, particularly as they relate to discourses of health\, the rhetoric of microbiomes\, and how we come to know microbial life.” \nTalk summary: What connects us across different scales of life? This talk examines three case studies—on fermentation\, conversation\, and innovation—to better understand how micro-organisms affect macro-cultures and vice-versa\, with emphasis on working with difference instead of resolving them. \nProfessional Page \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/what-connects-us-stories-of-working-across-difference-with-humans-and-microbes/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:It’s about time: ecological and eco-evolutionary dynamics across the scales
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Liat Shenhav\, PhD \nAbout 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 Angeles. Liat’s research focuses on developing computational methods for studying spatiotemporal dynamics of complex ecosystems and their contribution to human health and disease. \nAbout the talk: Complex microbial communities play an important role across many domains of life\, from the female reproductive tract\, through the oceans\, to the plant rhizosphere. The study of these communities offers great opportunities for biological discovery\, due to the ease of their measurement\, the ability to perturb them\, and their rapidly evolving nature. Yet\, their complex composition\, dynamic nature\, and intricate interactions with multiple other systems\, make it difficult to extract robust and reproducible patterns from these ecosystems. To uncover their latent properties\, I develop models that combine longitudinal data analysis and statistical learning\, and which draw from principles of community ecology\, complexity theory and evolution.  Read more \nProfessional Page \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/title-tbd-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220718T080000
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SUMMARY:2022 Microbes and Social Equity summer symposium
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nSymposium description: To understand a microbiome\, you must learn about the bustling community of microorganisms and the complex ecosystems they live in\, because one cannot exist without the other. So\, too\, does microbiome research rely on understanding the lives and ecology of humans\, because there is no aspect of human life which does not involve microbes in some way. To become better microbiome researchers\, we must understand social and environmental contexts which affect humans and\, in many cases\, prevent them from making choices which result in beneficial microbial exposures. This symposium will focus on developing research skills to create transformative research\, including context-aware experimental designs\, engaging community stakeholders as research partners\, writing transdisciplinary papers\, translating research into policy\, and creating curriculum which melds microbes and social equity.
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/2022-microbes-and-social-equity-summer-symposium/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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SUMMARY:A Geriatrics Thought Leaders Conversation - Clinical Perspectives on the Predictors of Progression
DESCRIPTION:The Center on Aging and UMaine Medicine invite you to join them for a virtual event \nA GERIATRICS THOUGHT LEADERS CONVERSATION – Clinical Perspectives on the Predictors of Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia \nTuesday\, July 26\, 2022 4–5 p.m.\nFacilitated by Lenard Kaye\, DSW\, Ph.D. Director\, UMaine Center on Aging\nProfessor\, UMaine School of Social Work\nJoin us on Zoom: maine.zoom.us/j/82029766963\nFREE ADMISSION \nSpeakers: \nRoss Andel\, Ph.D.\nProfessor and Director\, School of Aging Studies\nDirector\, Ph.D. in Aging Studies Program\nCollege of Community and Behavioral Sciences\nUniversity of South Florida\nTampa\, Florida \nCliff Singer\, M.D.\, D.F.A.P.A.\, A.G.S.F.\nChief\, Center for Geriatric Cognitive and Mental Health\nDirector\, Mood and Memory Clinic\nDirector\, Robert C. Strauss Neurocognitive Research Program\nNorthern Light Acadia Hospital\nBangor\, Maine\nFacilitated by Lenard Kaye\, DSW\, Ph.D. Director\, UMaine Center on Aging\nProfessor\, UMaine School of Social Work \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/a-geriatrics-thought-leaders-conversation-clinical-perspectives-on-the-predictors-of-progression/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Center on Aging
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220906T123000
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SUMMARY:Amyloid β-Peptide and Brain Oxidative Damage: Focus on the Intersection of the Lipid Peroxidation Product Hne\, Glucose Dysmetabolism\, and Alzheimer Disease
DESCRIPTION:In person event at Buchanan Alumni House Two Alumni Place\, Orono\, Maine \nSpeaker: D. Allan Butterfield\, Ph.D\nThe UK Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological Chemistry;\nAssociate Vice President for Research for Centers and Institutes and UK Research Priority Areas;\nFellow\, Society for Redox Biology and Medicine\nUniversity of Kentucky \nAbout the seminar: Alzheimer disease (AD) is the major\, age-related dementing disorder that currently affects nearly 6 million Americans and\, in the absence of disease-modifying treatments\, is predicted to affect between 15-20 million Americans by 2050. Pathologically\, AD is characterized by accumulation of senile plaques (composed mostly of aggregated amyloid β-peptide [Aβ] and dystrophic neurites)\, neurofibrillary tangles (composed of paired helical filaments of hyperphosphorylated tau protein) and loss of