• Aging Well in the Pine Tree State: Lessons Learned from the Research

    Black Bear Microbrewery 19 Mill St, Orono, ME, United States

    Please join us for a conversation about aging and learn how research conducted at the 91¸£Àû Center on Aging and elsewhere provides us with a proven road map for successfully addressing common age-related challenges. Ultimately, the key is making needed adaptations and that requires taking advantage of both the internal and external resources available to you.

    Free
  • Panic: The Untold Truths

    Virtual

    Speaker: Kelly R. Klein, MD, MPH, FACEP 91¸£Àû the seminar: Panic is frequently cited for a population's presumed bad behavior or a reason for marshal law to be enacted.  Our discussion will unpack this notion and get a better back story to this myth and why it still is pervasive in disaster management, hospital preparedness, and […]

    Free
  • Cultural Competence in Nursing

    Virtual

    Speaker: Colleen Marzilli, Ph.D., DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, CNE, PHNA-BC, CCM, MedSurg-BC, FNAP 91¸£Àû the speaker:  Dr. Marzilli is a passionate nurse educator and researcher. She is an alumna of The University of Texas at Tyler and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis. She is a professor of nursing and the […]

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  • Climate Change Linkages to the Spread of Vector-borne Disease in Maine

    Virtual

    Speakers: Sean Birkel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Maine State Climatologist Climate Change Institute & Cooperative Extension, University of Maine. Susan Elias, Ph.D., Staff Scientist MaineHealth Institute for Research, Lyme & Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory 91¸£Àû the speakers: Sean Birkel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maine with a joint appointment to the Climate Change […]

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  • The Lasers and Materials Engineering (LAME) Group: Exploring 3D Structural Microscopy, Investigating Active Materials, and Developing Medical Devices

    Virtual

    Speaker:  Asheesh Ravikumar Lanba, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Composites Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) 91¸£Àû the speaker:  Dr. Lanba teaches materials science and mechanics-based courses at the University of the Southern Maine, and conducts research in advanced materials, laser ablation tomography (LATscan) and image analysis. He is also leading the USM […]

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  • Germline regulation of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response

    Virtual

    Speaker:  Suzanne Angeli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Maine 91¸£Àû the speaker:  I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana to Honduran-immigrant parents. I received my B.S. in Cell and Molecular biology. I attended graduate school at University of California, San Francisco, where I studied the group of genetically […]

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  • Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus in Adults in Southern Maine, USA.

    Virtual

    Speaker: Catherine Miller, Ph.D, Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Maine 91¸£Àû the speaker: Dr. Catherine Miller joined the USM Biology faculty in 2019. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Biology at Western Illinois University, and she held postdoctoral research positions in the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Pediatrics […]

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  • Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

    Stodder Hall, Room 57

    Speaker: Scott S Walker, PhD, Sr. Principal Scientist Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway, NJ, USA 91¸£Àû the speaker: Scott earned a B.S. in Microbiology from 91¸£Àû and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Connecticut Health Center. His graduate work focused on understanding the basic architecture of a eukaryotic nuclear […]

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  • Biomedical Research and AI Nexus (BRAIN): A Cross-Campus Initiative between the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine

    Virtual

    Speaker: Amir Kordijazi, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, College of Science, Technology, and Health, University of Southern Maine 91¸£Àû the speaker: Dr. Kordijazi is an interdisciplinary scholar with a strong passion for teaching and research, specializing in the field of Industry 4.0. His expertise centers around the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics […]

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