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Keith Egan receives Bates College Harriet M. and Fred E. Pomeroy Fund Scholarship
Keith Egan, MS II, has been awarded one of the five Bates College Harriet M. and Fred E. Pomeroy Fund Scholarships. Keith will receive a grant of $5,000 to help support his graduate/professional training in Health Sciences.
Scholars are nominated from the applications received by the Medical Studies Committee and are selected by a vote of the faculty of Biology. In order to be eligible for a Pomeroy scholarship, alumni must have completed significant coursework in Biology (at least 5 courses) while at Bates and successfully completed at least one semester of their graduate or professional study before applying.
Posted on: 5/17/2012
Keith Egan selected as American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Osteopathic Health Policy Fellow
Keith Egan, MS II, has been selected as an American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Osteopathic Health Policy (OPHI) Fellow. The OHPI Program enables up to three osteopathic medical students to spend two consecutive months in the government relations department at the AACOM headquarters in order to develop an understanding and operational knowledge of how federal healthcare policy is developed and how to have an effective impact on public policy formulation.
In addition to spending two months in D.C., Keith's responsibilities will include meeting with federal agency policymakers, including, but not limited to, officials at the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Education;
attending hearings on Capitol Hill pertaining to health policy and attending meetings of groups such as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Council on Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association Bureau on Federal Health Programs, as well as conferences and colloquia, as appropriate; developing a thorough understanding of an area of particular health policy interest, as well as health policy in general; and completing a health policy paper.
Keith is the first UNECOM student to be awarded this prestigious fellowship.
Posted on: 5/17/2012
Miss Maine Julia Furtado honored in Alabama
Miss Maine 2011, Julia Furtado '13 (Applied Exercise Science) traveled to Birmingham, Alabama the last weekend in April where she and other Duke of Edinburgh Award winners were honored during several planned events.
After her arrival on Friday, April 27, the guests were treated to a Southern Barbeque. On Saturday, April 28, 2012, Julia met HRH The Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and youngest son of Queen Elizabeth, during a Southern Garden Party and tea. Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, and Miss America 2012, Laura Kaeppeler, also participated in the festivities.
On Saturday, Julia was not only a guest but also a special performer at the black tie gala, singing an operatic piece “O Mio Babbino Caro” by Giacomo Puccini. She had the opportunity to speak to the many sponsors of the event and HRH The Prince Edward during the six-course meal. Of course, the Prince and Julia talked much about soccer since Julia traveled to Europe as part of a semi-professional soccer team!
Prince Edward is the most active member of the royal family for the Duke of Edinburgh Award, which is named for his father. At the Miss America Pageant in January, Julia received a Duke of Edinburgh Award, which demonstrates activities in four areas: community service, special skills (talent), physical fitness, and adventurous journey (environment and teamwork).
The Duke of Edinburgh Award is a self-development program available to all young people worldwide equipping them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their communities, and the world. To date, over seven million people from over 132 countries have been motivated to undertake a variety of voluntary and challenging activities.
For more information about the Miss Maine Scholarship Program, visit www.missmaine.org.
For more information about the Duke of Edinburgh Award, visit www.usaward.org.
Posted on: 5/01/2012
Casey Toombs presents honors research at Experimental Biology conference
Medical Biology Major Casey Toombs ‘12 presented her honors research at the Experimental Biology meeting, a national conference, which was held in San Diego, CA. Casey’s poster was titled “Differential anoxia and hypoxia tolerance in two color morphs of the green crab, Carcinus maenas.” Her conference attendance was funded by an award from the American Physiological Society, which also funded her research last summer in the laboratory of Markus Frederich, Ph.D. associate professor in Marine Sciences. Casey’s Honors research project was on elucidating physiological differences between red and green color morphs in an invasive crab species. Her findings question a broader set of earlier studies, and she will submit her work for publication in the next few weeks.
Posted on: 4/30/2012
Apryle Seeley receives American Cancer Society Betty Lea Stone Research Fellowship
Apryle Seeley, MSI, has been awarded the American Cancer Society Betty Lea Stone Research Fellowship. This is the first time a UNECOM student has applied for this fellowship, which is specifically for first year medical students in New England. Seeley will receive a $5,000 stipend to conduct laboratory research on prostate cancer for 10 weeks with accomplished investigators such as Massimo Loda, M.D., at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she will present her research at the end of the summer fellowship (on August 7th).