synapses and neurons. Our laboratory discovered that small oligomers (dimers\, tetrameters\, etc.) of Aβ are associated with oxidative damage to neuronal bilayer lipids and membrane and cytosolic proteins. The lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) covalently binds to proteins to change their structure and cause loss of function. We showed both in vitro and in vivo that the single methionine residue of Aβ was essential to produce HNE and the mechanism involved. Our laboratory pioneered the methods of redox proteomics and used these mass spectrometry-based methods to identify key AD brain proteins that were oxidatively modified by HNE\, which led to their dysfunction. Among these proteins are those associated with glucose metabolism\, which is known to be a key characteristic of AD brain. Loss of ATP due to glucose dysmetabolism can lead to neuronal death by several mechanisms\, mostly involving loss of cell potential and resultant Ca2+ overload. Protein quality control\, i.e.\, UPS system\, UPR\, and autophagy\, also are dysfunctional in AD. Moreover\, insulin resistance is characteristic of AD brain. One mechanism by which insulin resistance results in AD is due to activation of the normally quiescent mammalian target of rapamycin complex-1 (mTORC1)\, which also leads to inhibited autophagy. Aβ is able to cause activation of mTORC1\, and our laboratory was the first to demonstrate that biochemical signatures of insulin resistance and inhibition of autophagy were present in the prodromal stage of AD known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This seminar will review these findings and show that Aβ-associated oxidative stress and HNE production are key factors in the pathogenesis and progression of AD. Support: Grants from the National Institute on Aging (NIH). \nAbout the speaker:  Prof. Butterfield was born in a small town in Piscataquis County\, Maine. He graduated with a B.A. in Chemistry with High Distinction from the University of Maine in 1968 and following a 3-year commitment as a missionary in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to teach African high school students in an Apartheid country\, he entered Duke University to earn his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 2.5 years. For nearly two years thereafter\, Prof. Butterfield undertook a NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neurosciences at the Duke University School of Medicine. Butterfield was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University in 1975 and was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in 1978 and Full Professor of Chemistry in 1983. For the last 20 years to the present\, Prof. Butterfield is the UK Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological Chemistry. For the past seven years\, Prof. Butterfield has served as Associate Vice President for Research at UK with responsibilities for Centers and Institutes and the seven Research Priority Areas of the University of Kentucky.\nAt UK\, Butterfield graduated 68 Ph.D. and M.S. students\, and over 180 undergraduates performed independent research in his laboratory (more than 60 co-authored papers on Prof. Butterfield’s papers based on their research). He published nearly 700 scientific papers\, mostly on his research on Alzheimer disease\, with a h-index of 123\, and his total assembly of papers have been cited nearly 60\,000 times. His Field-Weighted Citation Index is 2.4-2.6\, meaning his citation rate is 240-260 percent greater than the average citation rate for his field of research.\nProf. Butterfield is credited with discovering that small oligomers of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta)\, which accumulate in the Alzheimer disease brain\, are associated with free radical production that leads to lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation causing death to neurons. Prof. Butterfield’s research\, shown by his extensive publication record\, changed the paradigm for understanding the pathogenesis and progression of Alzheimer disease to include oxidative damage as a key factor.\nProf. Butterfield was recently recognized by others: a) In 2021 as the number-1 ranked most productive researcher worldwide in published papers in the field of oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disorders; b) In 2021 named as a Top-5 researcher worldwide in papers on mechanisms of brain metabolism in Alzheimer disease in the 20-year period 2000-2020; and c) In 2020\, named as being in the top 0.007% of more than 144\,000 scholars worldwide in the entire field of Alzheimer disease research (#10 in the world; #6 in the USA).\nAmong others\, additional honors and awards bestowed upon Prof. Butterfield were: a) He was selected as a Fellow of the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine in 2012 [one of only 28 Fellows of the Society at the time of his election]; b) The Discovery Award from this same Society in 2013 for his seminal research on Alzheimer disease; c) In 1998\, Prof. Butterfield was presented the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science\, Mathematics\, and Engineering Mentoring by President Clinton in the White House for his having mentored many females\, persons of color\, and persons from economically disadvantaged Appalachia among his graduate and undergraduate students\, postdoctoral scholars and visiting scientists—such persons are highly underrepresented in faculty ranks in the discipline of Chemistry; and d) What Prof. Butterfield considers the award of which he is most proud to have received: At the 2002 Spring Commencement at the University of Maine\, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by his alma mater based on his record of achievement by a graduate from the University of Maine.
