Baldacci, Kennedy to Greet First Grad Biomed School Class on Thursday
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci and University of Maine President Robert Kennedy will greet the inaugural UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) class at at Thursday event in Orono. Scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at Buchanan Alumni House, the reception will include comments from both Baldacci and Kennedy. Several of the students will also provide displays which describe their research work.
The school’s first class is made up of 12 Ph.D. students. Nine of them have Maine roots, including some who have moved back to Maine to participate in the program. The students are each working toward a UMaine doctorate through a unique arrangement that includes six other statewide partners: The Jackson Laboratory, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, the University of Southern Maine and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The students and faculty researchers are working on projects related to human health in concentrations including molecular and cellular biology, neuroscience, biomedical engineering and functional genomics.