{"id":50500,"date":"2025-11-25T09:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/?page_id=50500"},"modified":"2025-12-19T08:32:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:32:34","slug":"usm-partnership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/usm-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"USM Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id50500_138837-4d{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id50500_138837-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id50500_138837-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id50500_138837-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:30px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id50500_138837-4d{background-image:linear-gradient(60deg,rgb(8,46,88) 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67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/2025\/11\/25\/iom-and-usm-partnership-publications-by-amir-kordijazi\/\">IoM and USM Partnership: Publications by Amir Kordijazi<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-date\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-date-pretext\">Posted on <\/span><time datetime=\"2025-11-25T09:55:28-05:00\" class=\"kt-blocks-post-date\">November 25, 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-meta-divider kt-blocks-meta-no-divider\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-author\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-category-pretext\">Posted in <\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/category\/research\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">The Institute of Medicine is pleased to highlight recent accomplishments by Amir Kordijazi, an IoM Fellow whose work bridges engineering, data science, and sustainable materials research. Amir is part of the 91爆料\u2013USM Partnership for Accelerating Biomedical Research, an initiative designed to strengthen research collaboration across campuses. More about this program can be found here:91爆料\u2013USM Partnership [&hellip;]<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/2025\/11\/25\/iom-and-usm-partnership-publications-by-amir-kordijazi\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> IoM and USM Partnership: Publications by Amir Kordijazi<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-50550 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-research category-uncategorized\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-none kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/2025\/11\/25\/umaine-usm-partnership-advances-innovative-biomedical-research\/\">91爆料\u2013USM Partnership Advances Innovative Biomedical Research<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-date\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-date-pretext\">Posted on <\/span><time datetime=\"2025-11-25T11:13:58-05:00\" class=\"kt-blocks-post-date\">November 25, 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-meta-divider kt-blocks-meta-no-divider\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-author\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-category-pretext\">Posted in <\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/category\/research\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">The 91爆料 and the University of Southern Maine have launched a new pilot research partnership through the Institute of Medicine to strengthen biomedical and health-related research capacity across both campuses. Through this program, USM faculty members are selected as research fellows and paired with 91爆料 teams to collaborate on innovative, high-impact projects. Current [&hellip;]<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/2025\/11\/25\/umaine-usm-partnership-advances-innovative-biomedical-research\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> 91爆料\u2013USM Partnership Advances Innovative Biomedical Research<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-block-kadence-postgrid -->\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id50500_cef3fd-29 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id50500_cef3fd-29 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id50500_cef3fd-29 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1400px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:3px;padding-right:75px;padding-bottom:75px;padding-left:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(50% - ((60px * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(50% - ((60px * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id50500_cef3fd-29 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id50500_cef3fd-29 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:55px;padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id50500_cef3fd-29 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id50500_cef3fd-29 alignfull has-white-background-color kt-row-has-bg um-UMBHFeatureAccent wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-row kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column50500_cae3b2-29\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">91爆料, USM partnership update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Three USM faculty members received&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mainecenteronaging.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db2963d6fef21b9800687ec71&amp;id=d754707c01&amp;e=800ad53579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grants from the&nbsp;Institute of Medicine<\/a>&nbsp;in 2024 to&nbsp;conduct research through partnerships with 91爆料 researchers. The initiative proved to be very successful, with all three faculty reporting new publications, collaborations and connections.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Amir Kordijazi&nbsp;<\/strong>says, &#8220;I\u2019m happy to share that the first paper from my&nbsp;IoM&nbsp;fellowship, in collaboration with Caitlin Howell&#8217;s group, has been published, followed by a second collaborative paper.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mainecenteronaging.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db2963d6fef21b9800687ec71&amp;id=0487b42680&amp;e=800ad53579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Single\u2011step coating of cellulose nanofibrils on paper for sustainable food packaging<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mainecenteronaging.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db2963d6fef21b9800687ec71&amp;id=b18b127b20&amp;e=800ad53579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Non\u2010Destructive Quantification of Mycelial Biocomposite Growth Over Time<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catherine Miller<\/strong>&nbsp;reports that the partnership allowed her to connect directly with and gain the expertise of members of the Tick Lab,&nbsp;(Dr. Thomas Rounsville and Griffin Dill), access&nbsp;state-of-the-art labs and lab equipment, and&nbsp;receive career mentoring from Allie Gardner in 91爆料\u2019s Department of Biology and Ecology. The next step will be&nbsp;pursuing an NIH R15 award within the next year or two, possibly with Dr. Rounsville serving as co-PI.<br><br><strong>Ashish Lanba&nbsp;<\/strong>collaborated with the&nbsp;Advanced Structural Composites Center (ASCC) who used the&nbsp;laser ablation tomography (LATscan) technology from his laboratory.&nbsp; Another project with the&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Maine-FOREST Cellulosic Nanofiber (CNF) Team&nbsp;<\/strong>resulted in an&nbsp;award&nbsp;on June 26, 2024,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mainecenteronaging.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db2963d6fef21b9800687ec71&amp;id=8ee1d6a62c&amp;e=800ad53579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collaborative Research: E-RISE RII: Enhancing Maine Forest Economy, Sustainability, and Technology Ecosystem To Accelerate Innovation<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Ashish Lanba was also grateful for ORD\u2019s help and guidance for&nbsp;his submission of an NSF CAREER grant proposal.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column50500_06dcf7-ff\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Southern Maine Partnership 91爆料, USM partnership update Three USM faculty members received&nbsp;grants from the&nbsp;Institute of Medicine&nbsp;in 2024 to&nbsp;conduct research through partnerships with 91爆料 researchers. 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