Posted on: 4/27/2012
Courtney Gill and Christina Perazio publish article in Animal Behavior journal
The study of communication networks has been an important area of animal behavior research in the past decade, and this research group has made key contributions to this research. The paper is the first to examine how prior experience affects communication outside of the classic signaler-receiver scenario.
The publication of this article marks the second publication for Courtney, who is currently working at the Aquarium of Niagara Falls, and the first for Christina, who is completely her first year of a Ph.D. program in Experimental Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Posted on: 4/25/2012
Art work by eight UNE students on display at Engine in Biddeford
The art work of eight UNE students from the Advanced Concentration Seminar in the UNE Department of Creative and Fine Arts will be on display from April 27 to May 3, 2012 at Engine, 265 Main Street, Biddeford.
The show is titled "Make Yourself." Participating students are Gavin Kuns '13, medical sciences; Christina Janssens '13, medical sciences; Neal Wheaton '13, medical sciences; Julia Keane 12, art education; Megan Shea '13, health, wellness and occupational studies; Kenney Dao '13, psychology; Shawna Kelley '14, art education; and Nick Blunier '12, psychology.
The opening reception is Friday, April 27, from 5- 8 p.m.
The objectives of this course were: to expose students to the demands and rewards of professional studio practice, to develop a personal working knowledge of the creative process, and to create a body of work culminating in a professional exhibition.
Posted on: 4/25/2012
Kaitlin Stolberg, Amy Miele, and Sharon Staples to present poster at American Society of Hypertension annual meeting
Kaitlin Stolberg, RN, Amy Miele, RN, and Sharon Staples, RN will be presenting a poster at the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) annual meeting in May. Their poster, “Best Practices in Blood Pressure Measurement Education In an Interprofessional, Health Professions Academic Setting” culminates the training of over 150 students and 30 faculty in the Westbrook College of Health Professions and the College of Pharmacy following their certification as Blood Pressure Master Trainers last fall.
They have worked closely with Stacy Meyer from Maine CDC’s Cardiovascular Health Program, Ruth Dufresne, UNE-CCPH Healthy Maine Partnerships evaluator, as well as Pat Morgan, Ph.D., RN, CNE and Jen Morton, DNP, MPH, RN, from UNE’s Department of Nursing. Stolberg, Miele and Staples will be graduating from the RN to BSN program in May.
Posted on: 4/25/2012
Cassidy Peterson receives Barry M. Goldwater scholarship
Cassidy Peterson (Marine Science and Mathematics, '13) has received a 2012 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for her research under Associate Professor James Sulikowski, Ph.D., studying the reproductive biology of the spiny dogfish using reproductive hormones and ultrasound technology.
The 282 recipients of this year’s Goldwater Scholarships were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,123 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. The one and two year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
Goldwater Scholars have very impressive academic qualifications that have garnered the attention of prestigious post-graduate fellowship programs. Recent Goldwater Scholars have been awarded 78 Rhodes Scholarships, 112 Marshall Awards, 104 Churchill Scholarships, and numerous other distinguished fellowships.
The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency, and its scholarship program, honoring Senator Barry M. Goldwater, was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.
Since its first award in 1989, the Foundation has bestowed over 6,200 scholarships worth approximately $39 million. The Trustees plan to award about 300 scholarships for the 2013–2014 academic year.
Posted on: 4/20/2012
Carignan receives Wes Jordan Undergraduate Athletic Training Student Award
Travis Carignan ’12 was recently awarded the Wes Jordan Undergraduate Athletic Training Student Award at the 9th annual Maine Athletic Trainers Association (MATA) Awards Luncheon and Educational Session.
UNE was well represented at the event by students, alumni and faculty. Greg Jancaitis ’05 and Eric Daniels ’10 were featured speakers, and Chris Rizzo, MS, ATC, LAT, CSCS, assistant clinical professor, clinical education coordinator, was awarded the Mike Linkovich Post Graduate Grant.
