The Bangor Daily News reported that Caitlin Howell, associate professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, was awarded $350,000 in support from the organization Open Philanthropy for her research on designing catheters that are less likely to cause infections. The funding will support the next steps of Howell’s research, which is […]
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Caitlin Howell, associate professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, researches how to design catheters that are less likely to cause infections. News of her research caught the eye of a philanthropic organization, and now, her research has the backing it needs to potentially enter the medical market. Howell leads a […]
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The University of Maine Institute of Medicine will host a webinar, “Building Community — University Partnerships for Health Equity in Downeast Maine,” from noon–1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16. The talk explores the lessons learned and emerging findings from the Downeast Health Research Collaborative (DHRC), a informal network of students, faculty and community organizations based […]
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The University of Maine Institute of Medicine will host its First Annual Distinguished Science Lecture at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Buchanan Alumni House. UMaine alumnus D. Allan Butterfield, associate vice president for research for centers and institutes and for research priority areas at the University of Kentucky, will deliver the lecture and discuss […]
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Michael Delorge may only be in his third year at the University of Maine, but he is already making waves in the world of public health. Delorge will present research about substance use disorder recovery in Maine that he conducted with his peers through a UMaine political science class at the Maine Public Health Association’s […]
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Investigating how a common antibacterial ingredient in many foods, personal care, and cleaning products inhibits immune cell function that is harmful to human health is the focus of a National Institutes of Health-funded study at the University of Maine. In a recent study co-authored by toxicologist Julie Gosse, a UMaine associate professor of biochemistry, her […]
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Face masks have been an indelible part of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining how, where and of what face masks were made can provide insight to how the personal protective equipment impacted — or was impacted by — the society around it. A study published by new faculty Matthew and Natalia Magnani in the Department of […]
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The University of Maine has joined a consortium of seven universities in the region to form the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC). The project received a $10 million five-year award starting in July from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $694,363 of which was awarded to the University of […]
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If passed by the full Congress and signed by the President, the FY23 federal budget will provide $53.3 million to the System in one-time funding to advance key university workforce development and innovation projects, many of them led by the R1 University of Maine, to address state needs Orono, Maine — Leaders across the University […]
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The Microbes and Social Equity working group, an international coalition of researchers founded and led by University of Maine assistant professor of animal and veterinary sciences Sue Ishaq, and the UMaine Institute of Medicine are hosting the virtual 2022 Microbes and Social Equity summer symposium July 18–22. The multi-day event will focus on developing research […]
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