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/amyloid-%ce%b2-peptide-and-brain-oxidative-damage-focus-on-the-intersection-of-the-lipid-peroxidation-product-hne-glucose-dysmetabolism-and-alzheimer-disease/
LOCATION:Buchanan Alumni House\, Two Alumni Place\, Orono\, Maine\, 04469-5792
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="UMaine Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:Building Community-University Partnerships for Health Equity in Downeast Maine
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\nTora Johnson\, PhD\,  Director\, Geographic Information Systems Service Center\, Associate Professor of GIS University of Maine Machias \nKatherine Weatherford Darling\, PhD\, Assistant Professor of Sociology\, Social Science Program\, University of Maine\, Augusta \nOliver Gray Jones\, UMaine PhD Student\n  \nAbout the seminar: Downeast Maine is a hub for collaborative community partnerships and community-engaged research and teaching to address health and social inequities. In this talk we report lessons learned and emerging findings from the Downeast Health Research Collaborative (DHRC) based at University of Maine Machias. DHRC is an informal network of students\, faculty and community organizations working to address rural health inequities through community-engaged research\, systems-level interventions and workforce development. Current pilot projects include research with workers in the shellfish and lobster industry on structural factors in injury\, pain and addiction\, research with the Maine Community Health Worker Initiative to strengthen the frontline public health workforce\, research to reduce travel burden and prevent Emergency Department over-utilization\, and research to map local assets and create an early intervention program serving rural youth experiencing serious mental illness. \nAbout the speakers:  \nTora Johnson has taught marine\, environmental\, and geographic information systems (GIS) at the college level since 1996. She teaches GIS and environmental studies at UMM and serves as director of the GIS Laboratory and Service Center and as chair of the Environmental and Biological Sciences Division. Before her son was born in 1996\, Tora made a career of teaching and crewing aboard several of the large sailing vessels that ply the coast of New England\, as well as commercial fishing in Alaska. Read more \nKatherine Weatherford Darling is a sociologist working across the boundaries of medical sociology\, feminist science studies\, public health and bioethics. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the UMA Social Science Program and affiliated at University of Maine Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering and the Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation at Maine Medical Center Research Institute. She also serves on the Ethics Advisory Board at Northern Light Health Eastern Maine Medical Center and co-coordinate the Health Equity Dialogues. \nCourses taught include ethics\, politics and social dimensions of health\, healthcare and biomedicine\, with specific attention to race\, class\, gender\, disability and intersecting social inequities.  Read more \nThis event is free but registration is required
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/building-community-university-partnerships-for-health-equity-in-downeast-maine/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="UMaine Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220930T120000
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SUMMARY:Redesigning Higher Education through  Co‐creation and Partnership
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Aileen Huang‐Saad\, PhD\, MBA Director of Life Sciences and Engineering Programs\, Department of Bioengineering\nThe Roux Institute\, Northeastern University \nAbout 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 of opportunities and career paths; and\, rightly so\, there is a growing demand to integrate evidence‐based practices for learning and organizational change. These pressures have stimulated higher education to identify new ways to integrate post graduate opportunities into curriculum and the classroom\, not only changing the culture of higher education but questioning the necessary credentials to advance in the fields. For this talk\, Aileen will explain how her experience with design\, entrepreneurship and professional practice have influenced her approach to closing the gap between higher education and professional practice. She will also discuss how her work has influenced her thoughts on creating “intentional networks” in low density settings\, offering a comprehensive path for learners to engage in higher education throughout their careers. \nAbout the speaker: In February 2021\, Dr. Huang‐Saad joined the Bioengineering faculty at Northeastern University and became the Director of Life Sciences and Engineering Programs at The Roux Institute (Portland\, Maine). Dr. Huang‐Saad has over a 14 history of bringing about organizational change in higher education\, leveraging evidence‐based practices at University of Michigan. She created the U‐M BME graduate design program\, co‐ founded the U‐M College of Engineering Center for Entrepreneurship\, launched the U‐M National Science Foundation (NSF) I‐Corps Node\, and developed the U‐M BME Instructional Incubator. She is a canonical instructor for both the NSF and National Institute of Health (NIH) I‐Corps Programs. Dr. Huang‐Saad has received numerous awards for her teaching and student advising\, including the 1938E College of Engineering Award\, the Thomas M. Sawyer\, Jr. Teaching Award\, the U‐M ASEE Outstanding Professor Award\, the International Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award\, and the College of Engineering Outstanding Student Advisor Award. She currently serves as Deputy Editor‐in‐ Chief of Springer’s Biomedical Engineering Education and is a member of the Maine State Workforce Board and the National Academies’ Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education. \nDr. Huang‐Saad’s current research areas are entrepreneurship\, innovation\, and transforming higher education. She has been funded by the NSF to explore the influence of the microenvironment of entrepreneurship education on minoritized populations\, entrepreneurial ecosystems\, and fostering graduate student professional development. \nPrior to entering higher education\, Dr. Huang‐Saad worked in industry gaining experience in new venture biotech\, the defense industry\, and medical device testing. She has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania\, a Doctor of Philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine\, and a Master of Business Administration from University of Michigan Ross School of Business. \nThis event is located in Soderberg Lecture Hall.