MATA is dedicated to the advancement of athletic training with the purpose of providing health care for Maine’s physically active.
Posted on: 4/20/2012
Marine science major Kayla Smith is recipient of NEERS Stubby Rankin Prize
Kayla Smith ’13, a marine science major, was the recipient of the Stubby Rankin Prize for Best Undergraduate Student Presentation for her coauthored talk which she presented at the spring meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society; NEERS, held April 12-14, 2012 at the John Carver Inn in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her presentation was titled “Evaluating the Saco Bay Estuary system as a nursery ground for commercially valuable and ecologically important fish species” in which she highlighted her ongoing research assessing the early life history characteristics and significant species richness of the larval, post-larval, and juvenile fish assemblages inhabiting the Saco River estuary ecosystem.
James Sulikowski, Ph.D., associate professor in marine science, is her faculty advisor for the project. This study is also a component of the Saco River Estuary Project, designed to better understand and protect the Saco River Estuary and is funded by grants from the NSF (National Science Foundation) through Maine EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research).
Posted on: 4/20/2012
Students Cody Chretien and David Perkins, along with Professor Noah Perlut, present papers at natural history conference
Two UNE students and one faculty member presented papers at the Northeast Natural History Conference. Environmental science students Cody Chretien ('12) and David Perkins ('12), along with Noah Perlut, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmental studies, presented papers based on original research.
Perkins and Perlut presented their work on the ecological effects of habitat edges on grassland birds' reproductive success. Their work, which initiated as a GIS internship, is currently in review at a notable ornithological journal.
Chretien and Perlut presented their study on grey squirrel movement ecology, home range analysis, and survival. This project, initiated through the Conservation and Preservation Lab course, is based on data collected by a large UNE student research crew that uses radio telemetry to track squirrel movements across campus.
Posted on: 4/20/2012
Students Amber Reitan, Megan Bagdon, and Caitlin Tetreau present papers at women's studies meeting
Three UNE students presented papers at a combined scholarly meeting of the Maine Women's Studies Consortium, the New England Women's Studies Association and the Maine Women Writers Collection. Amber Reitan '12, Megan Bagdon '12, and Caitlin Tetreau '13 presented papers based on original historical research.
Reitan (a medical biology major) spoke on women's roles in 19th-century etiquette manuals; Bagdon (a medical biology major/history minor) discussed identity and etiquette in the 19th-century novel The Lamplighter; and Tetreau (history/secondary education) presented her research on the WWII letters of flight evacuation nurse Ruth Banfield Lowderback. The panel was chaired by Elizabeth De Wolfe, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of History. The conference was organized by the Maine Women Writers Collection and held at UNE's Portland campus. Photo: (l-r) Bagdon, Reitan, De Wolfe and Tetreau.
Posted on: 4/17/2012
History alum Katherine Gilbert '06 blogging about her journey on the SS Balmoral Titanic Memorial Cruise
UNE alumna Katherine Gilbert '06 is a passenger on the SS Balmoral Titanic Memorial Cruise, currently making its way across the Atlantic. Gilbert recently curated an exhibit on the Titanic's ill-fated voyage at the Custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Gilbert is blogging about her experiences on the Memorial Cruise and these are posted on the museum website. Gilbert was a history major and marine biology minor at UNE. She wrote a history senior thesis on a cultural history of the Titanic. Following graduation, she earned a certificate in Museum Studies from Tufts University.
Posted on: 4/16/2012
Marine sciences graduate student Kelly Pennoyer presents talk at MBMSS symposium
Kelly Pennoyer, UNE graduate student in the marine sciences master's program, presented a talk at the 39th Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, Maine. Her presentation was titled “Physiological polymorphism at the whole animal, cellular and molecular level during salinity stress in two color morphs of Carcinus maenas," which was co-authored by her research advisor, Markus Frederich, Ph.D., associate professor of marine sciences.
To investigate salinity tolerance in invasive green crabs, Pennoyer measures gene and protein expression of various ion transporters as stress parameters, as well as organismic parameters of animal performance, such as crabs running on a treadmill. Watch a video.
