Institute of Medicine highlights October webinars

The University of Maine Institute of Medicine fall seminar series continues 3–4 p.m. Oct. 23 with a virtual presentation by Somayeh Khosroazad, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine.  

In this presentation, The Application of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Research from the Engineering Perspective, Khosroazad will provide an overview of an artificial intelligence-based processing algorithm that demonstrates how developments at the intersection of engineering, artificial intelligence (AI) and psychological science can advance medicine and enhance quality of life for patients diagnosed with sleep disorders.

The sixth webinar in the virtual series, Water Pollution, Rising Temperatures and a Mysterious Kidney Disease, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Oct. 30. The seminar series will continue Friday afternoons through Nov. 13. More information about the series, including topics, presenter bios and registration links, is online