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/redesigning-higher-education-through-co%e2%80%90creation-and-partnership/
LOCATION:Soderberg Lecture Hall\, TBD
CATEGORIES:Education,Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T160000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20220901T171746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221017T145822Z
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Care for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in Rural Maine
DESCRIPTION:The UMaine Institute of Medicine announces the First Annual Distinguished Mental Health Lecture: \nSpeaker: Jeffrey E. Hecker\, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Clinical Training \nAbout 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 outcomes for people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Dr. Hecker will describe the development of a new line of research including the formation of a network of research and practice partners. Preliminary findings from foundational work in Washington County\, ongoing projects\, and future directions will be described. \nAbout the speaker: Jeffrey Hecker is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training in UMaine’s Department of Psychology. Early in his career\, Dr. Hecker’s research focused on anxiety disorders with particular attention to low-cost\, accessible\, evidence-based treatment. Later\, he and his colleagues developed and tested an approach to risk assessment and treatment planning for corrections-involved youth. Dr. Hecker has extensive experience in higher education leadership having served as department chair\, college dean\, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost\, and Senior Advisor to the President. He returned to the faculty in fall 2020 and has been developing a program of research on the pathways to care for individuals with serious mental illness\, with the goal of improving care for people in rural Maine. Dr. Hecker is a licensed psychologist and has maintained a part-time practice in clinical and forensic psychology since 1987. Read more \nIn person event\, Buchanan Alumni House. \nThis lecture is supported by a gift from The Linda Schumann Civitello Fund at the University of Maine. The fund was established in 2022 by her brother\, Frank Schumann\, at the bequest of Linda’s parents\, Ingeborg Heide and Francis Schumann. The nearly $40\,000 fund will support Dr. Jeffrey Hecker’s research into improving access to evidence-based mental health services for people with serious mental health challenges in rural Maine and particularly Washington County. Linda suffered from multiple mental health conditions and\, though she herself lived in Philadelphia\, she became deeply attached to Maine through her parents’ lives in Downeast Maine. It is her family’s hope that this fund given in her memory improves the lives of those similarly affected. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/pathways-to-care-for-individuals-with-serious-mental-illness-in-rural-maine/
LOCATION:Buchanan Alumni House\, Two Alumni Place\, Orono\, Maine\, 04469-5792
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="UMaine Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221021T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20220901T171203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T161005Z
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SUMMARY:Childhood Brain Injury: Perspectives from Speech-Language Pathology on Serving Children with Mild to Severe Injuries
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessica Salley Riccardi\, PhD\, CCC-SLP Assistant Professor- Communication Sciences & Disorders \nAbout 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 childhood brain injury\, evidence-based practices are limited for rehabilitation and educational professionals. This seminar will address common long-term challenges associated with childhood brain injury within the scope of speech-language pathology\, such as speech\, language\, and cognitive-communication/executive function skills. Groups at high-risk for disparate negative consequences from childhood brain injury will be discussed\, including justice-involved youth and children experiencing family violence. Interdisciplinary assessment and treatment strategies will be discussed\, as well as opportunities for research. \nAbout the speaker: Jessica Salley Riccardi\, PhD CCC-SLP\, is an Assistant Professor and the director of the Brain injury\, Education\, and Rehabilitation (BEaR) Lab. Her research interests include long-term outcomes for children with brain injury\, particularly in the area of cognitive-communication and for high risk groups. As a speech-language pathologist\, her research aims to inform multidisciplinary practices and policies for individuals who experienced a brain injury during childhood. During her doctoral training\, Dr. Riccardi was an American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Century Doctoral Scholar. She is passionate about mentoring students to be exceptional clinicians and researchers. Read more \nVirtual event.  Registration is required\, please use this link to register
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/childhood-brain-injury-perspectives-from-speech-language-pathology-on-serving-children-with-mild-to-severe-injuries/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="UMaine Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221028T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221028T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20220909T134559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221018T122035Z