Posted on: 4/16/2012
Emilynne Buchanan and Tasha Elsemore receive Betty Ford Center Summer Institute for Medical Students Fellowship
Posted on: 4/13/2012
Eugenia Edmonds receives Paul Ambrose Scholars Fellowship
For the first time, a UNECOM student has been awarded the Paul Ambrose Scholars Fellowship. Eugenia Edmonds, MS I, recently received the fellowship from the Paul Ambrose Scholars Program, which exposes health professions students to influential public health professionals and prepares them to be leaders in addressing population health challenges at the national and community level.
Included in the honor is a scholarship to attend a leadership symposium in Washington, D.C. and conduct a community-based health education project at the recipient’s institution. Edmonds’ project is to research the issue of hand hygiene for nursing-home residents by living the life of an elder in a nursing home for two weeks. She will participate in the “Learning by Living Project” that was developed by Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., Department of Geriatric Medicine, who is Edmonds’ UNECOM sponsor. While living in the nursing home 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Edmonds will be given a diagnosis and will receive standard procedures of care, while researching hand hygiene by applying ethnographic research methods.
Posted on: 4/13/2012
Kashif Ahmad to teach at Johns Hopkins' Center for Talented Youth summer program
Kashif Ahmad, MD, MS, PhD, MS.MEL, MMEL ‘11) has accepted an invitation from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth to teach college-level anatomy and physiology in the summer program for highly talented and gifted high school students. http://cty.jhu.edu/
Posted on: 4/12/2012
Michael Wiles invited to co-chair scientific abstract session for International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health
Dr. Michael Wiles (MMEL ‘10), provost and vice-president for Academic Affairs at Northwestern Health Sciences University, has been invited to serve as co-chair of the scientific abstract session, “CAM/IM in Educational Settings” for the International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health in Portland, Oregon, May 18, 2012.
Posted on: 4/12/2012
Emily Bourret, Theresa Foster and Brandon Dionne partner with faculty members to receive American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Walmart Scholarships
The goal of this scholarship program is to strengthen the recipients' skills and commitment to careers in academic pharmacy through participation in programming activities at the 2012 AACP Annual Meeting and Seminar. The program provides a $1,000 travel scholarship to student/faculty pairs to attend the AACP Annual Meeting and AACP Teacher's Seminar in Kissimmee, Florida July 14-18.
Bourret’s, Foster’s, and Dionne’s respective faculty partners are Kenneth “Mac” McCall, Pharm.D., BSPharm., Jean Woodward, Ph.D., R.Ph. and Matthew Lacroix, Pharm.D., BCPS.
Posted on: 4/06/2012
Garlic Jones speaks with Congressional members on Capitol Hill
UNE College of Pharmacy Student Garlic Jones ’14 participated in this year’s Rx Impact Day on Capitol Hill on March 21-22. The annual event, sponsored by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, brings together 300 advocates from across the nation to Washington, D.C. to educate members of Congress about the importance of pro-patient, pro-pharmacy policy and key issues related to health care reform.
During his visit, Jones met with Congressional members representing Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Posted on: 4/06/2012
Margaret Williams receives fellowship for Undergraduate Summer Research Program at Princeton
Margaret Williams (Biochemistry ‘14) has been awarded a fellowship to participate in the Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Molecular Biophysics at Princeton University during the summer of 2012.
Williams, who is currently carrying out undergraduate research with Dr. Amy Keirstead, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics, will be working with Professor Roberto Car, who is using quantum mechanical theory to gain insight into the structure and dynamics of materials, such as electronic transport in molecular devices, reactive dynamics, and electrocatalytic processes.
The program that Williams will be attending is part of the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.
Posted on: 4/05/2012
Regina Scalise presents poster at National Meeting of the American Chemical Society
Regina Scalise (Chemistry ‘13) attended the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, held March 25-29, 2012, in San Diego, where she presented a poster titled, “Investigating the behavior of siloles in ionic liquids and other viscous media.”
Co-authors of the work are Justin Crumrine, Caryn Prudente, Ph.D., and Henry Tracy, Ph.D. (University of Southern Maine); and Jerome Mullin, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, and Amy Keirstead, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry (UNE).
