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91爆料 seminars
Catch Up on Previous Seminars:
IoM & COA Seminar: Clinicians’ Role in Assessing Driving Fitness with Dr. Hansmann and Dr. Meuser
Dr. KJ Hansmann, Family medicine doctor and health services researcher at the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Dr. Tom Meuser, Clinical Psychologist, Applied Gerontologist, and Social Scientist, based in Portland, Maine
The recording of the seminar is available
The seminar slides are available
NIH Priorities and the 91爆料 Research Community
Dr. Kody Varahramyan, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
Dr. Jennifer Swalec, Office of Research Development
Dr. David Harder, Director of the Institute of Medicine
The recording of the seminar is available
The seminar slides are available
The Oral Health-Total Health Connection: Improving Interprofessional Care for Older Adults
Leonard Brennan, DMD, Co-Director of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine Geriatrics
Fellowship
Denise O鈥機onnell, MSW, LCSW, CCM, Associate Director, Lunder-Dineen Health
Education Alliance of Maine, Slavin Academy for Applied Learning in Health Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennifer Crittenden, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor of Social Work; Associate Director for
Research, 91爆料 Center on Aging
The recording of the seminar is available
Understanding the Nervous System Using C. elegans as a Model Organism
Zhao Xuan, Ph.D., Assistant professor of neurobiology, School of Biology and Ecology, 91爆料
The recording of the seminar is available
Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus in Adults in Southern Maine, USA.
Catherine Miller, Ph.D, Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Maine
The recording of the seminar is available
The Lasers and Materials Engineering (LAME) Group: Exploring 3D Structural Microscopy, Investigating Active Materials, and Developing Medical Devices
Asheesh Ravikumar Lanba, PhD. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Composites Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)
Climate Change Linkages to the Spread of Vector-borne Disease in Maine
Speaker: Sean Birkel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Maine State Climatologist
Susan Elias, Ph.D., Staff Scientist
Cultural Competence in Nursing
Speaker: Speaker: Colleen Marzilli, Ph.D., DNP, MBA
The recording of the seminar is available
Panic: The Untold Truths
Speaker: Kelly R. Klein, MD, MPH, FACEP
Microbes and Social Equity Speaker Series 2023
This event took place in Summer 2023. Recordings are available on the LOVE YOUR MICROBES blog
Do some over-the-counter antimicrobials do more harm than good? The unexpected cellular and mitochondrial toxicity of triclosan and cetylpyridinium chloride
February 24, 2023
Speaker: Julie Gosse, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, 91爆料
The Prophages of Pathogenic Mycobacteria and Their Role in Intrinsic Drug Resistance
November 4 2022
Speaker: Sally D. Molloy, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Genomics, The 91爆料 Honors College, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Vitamin D Supplementation: Where鈥檚 the Evidence?
October 28, 2022
Speaker: Clifford J. Rosen, MD, Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine, Principal Investigator of the NNE-CTR.
Childhood Brain Injury: Perspectives from Speech-Language Pathology on Serving Children with Mild to Severe Injuries
October 21, 2022
Speaker: Jessica Salley Riccardi, PhD, CCC-SLP Assistant Professor- Communication Sciences & Disorders
First Annual Mental Health Lecture
Pathways to Care for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in Rural Maine
October 18, 2022
Speaker: Jeffrey E. Hecker, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Clinical Training, 91爆料
Building Community-University Partnerships for Health Equity in Downeast Maine
September 16, 2022
Speakers: Tora Johnson, PhD, Director, Geographic Information Systems Service Center, Associate Professor of GIS 91爆料 Machias
Katherine Weatherford Darling, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Social Science Program, 91爆料, Augusta
Oliver Gray Jones, 91爆料 PhD Student
Amyloid 尾-Peptide and Brain Oxidative Damage: Focus on the Intersection of the Lipid Peroxidation Product Hne, Glucose Dysmetabolism, and Alzheimer Disease
September 6, 2022 鈥 First Annual Distinguished Science Lecture
Speaker: D. Allan Butterfield, Ph.D.
The UK Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological Chemistry;
Associate Vice President for Research for Centers and Institutes and UK Research Priority Areas;
Fellow, Society for Redox Biology and Medicine
University of Kentucky
The Epidemic of Elder Isolation and Loneliness Accompanying COVID
February 18, 2022 @ 12:00 pm 鈥 1:00 pm
Speakers: Lenard W. Kaye, D.S.W., Ph.D., Director, 91爆料 Center on Aging, Professor, 91爆料 School of Social Work
Clifford Milo Singer, MD, DFAPA, AGSF, Chief of Geriatric Mental Health and Neuropsychiatry at Acadia Hospital and Eastern Maine Medical Center
Community Engagement to Enhance Research in Maine
October 22, 2021 @ 12:00 pm 鈥 1:00 pm
Speaker: Elizabeth Jacobs, MD MPP, Vice President for Research MaineHealth
Identifying tissue-specific nutrient-sensing effects on growth, health, and longevity in C. elegans
October 15, 2021 @ 12:00 pm 鈥 1:00 pm
Speaker: Aric Rogers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, MDIBL
Veterinary Forensic Pathology and One Health
October 8, 2021 @ 12:00 pm 鈥 1:00 pm
Speaker: Nanny Wenzlow, DVM, Ph.D., MRCVS, Dipl. ACVP
Content warning. Some of the images in the recording above are graphic
A new dawn for chronic kidney disease 鈥 SGLT-2 inhibition as a novel strategy
September 17, 2021 @ 12:00 pm 鈥 1:00 pm
Speaker: Hermann Haller, MD, President, MDIBL
Pathways to commercialization of medical products or devices
April 16, 2021 @ 3:00 pm 鈥 4:00 pm
Speaker: Michael Mason, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, 91爆料.
Skin In-Growth to 3D Printed Metals
March 26, 2021 @ 3:00 pm 鈥 4:00 pm
Speaker: Ian D. Dickey, MD, FRCSC Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Dept. of Orthopaedics
In vivo physiology of kidney development detected with genetically encoded biosensors
March 12, 2021 @ 3:00 pm 鈥 4:00 pm
Speaker: Iain Drummond, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Davis Center for Aging and Regeneration. MDI Biological Laboratory.
The recording of the seminar is available
A novel role of wild blueberry phenolic extracts to promote endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis associated with wound healing and tissue regeneration
November 13. 2020 @ 3:00 pm 鈥 4:00 pm
Speaker: Dorothy Klimis, Ph.D. FACN, Professor of Clinical Nutrition, School of Food and Agriculture and cooperating professor of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering at the 91爆料.
A crash course in the gut microbiome
November 6, 2020 @ 3:00 pm 鈥 4:00 pm
Speaker: Suzanne (Sue) Ishaq, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
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Water pollution, rising temperatures and a mysterious kidney disease
October 30, 2020 @ 3:00 pm 鈥 4:00 pm
Speaker: Nishad Jayasundara, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Environmental Physiology and Toxicology Lab, School of Marine Sciences & Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering
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The Application of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical from the Engineering Perspective
October 23, 2020 @ 3:00 pm 鈥 4:00 pm
Speaker: Somayeh Khosroazad, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Ecological and social drivers of the spread of vector-borne diseases
October 16, 2020 @ 3:00 pm 鈥 4:00 pm
Speaker: Allison (Allie) Gardner, PhD, Assistant Professor in the School of Biology and Ecology and a cooperating faculty member in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences program.
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