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SUMMARY:Vitamin D Supplementation: Where's the Evidence?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Clifford J. Rosen\, MD\, Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine\, Principal Investigator of the NNE-CTR. \nAbout 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\, and the evidence that supposedly backs that up. \nAbout the speaker:  Dr. Rosen oversees the Rosen Musculoskeletal Laboratory and the Physiology Core at the MaineHealth Institute for Research (formerly MMCRI) and is a board certified endocrinologist. He has more than twenty-five years of continuous NIH funding as a PI\, first at The Jackson Laboratory and subsequently at MMCRI. In the last ten years the Rosen laboratory has been studying mesenchymal stem cell fate with particular reference to the switch between pre-adipocytes and pre-osteoblasts\, and with a focus on the bioenergetic programs of those progenitors. Dr. Rosen is the multiple PI on a U19 from NIA in collaboration with M. Zaidi to study the effects of FSH on adipose tissue particularly during aging. This grant includes Mt. Sinai\, Maine\, UT Southwestern and UCSF. Dr. Rosen is also a multiple PI on an NIH funded clinical trial to study whether beta blockers can prevent bone loss in post-menopausal women. He is the Director of the Physiology Core of the P20 COBRE in Mesenchymal and Neural Regulation of Metabolic Networks (NIGMS) and his lab has studied osteoblast progenitor mitochondrial respiration as well being involved in pre-clinical studies of changes in the microbiome with age\, diet\, and location. In the former role\, Dr. Rosen is a multi-PI on an RO1 from NIAMS that examines how progenitor fate can be tied to expression of Zfp467 and its impact on the bioenergetic profile of adipocytes and osteoblasts. Importantly\, Dr. Rosen is the contact Principal Investigator of the Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research Network (NNE-CTR)\, a U54 program grant from NIGMS that promotes clinical translation and clinical trials interwoven with basic science investigations. Building on his work with the NNE-CTR\, Dr. Rosen is now serving as one of two Principal Investigators for a consortium of eleven CTR programs\, ISCORE\, in RECOVER. Dr. Rosen also chairs the Steering Committee of ISCORE\, and coordinates activities between the national consortium and the CTR network. \nDr. Rosen is the past president of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research and currently a council member of the National Advisory Committee on Aging (NIA). He previously served a four-year term on the NIAMS council and the Board of the Endocrine Society. Dr. Rosen is chair of the governance committee for the CTR N3C network that is collecting data on Covid from around the country. He has been an Associate Editor at New England Journal of Medicine for almost 7 years\, and a Senior Editor at eLife. Biology. Dr. Rosen has published 571 peer-reviewed publications in Journals such as Nature\, Nature Medicine\, Cell\, Cell Metabolism\, PNAS\, New England Journal\, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Lancet. In this proposal\, Dr. Rosen will work closely with Dr. Kathleen Becker in her R16 application\, particularly with a focus on skeletal biology and the role of the saphenous nerve in regulating bone turnover. Read more \nThis event is free\, but registration is required
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/vitamin-d-study/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="UMaine Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20220901T192052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221024T184513Z
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SUMMARY:The Prophages of Pathogenic Mycobacteria and Their Role in Intrinsic Drug Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sally D. Molloy\, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Genomics\, The University of Maine Honors College\, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences \nAbout 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 genes\, making drug treatment challenging. The Molloy lab recently demonstrated that integrated viral genomes\, or prophages\, increase mycobacterial antibiotic resistance and expression of conserved mycobacterial antibiotic resistance genes. Bacteria belonging to the M. chelonae-abscessus complex are typically lysogens\, meaning their genomes carry one or more prophages that have the potential to regulate intrinsic antibiotic resistance. The goal of the Molloy lab is to understand how prophages regulate mycobacterial antibiotic resistance and alter gene expression in mycobacteria. We are specifically investigating how phage lifecycles and phage-encoded toxin systems contribute to antibiotic resistance. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Molloy is an Associate Professor of Genomics in the department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences and in the Honors College. She grew up in Maine and received her BA in Biology and German at Colby College and her PhD in Microbiology at the University of Maine. Dr. Molloy has an integrated teaching and research program in which she guides undergraduate and graduate students in bacteriophage research. She is the director of the UMaine SEA-PHAGES program\, a year-long research course designed to give first-year students authentic research experiences in bacteriophage biology. Dr. Molloy’s research program focuses on interactions of prophages\, integrated viral genomes\, in pathogenic mycobacteria and how these viruses impact mycobacterial gene expression\, virulence and antibiotic resistance. Read more \nThis event is free\, but registration is required
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/title-tbd-3/
LOCATION:Orono High School Performing Arts Center\, Orono\, ME\, 04473\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="UMaine Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20221202T154600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221202T154600Z
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SUMMARY:Intermedia Programs Open Studios
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis event is free and no registration is required. \nLearn more here!