Scalise’s presentation was the result of the work she has been carrying out under the direction of Mullin and Keirstead (Department of Chemistry and Physics) since the summer of 2010 through support from the Maine Space Grant Consortium
Posted on: 4/05/2012
Christine Hill presents social enterprise pitch about Ghana at Yale’s Unite for Sight Global Health Conference
Christine Hill (DPT ‘12) will be presenting a Social Enterprise Pitch, titled “Ghana on the Move!” at Yale University’s Unite for Sight Global Health Conference on April 24, 2012.
Hill, Marissa Stewart (DPT ‘12), Steph Wheeler (DPT ‘12), and Megan Wyand (DPT ‘12) all participated in UNE’s Health Immersion experience in Ghana in August 2011. Working closely with physiotherapists at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital and the community of Sekondi, they developed a culturally attuned health promotion program as part of two courses in the DPT program: Administration, taught by Professor Jeff Nevers, and Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, taught by Dr Kathleen Cullinen.
Social Enterprises Pitches are a forum to present innovative ideas for funding and further development.
Posted on: 4/04/2012
Margo Rockwell publishes first article
Margo Rockwell, UNECOM MS III, has become a published researcher. Awarded a UNECOM Dean’s Research Fellowship at the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, Massachusetts, during the summer of 2009, Rockwell’s continued work in geriatrics resulted in the co-authorship and publication of “Height Loss Predicts Subsequent Hip Fracture in Men and Women of the Framingham Study” in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2012, pp. 146-152. DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.557.
Rockwell’s onsite mentor during her Research Fellowship was Marian T. Hannan, DSc, MPH, associate professor of medicine and co-director of musculoskeletal research at the Institute for Aging Research, and her UNECOM mentor is Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., Department of Geriatric Medicine. Rockwell’s co-authors of the article are Marian T. Hannan, Kerry E. Broe, Adrienne Cupples, Alyssa B. Dufour, and Douglas P. Kiel.
Posted on: 3/29/2012
Med bio student Olivia Hebert co-authors article in 'Behaviour'
Teresa Dzieweczynski, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, has an article in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Behaviour. The article, "Influence of prior exposure to females on behavioral consistency in male Siamese fighting fish," features a student first author, Olivia Hebert'13, a medical biology major (in photo). This is Hebert's second publication in a scientific journal.
This study is a component of Dr. Dzieweczynski's research program designed to obtain a better understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of behavioral variation in male Siamese fighting fish. Olivia and Dr. Dzieweczynski determined that recent experience with a female conspecific actually increased both individual consistency and the degree of variation between males for female-directed but not male-directed behaviors. This suggests that courtship behaviors are more sensitive to experience than aggressive behaviors which may have a stronger genetic basis in this species.
Posted on: 3/14/2012
Medical student Jennifer Gibson-Chambers selected for Geriatric Summer Institute Award
UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine student Jennifer Gibson-Chambers, MS III, was selected for the Boston University Medical School (BUMS) and American Geriatrics Society (AGS) – Geriatric Summer Institute Award.
This nationally competitive selection process awards 16 medical students chosen from 160 medical schools nationwide to participate in the Geriatric Summer Institute session in May 2012. Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., UNECOM director of geriatric education and research, is her UNECOM sponsor 2012.
Posted on: 3/08/2012
Medical students Heather Hassett and Shayna Shackford awarded aging research fellowships
Both medical students will be conducting research at Johns Hopkins Medical School during the 2012 summer months. Hassett will be conducting research in the field of physical medicine and older adult function, while Shackford will be conducting research on dementia and delirium. Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., UNECOM director of geriatric education and research, is the UNECOM Research Mentor.
UNECOM has been quite successful in attaining this highly competitive and prestigious AFAR MSTAR Fellowship. To date we have had 18 UNECOM AFAR MSTAR Fellow awardees since 2003.
Posted on: 3/08/2012
Pharmacy student Samar Chakar chosen for national executive committee
College of Pharmacy student Samar Chakar has been appointed to the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) 2012-2013 Pharmacy Student Forum Executive Committee for a one-year term that begins in June.
