Grants Academy FY20 Participants
Supporting early career faculty and researchers with grant proposal development, creating networks, and expanding collaboration possibilities across UMS.
Katherine Darling, UMA Assistant Professor of Sociology; research interests include health equity, understanding the social, legal and ethical implications of precision oncology and genomic tumor testing, strengthening Maine’s Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce, addressing structural barriers to health among workers in Maine’s shellfish and lobster industries, and improving peer support and educational pathways for people and communities impacted by Maine’s carceral systems
Sue Ishaq, UMaine Assistant Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; research interests include host-associated microbiomes and understanding lifestyle circumstances which select for communities, how we can recover a stable microbial community in humans and animals which have already gotten to the point of chronic microbial community dysfunction and disease, development of prevention and intervention therapies which can return a perturbed microbiome back into balance
Bashir Khoda, UMaine Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; research interests include digital manufacturing, CAD/CAM/CAE, additive manufacturing/3D printing, bio-manufacturing
Nimesha Ranasinghe, UMaine Assistant Professor of Spatial Computing; research interests include multisensory interactive media, augmented reality, human-computer interaction
Kathryn Robinson, UMaine Assistant Professor of Nursing; research interests include cancer genomics and disparities, biological and social aspects of hereditary cancers, promotion of self-management behaviors in families with hereditary cancer risk, use of sensor technology in vulnerable populations
Deborah Saber–UMaine Associate Professor Nursing; research interests include PPE, environmental and financial costs, microbial movement in the healthcare environment, sustainable solutions for PPE creation, food waste
Donelle Schwalm – UMF Assistant Professor Environmental Biology; research interests include wildlife biology and ecology, endangered species conservation, conservation genetics, wildlife responses to climate change, student engagement in STEM
Yongjiang Zhang, UMaine Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology; research interests include plant response to climate change and environmental stresses, wild blueberries and trees in Maine, UAV sensors, plant stress physiology, plant hydraulics, ecosystem water and carbon balance, sustainability science