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/intermedia-programs-open-studios/
LOCATION:Bangor Room in the Memorial Union\, UMaine Memorial Union\, Orono\, ME
CATEGORIES:Education
ORGANIZER;CN="Intermedia Programs":MAILTO:um.intermedia@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230111T160427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T170856Z
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SUMMARY:Broccoli Sprout Bioactives and Gut Microbiota: A Dietary Approach for Prevention and Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Yanyan Li\, PhD \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maine. She received her PhD degree in Nutrition and Food Science from Ohio State University. She has been dedicating herself to studying the mechanisms of diet-derived bioactives in protecting against disease process and harnessing the gained knowledge to develop dietary approaches for disease prevention and management for more than a decade. Since 2016\, she has been focusing on the interactions between dietary components\, in particular glucosinolates from cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and broccoli sprouts\, and gut microbiota\, aiming to develop a combined approach for inflammatory bowel disease. Her current research projects are funded by NIH/NIDDK\, USDA/NIFA AFRI Foundational Program\, and nutrition research programs of private foundations. \nAdded by Dr. Sue Ishaq: For the past few years\, Yanyan and her colleagues have also included the Ishaq Lab\, and has led to a rewarding and productive collaboration which has resulted in several recent and forthcoming publications\, funding awards\, and students trained. \nRead more about the Microbe Series speakers. \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/broccoli-sprout-bioactives-and-gut-microbiota-a-dietary-approach-for-prevention-and-management-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230111T161038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T174044Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring Health Determinants\, Gut Microbiome\, and Health Outcomes in Immigrants”
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Dany Fanfan\, Ph.D.\, MSN\, RN \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Dany Fanfan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida (UF) College of Nursing. Before becoming a faculty\, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at Florida International University\, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Nursing at the University of South Florida\, and a post-doctoral fellowship at UF focused on mental health research with and for underrepresented populations (e.g.\, Latino/Haitian immigrant farmworkers\, rural Latino/LGBTQ+ adolescents) using a community-based participatory research approach and social network analysis. She teaches and engages in multidisciplinary mixed-methods research dedicated to advancing the science and practice of reducing mental health disparities among minoritized immigrants by exploring the underlying biobehavioral\, cultural\, and psychosocial mechanisms of distress symptoms. \nWith support from an NIH K23 career development award\, she is now incorporating microbial metagenomics and bioinformatics methods in her research by examining the associations between post-migration social determinants of health\, gut microbiome\, and psychological distress among recent Haitian immigrants. The long-term goal of her interdisciplinary translational program of research is to identify and address the conditions that create and sustain health disparities in minoritized populations as well as develop and test culturally responsive interventions that target social\, behavioral\, and biological determinants of health to improve long-term health outcomes\, reduce behavioral and mental health disparities\, and increase health equity. \nRead more about the Microbe Series speakers. \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/exploring-health-determinants-gut-microbiome-and-health-outcomes-in-immigrants/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230201T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230111T162635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T174125Z
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SUMMARY:Personalized nutrition and the human gut microbiome
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Sean Gibbons\, PhD \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Sean Gibbons is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Systems Biology\, a non-profit research consortium. His lab develops computational and experimental tools for exploring and manipulating host-microbe systems. \nAdded by Dr. Sue Ishaq: The work from Sean’s group and collaborators has been reshaping the way that host microbial researchers approach their work\, by revealing trends through large metanalyses and novel perspectives on using data. Their most recent work has evaluated host-microbial interactions\, metabolites\, and health. \nFor the last three years\, Sean’s lab has hosted the ISB Virtual Microbiome Series\, which is freely available and attracts several thousand participants. The series includes a two day workshop that teaches data analysis skills\, and a day-long symposium featuring discussions of current discoveries and conceptualizes the future of microbiome research. \nFinally\, Sean and his research group have been making science a more welcoming and inclusive place. \nRead more about the MSE series and speakers. \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/personalized-nutrition-and-the-human-gut-microbiome/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230131T154853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T154853Z
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SUMMARY:AI for Secure IoT Design
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by: Dr. Ali Abedi\, UMaine Associate Vice President for Research and AI Steering Committee Chair \nSpeaker: Prabuddha Chakraborty\, Assistant Professor\, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Advanced Structures & Composites Center\, University of Maine \nAbout the Speaker: Prabuddha Chakraborty’s research interest lies in the intersecting areas of Artificial Intelligence\, Internet-of-Things\, and system security. He received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. He has worked within the Security Software Team at Texas Instruments and the FPGA acceleration R&D team at Xilinx. His research effort has so far led to more than 20 peer-reviewed journal/conference articles and more than 10 US patents & copyrights (filed/granted). He is a recipient of the Certificate of Outstanding Merit (University of Florida in 2021)\, for his academic and research excellence. He has also received several awards/honors for his research contributions including the TTTC’s E. J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award 2022\, Best Hardware Demo Award (at IEEE HOST 2019) and the Top Picks in Hardware and Embedded Security award 2021 (by IEEE HSTTC). \nRegister Here
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/ai-for-secure-iot-design/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T110000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230131T160546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T160546Z