ASHP is the membership organization that works on behalf of pharmacists who practice in hospitals and health systems. Assistant Professor John Redwanski is the chapter advisor.
Posted on: 3/07/2012
Pharmacy students Justin Levesque and Jina Cha earn national achievement award
Justin Levesque is a lifelong Maine resident from Portland, graduating from Deering High School in 2000. He then matriculated to Bates College, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology four years later, while playing four seasons of Division III NCAA football. After Bates, Justin established and operated a quality control laboratory at the Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine. He later earned double masters' degrees in December 2007 from the University of Southern Maine: Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems. Justin worked at IDEXX Laboratories from 2007 until 2010, when he matriculated into the Doctor of Pharmacy program at UNE.
Posted on: 3/06/2012
Brittany Mayou and Constance Glynn awarded History Undergraduate Research Grants for spring 2012
Posted on: 3/05/2012
Students provide health fair for Mall customers
On a busy Saturday in February at the Maine Mall in South Portland, UNE College of Pharmacy students along with students in the Westbrook College of Health Professions' Dental Hygiene program spent their day off from classes raising awareness of healthy lifestyles.
The health fair on Feb. 18 was organized by COP students and Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) members Sharon Achu and Clara Ofodile. Under the supervision of UNE Assistant Clinical Professor Emily Dornblaser, the students offered Body Mass Index (BMI) testing, Spirometer (lung function) testing, blood pressure screenings, and demonstrations on proper tooth brush techniques.
The high traffic location was donated by General Growth Properties, owners of the Maine Mall.
Posted on: 2/28/2012
Marine biology graduate student Bianca Prohaska studies tiger sharks in Bahamas
Bianca Prohaska, a graduate student studying marine biology at the University of New England, is currently analyzing plasma steroid hormones of tiger sharks in the Fish Lab of Associate Professor James Sulikowski, Ph.D., on the Biddeford Campus.
In December, Prohaska was selected by Dr. Sulikowski to embark on a weeklong research mission in the Bahamas to collect plasma steroid hormones from blood, fin samples, and ultrasound images from ten female tiger sharks.
Prohaska has committed her graduate studies to finding effective ways to study the life patterns of various sharks, skates, and rays without having to sacrifice the fish.
"Elasmobranches [sharks, skates and rays] are severely threatened because very little is known about their biology," Prohaska explained. "By studying their reproduction I hope to promote awareness of these unique organisms and aid in conservation efforts."
After the captured sharks were fitted with a satellite tag, the research team was able to release the sharks in a healthy condition.
Preliminary results are promising, and another research trip has already been scheduled for this summer.
Posted on: 2/20/2012
Athletic training major Howard Theberge to present research at American College of Sports Medicine Conference
Howard Theberge '12, an athletic training major, has been notified that his abstract entitled "Groin Wrapping And Its Effects On Skating Performance In Ice Hockey Players" has been accepted for presentation at the 59th Annual Meeting and 3rd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine of the American College of Sports Medicine. The conference is being held at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, California, May 29- June 2, 2012.
Howard's abstract will also be published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (MSSE), Volume 44:5 Supplement 2012. Howard was recently the recipient of NEACSM Undergraduate Student Investigator Award this past fall. Lara Carlson, Ph.D., FACSM, assistant professor of applied exercise science, was his faculty advisor for the project.
Posted on: 2/07/2012
Speaker Mike Domitrz discusses dating, intimacy, sexual assault, and rape awareness
Nationally-acclaimed speaker Mike Domitrz came to the University of New England campus Feb. 1, 2012 to address UNE students and staff on the topics of dating, intimacy, sexual assault, and rape awareness. Offering two separate presentations, Domitrz spoke before an estimated crowd of 250.
One of the nation's preminent sources on these topics and founder of the Date Safe Project, Domitrz has produced two critically-acclaimed books, an award-winning DVD, a widely-popular t-shirt line, spoken on four different continents, and appeared on 40 different television and radio shows. More.
