The University of Maine Institute of Medicine has announced its first spring seminar series, with Zoom events scheduled 3–4 p.m. every Friday from Feb. 12–March 5. All events are free, but registration is required. The series kicks off Feb. 12 with “The Social and Ethical Implications of Precision Medicine,” presented by sociologist Katherine Weatherford Darling, […]
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University of Maine students in nursing spoke with Maine news organizations about helping vaccinate residents for COVID-19. The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5), WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), all reported on the more than 250 nursing students from several University of Maine System institutions assisting […]
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News Center Maine talked with Lenard Kaye, a University of Maine professor of social work and director of the Center on Aging, about a recent grant award to UMaine and the assisted living center The Cedars in South Portland. The $400,000 grant will be used to develop and pilot a person-centered care designation of excellence […]
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Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and Melissa Maginnis, an associate professor of microbiology, will lead two online forums during the 2021 Maine Science Festival. The festival will offer six one-hour sessions via Zoom, one in January, one in February and one in March. Each session will […]
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WABI (Channel 5) mentioned the University of Maine Center on Aging in a story intended to raise awareness of local hospice care services and resources.
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Kelley Strout, associate professor and director of the University of Maine School of Nursing, talked with WABI (Channel 5) about UMaine students administering COVID-19 vaccines. “We’re planning to deploy 108 senior nursing students who have already gone through our laboratory courses and had laboratory training on IM injection,” Strout said, noting that many of the […]
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Insight Into Diversity interviewed Kelley Strout, University of Maine associate professor and director of the School of Nursing, about supporting students during the pandemic, and how COVID-19 has prompted changes in UMaine’s nursing programs.
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ScienceDaily and News Medical advanced a media release about a Jackson Laboratory- and University of Maine-led research team discovering a connection between the gene Dlgap2 and Alzheimer’s dementia. Catherine Kaczorowski, associate professor and Evnin family chair in Alzheimer’s research at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), and adjunct professor with the UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Science […]
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Medical Xpress picked up a University of Maine new release highlighting a study by UMaine and University of South Australia researchers that found that adhering to a Mediterranean diet can lower blood pressure for older adults in the U.S. and reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Among those involved in the research: Fayeza Ahmed, assistant […]
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Maine Public reported that the University of Maine is exploring dry ice production and increasing cold storage capacity to support coronavirus vaccine distribution. A UMaine spokesperson indicated that the University will report their findings to the Maine CDC by the end of this week.
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