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SUMMARY:MHIR Pathways in STEMM
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Nadi Kaonga MD\, MHS\, MS\, resident in Ob/Gyn at Maine Medical Center \nAbout the Speaker: Nadi Nina Kaonga\, MD MHS MS\, is a resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Maine Medical Center. Prior to residency\, she had worked extensively in over a dozen locations throughout the world managing\, implementing and evaluating projects that have included the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS\, emergency medical response and digital health/health systems strengthening. She is a graduate of Columbia University\, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, the Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Tufts University School of Medicine. She aspires to more fully integrate her medical and public health training and continue efforts in advocacy\, research and innovation in health equity and health access. She is excited and honored to continue growing and learning with and from the community. \nRegister Here \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/mhir-pathways-in-stemm/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Education,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230119T161216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T161216Z
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SUMMARY:Panel discussion on Gut microbiome\, nutrition\, and food security
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Dr. Yanyan Li\, PhD; Dr. Dany Fanfan\, Ph.D.\, MSN\, RN; and Dr. Sean Gibbons\, PhD \nAbout the Seminar: This week\, we’ll be bringing all of our Theme 1 speakers back to engage in a panel discussion together on the gut microbiome. Panel will be hosted by Dr. Sue Ishaq. \nPlease note\, this session will only be featured live in real-time and will not be recorded. \nLink to page with more info on the speakers. \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/panel-discussion-on-gut-microbiome-nutrition-and-food-security/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230106T141312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T161520Z
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SUMMARY:Advanced Imaging of Muscle Fiber Type Development
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jared Talbot\, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of University of Maine’s School of Biology and Ecology \nDr. Talbot received his Bachelors in Science in Biology from Cornell University. He then began his work on developmental biology by studying skeleton formation with Dr. Charles Kimmel at the University of Oregon. After this\, he did a postdoc investigating muscle development with Sharon Amacher\, initially working at the University of California Berkeley\, then continuing the same work at The Ohio State University. He is now an assistant professor at the University of Maine in Orono. \nIn order to produce conscious movement\, our body contains hundreds of carefully positioned muscles\, that are each endowed with specific contractile properties. The Talbot lab investigates how muscle precursor cells are positioned during embryonic development and how these precursors transform from motile cells into functional muscle fibers. To investigate muscle precursor development Dr Talbot uses zebrafish embryos\, which have a comparatively simple musculature and can be imaged live at high resolution throughout their rapid embryonic development. Right now the Talbot lab is pursuing two projects: The first investigates how precursor cells migrate to the correct positions during development. The second project investigates how muscle cells generate contractile structures called sarcomeres. \nRead more \nThis event is free\, but registration is required
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/advanced-imaging-of-muscle-fiber-type-development/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="UMaine Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230201T202508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T202508Z
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SUMMARY:CUGR Talk: "In Love" with Art and Research
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Andy Mauery\, Associate Professor of Art and Susan Smith\, Graduate Coordinator of Intermedia Programs and Associate Professor of Research \nAbout the Seminar: Interested in how and where art and research meet? Join CUGR’s 1–hour talk to find out more about art and research! \nRegister Here
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/cugr-talk-in-love-with-art-and-research/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063553
CREATED:20230131T153941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T155014Z
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SUMMARY:“The maternal microbiota and offspring development: Towards a translational systems approach in maternal-child health.”
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Eldin Jašarević\, PhD. Magee-Womens Research Institute\, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine \nAbout the Speaker: Eldin (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics\, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Computational and Systems Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also Primary Investigator at Magee-Womens Research Institute. Eldin received a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Missouri and the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders studying the combined effects of maternal stress and diet on sex-specific brain development in mice. Eldin completed his postdoctoral training in\nthe laboratory of Dr. Tracy Bale at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Maryland School of Medicine. His postdoc work showed that lifetime experiences influence the composition and function of maternal microbiome\, and vertical transmission of these communities is causally linked to poor health outcomes in offspring. Current research interests include mining the human maternal microbiota for novel functions that contribute to offspring development\, and ultimately gaining a better understanding of the ways in which the prenatal environment shapes the postnatal response to the external microbial world. For this work\, Eldin has been selected as a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and is the recipient of a National Research Service Award from NIMH\, and a Research Scientist Development Award from NIDDK. \nLink to page with more info on the speakers. \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/the-maternal-microbiota-and-offspring-development-towards-a-translational-systems-approach-in-maternal-child-health/
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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SUMMARY:MHIR Pathways in STEMM