Posted on: 2/06/2012
UNE student-athletes pedal in support of Cycle4Care
Members of the women's lacrosse and women's soccer teams took part in the 2nd Annual Cycle4Care fundraiser at Zone 3 Fitness on Jan. 27, 2012 - an event supporting the Cancer Community Center in South Portland.
Approximately 30 student-athletes participated in the three-hour Spinathon representing Big Blue, which topped the Collegiate Challenge by collecting more than $800 for the Cancer Community Center. Read more.
Posted on: 2/02/2012
Sandra Fritsch will present at the World Congress of The International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions in Paris
Sandra Fritsch, MD (MMEL 2012) will present “Maine's Child Psychiatry Access Program” during a symposium titled "Models of Primary Care Consultation and Collaborative Care in the United States and United Kingdom" at the World Congress of The International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions in Paris France, July 21-25, 2012.
Posted on: 1/30/2012
Student Art on display at the CPC
The faculty and staff at the Clinical Performance Center and Stephen Burt, chair and associate professor in the Department of Creative and Fine Arts, are pleased to announce the exhibit of student artwork at the CPC. The Center is currently displaying eight pieces of student art including photography, drawing, and painting. Plans are in place to rotate pieces, as new artwork becomes available, in an ongoing collaboration with the Department of Creative and Fine Arts. Please contact Kathleen Kantor, office manager at the CPC (ext. 2450), for available viewing dates at the Center.
Posted on: 1/25/2012
Lindsay Forrette, Olivia Hebert and Kalyn Sullivan co-author article with Teresa Dzieweczynski in Ethology
Teresa Dzieweczynski, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, has published an article in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Ethology. The article, "Repeated recent experiences do not affect behavioral consistency in male Siamese fighting fish," features three student co-authors, Lindsay Forrette (ABH '13), Olivia Hebert (MED '13), and Kalyn Sullivan (PBO '11). This marks the second co-authored publication for Lindsay.
This study is one of the first to examine the effects of recent experiences on consistent individual differences and is an important step in determining how consistent animal personality truly is. Dr. Dzieweczynski and her research team determined that while winning or losing fights affected overall aggression, fighting experience did not influence behavioral consistency, variation among individuals, or the strategy a given male used when presented with a male and female conspecific simultaneously. This study has implications for the study of personality and behavioral syndromes in animals as well as for the examination of the evolution of behavior as it suggests that there is a strong genetic basis for consistent individual differences in aggression, courtship, and decision-making in this species.
Posted on: 1/25/2012
Medical Biology Major Casey Toombs coauthors talk at national conference
Casey Toombs, Medical Biology major 2012, coauthored a talk with her research advisor Dr. Markus Frederich, Associate Professor in Marine Sciences, at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, SICB, in Charleston, South Carolina. The presentation “Color polymorphism in the Green crab, Carcinus maenas: are green morphs really more stress tolerant than red morphs?“ was based on Casey’s honors research project.
Posted on: 1/24/2012
Marine Sciences Masters student Kelly Pennoyer presents at national conference
Kelly Pennoyer, B.S., graduate student in the Marine Sciences Masters Program, presented her research project at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, SICB, in Charleston, South Carolina. Her poster was titled “Differential Whole Animal and Cellular Level Response to Salinity Stress in Two Color Morphs of Carcinus maenas”. Kelly works in the research laboratory of Dr. Markus Frederich, Associate Professor in Marine Sciences.
Posted on: 1/24/2012
Brandon Dionne accepted for the American Pharmacist Association's Student Pharmacist Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Program
College of Pharmacy student Brandon Dionne was accepted for the American Pharmacist Association's Student Pharmacist Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Program for rotation block August 13, 2012 through September 21, 2012 with Anne Burns and Jim Owens in Professional Practice.
Also, Brandon is a regional officer for the APhA's Academy of Student Pharmacists .
Posted on: 1/19/2012
Pamela Brug makes presentations at the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Faculty Development Seminar
Pamela Brug MD MS.MEdL (MMEL 2011) is making several presentations at the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Faculty Development Seminar Jan 7-10, 2012.
