Speakers: Dr. Yanyan Li, Ph.D.; Dr. Dany Fanfan, Ph.D., MSN, RN; and Dr. Sean Gibbons, Ph.D. About the Seminar: This week, we’ll be bringing all of our Theme 1 speakers back to engage […]
Speaker: Jared Talbot, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of University of Maine’s School of Biology and Ecology Talbot received his Bachelors in Science in Biology from Cornell University. He then began his work on […]
Speaker: Dr. Eldin Jašarević, Ph.D. Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine About the Speaker: Jašarević (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Computational and Systems Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also Primary Investigator at Magee-Womens Research Institute. Jašarević […]
Speaker: Dr. Merilee Brockway, Ph.D. RN IBCLC, University of Calgary About the Speaker: Brockway is a Ph.D prepared nurse and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with expertise in maternal-child health, infant feeding and patient engagement. She completed her Ph.D. in nursing at the University of Calgary, examining maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy and infant feeding outcomes in moderate […]
Speaker: Julie Gosse, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Maine. About the speaker: Postdoctoral training (2005–2007) Dartmouth Medical School. Ph.D. (2005) Cornell University Gosse’s research interests include biochemical, molecular, biophysical and cellular toxicology and effects of toxicants on signal transduction pathways and mitochondria. About the seminar: A wide swath of humanity is exposed to high concentrations of […]
Speaker: Nimesha Ranasinghe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, University of Maine Location: Zoom Ranasinghe is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science and is affiliated with the Spatial Data Science Institute which is the successor to the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) at UMaine. He […]
The University of Maine System Injury Prevention and Substance Use Disorder Research Collaboratives invite you to the first of three webinars in our Spring Webinar Series. The first webinar will take place on April 13 at 11 on the topic of Rural Health and Access to Care, with a focus on Substance Use Disorders. To attend, register here: For […]
Zebrafish play a crucial role in modeling human disease, from childhood developmental diseases and muscular dystrophy to immune responses against bacteria, fungi and viruses. Five biomedical research laboratories at UMaine, and many throughout the state, lean heavily on this transparent fish to catalyze discoveries pointing the ways to new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat […]
Second Annual Distinguished Science Lecture Speaker: Clifford J Rosen MD. UMaine class of ’71 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine Senior Scientist- MaineHealth Institute for Research Associate Editor- New England Journal of Medicine About the speaker: Dr. Rosen is an endocrinologist and bone biologist. He is the former president of the […]
Speaker: Vivek Kumar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, The Jackson Laboratory About the speaker: Dr. Kumar carried out undergraduate research at The University of Chicago with Dr. Bob Haselkorn. He received his PhD at UCSD working with Dr. Michael G. Rosenfeld and structurally and biochemically characterized transcriptional co-repressors. During his postdoctoral work, Dr. Kumar trained with Dr. […]