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Berri Jacque PhD\, Associate Professor of Medical Education and Director of the Center for Science Education at Tufts University School of Medicine \nAbout the Speaker: Berri is an Associate Professor of Medical Education and Director of the Center for Science Education (CSE) at Tufts University School of Medicine. After completing a PhD in immunology\, Dr. Jacque pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in educational design and evaluation with the goal of specializing in the study of programs and approaches to broaden participation in science and medicine. His work at the CSE is motivated by his personal experiences growing up with a learning disability and focuses on increasing access to high quality learning and mentoring opportunities for high school students to build diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in science and medicine. He has been a NIH/NSF-funded investigator since 2009. Berri’s current research focuses on learning processes associated with designing and disseminating biomedical and health-science curricula via partnership with K-12 educators\, to teach critical health-related concepts\, with the goal of broadening participation in science and increasing scientific and health literacy. His curricula are used in thousands classrooms around the country and have received national recognition by the National Science Teachers Association and his approach to teacher education has been recognized by the National Academy of Sciences. Berri teaches immunology in a number of programs at TUSM – PhD\, Medical\, Dental and Masters. \nRegister Here
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/mhir-pathways-in-stemm-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T110000
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SUMMARY:Intersecting breastmilk and microbiome science with the complexity of working with humans in a clinical context
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Merilee Brockway\, PhD RN IBCLC\, University of Calgary \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Merilee Brockway is a PhD prepared nurse and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with expertise in maternal-child health\, infant feeding\, and patient engagement. She completed my PhD in nursing at the University of Calgary\, examining maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy and infant feeding outcomes in moderate and late preterm infants. She also completed a three year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Manitoba in Dr. Meghan Azad’s THRIVE Discovery Lab\, exploring clinical applications of donor human milk for preterm infants. As an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary\, her program of research examines the use of human milk as a clinical intervention to mitigate early life perturbations to the infant microbiome.   \nLink to page with more info on the speakers. \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/personalized-nutrition-and-the-human-gut-microbiome-2/
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T130000
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SUMMARY:Do some over-the-counter antimicrobials do more harm than good? The unexpected cellular and mitochondrial toxicity of triclosan and cetylpyridinium chloride
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Julie Gosse\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Biochemistry\, University of Maine. \nAbout the speaker: Postdoctoral training (2005-2007) Dartmouth Medical School.  Ph.D. (2005) Cornell University \nDr. Gosses’s research interests include biochemical\, molecular\, biophysical\, and cellular toxicology and effects of toxicants on signal transduction pathways and mitochondria. \nAbout the seminar: A wide swath of humanity is exposed to high concentrations of over-the counter (OTC) antimicrobials via numerous workplace\, personal care product\, and agricultural applications.  Some of these drugs have been in use for decades\, even for a century\, and were “grandfathered in” for continual use approval rather than ever being subject to scientific study of their toxicological effects on eukaryotes (including humans).  Two of these chemicals include triclosan (TCS) and cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC).  The benefits of any widespread\, high dose chemical must be weighed with potential risks by gathering toxicology data.  CPC may have additional beneficial effects beyond its known antibacterial properties\, including anti-influenza and anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities.  However\, we have discovered adverse effects of both TCS and CPC\, at low doses\, on mammalian immune cell signaling and mitochondrial function.  Ironically\, these antibacterial agents\, employed to fight microbial disease\, may inhibit immune function.  We have determined the effective dose ranges and underlying molecular mechanisms\, which aid in prediction of toxic effects in other systems or with similarly-structured chemicals.  Along with other researchers’ data and a raft of epidemiological findings\, this research led to the recent banning or removal from TCS from most consumer products.  CPC is far less-studied than TCS and remains in numerous OTC products.  We employ molecular\, biochemical\, and biophysical tools\, including super-resolution fluorescence microscopy\, to unravel the mechanisms by which these chemicals modulate immune cell and mitochondrial function.  Our work provides insights into impacts on public health\, and will point to either pharmacological uses for or toxic impacts of this ubiquitous chemicals. \nThis event is free\, but registration is required
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/do-some-over-the-counter-antimicrobials-do-more-harm-than-good-the-unexpected-cellular-and-mitochondrial-toxicity-of-triclosan-and-cetylpyridinium-chloride/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="UMaine Institute of Medicine":MAILTO:umainemed@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T110000
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SUMMARY:The vaginal microbiome: key for women’s health & healthy newborns
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Sarah Lebeer\, PhD. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Sarah Lebeer is a research professor at the Department of Bioscience Engineering of the University of Antwerp\, Belgium. She has studied bioscience engineering\, with a specialisation in cell and gene biotechnology and food & health and obtained her Master’s degree at KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2004. In 2008\, she obtained a PhD degree in Bioscience Engineering with a topic on probiotics and inflammatory bowel diseases (KU Leuven). After a postdoc on the interaction between lactobacilli\, viruses and mucosal immunology\, Sarah was offered a tenure track position in applied microbiology and biotechnology at the Department of Bioscience Engineering of the University of Antwerp in Nov 2011. In 2020\, Sarah obtained an ERC StG Grant (Lacto-Be) that enables her to gain in-depth knowledge of the evolutionary history and ecology of lactobacilli. Within this ERC project\, Sarah has launched the Isala citizen-science project to gain new insights in the ecology and role of vaginal lactobacilli for women’s health\, but also to actively involve women to contribute with ideas on how to improve vaginal health and break some taboos together (https://isala.be/en). This project has won the communication award from the Young Academy and Royal Academy of Science KVAB in 2021. \nLink to page with more info on the speakers. \nRegister for this session
URL:https://umaine.edu/medicine/event/mse-2023-speaker-6-title-tbd/
CATEGORIES:Microbes and Social Equity speaker series
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