1.) Mid Clerkship Feedback: More than an LCME Requirement...An Opportunity to Build a Better Student, a workshop with two colleagues from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
2.) 21st Century Interactive Learning of Clinical Write-ups, a break-out session whose content was originally developed as part of MMEL and an exhibit in the MMEL Professional Portfolio.
Posted on: 1/03/2012
Marine biology alumna Ashley Powenski '2011 awarded Georgia Sea Grant internship
Marine biology alumna Ashley Powenski '2011 has been awarded a prestigious Georgia Sea Grant internship for the 2011-2012 year. The program awards competitive one-year internships to four recent graduates from across the country to serve as educators for the University of Georgia’s Marine Education Center and Aquarium on Skidaway Island, Georgia.
Georgia Sea Grant, one of 32 state programs funded by the National Sea Grant and housed at the University of Georgia, promotes education, research and outreach directed at creating a balanced approach toward land use, economic development and ecosystem health in the coastal region of Georgia.
“I love working with people and firmly believe the best way to promote healthy oceans and increase environmental stewardship is through education,” said Powenski.
Posted on: 12/21/2011
Stephen Scrivener receives Maine Higher Education Assistance Foundation awards scholarship
The trustees of the Maine Higher Education Assistance Foundation (MeHEAF) have announced the awarding of a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to Stephen Scrivener, a student at the University of New England who is majoring in Business Administration. He is a graduate of Thornton Academy.
The Maine Higher Education Assistance Foundation was established in the 1950’s as a guarantee fund for student loans. The founders included a wide range of banks, businesses, community organizations and individuals. In 1990, the MeHEAF trustees, to continue the original intent of the founding members, initiated a scholarship program funded by the return on the original loan guarantee funds. The fund is now managed by the Maine Bankers Association 489 Congress Street, Portland.
Since 1990, a total of $271,000 in scholarships has been awarded. Colleges receiving MeHEAF grants each year are: Husson University, Maine Community College System, St. Joseph’s College, Thomas College, University of Maine at Augusta, University of Maine at Farmington, University of Maine Fort Kent, University of Maine at Machias, University of Maine at Presque Isle, University of New England and University of Southern Maine.
Posted on: 12/14/2011
James Ross (MMEL 2011) gives presentation at the American College of Rheumatology National Meeting
James Ross MD (MMEL 2011) of Lehigh Valley Health Services gave a podium presentation on his master’s in medical education leadership applied project “Effects of Rheumatology Medical Resident Elective Experiences on Shoulder and Knee Injection Competency” at the American College of Rheumatology National Meeting in Chicago on Tuesday Nov 8, 2011 for the Rheumatology Education Study Group.
Posted on: 12/12/2011
Pharmacy student Jonathan Balk presents poster at North American Primary Care Research Group's annual meeting
Jonathan Balk, UNE Doctor of Pharmacy candidate Class of 2013, made a poster presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group's annual meeting (NAPCRG) in Banff, Canada, in November.
Nearly 800 primary care researchers attended this conference.
Balk's poster presented data from a study being conducted by a team of researchers he worked with that included Christina Holt, M.D., Maine Medical Center, and UNE College of Pharmacy faculty members Kenneth Lee McCall, Pharm.D., Chunhao Tu, Ph.D., Matthew M Lacroix, Pharm.D BCPS, and Kevin L. Wallace, M.D.
The researchers collected data from the Maine Prescription Monitoring Program, a database that allows prescribers and pharmacists to obtain real time information about controlled substance prescriptions. This database allowed the UNE College of Pharmacy to utilize the data as an epidemiological analysis tool, discovering prescribing and utilization trends.
The poster was a great success, drawing interest from politicians, medical journal authors, students and physicians, keeping Balk at the poster until well after the session ended. Balk said "It was an amazing opportunity to be able to present at the conference and I was thrilled to represent the College of Pharmacy in this endeavor."
Posted on: 12/09/2011
Vercin Ephrem (MMEL 2011) selected as one of ACP Top 10 Hospitalists
Vercin Ephrem MD (MMEL 2011) was recently selected as one of the Top 10 Hospitalists in the US. ACP Hospitalist's editorial board reviewed nominations to select leaders and teachers, innovators and mentors, researchers and pioneers. Dr. Ephrem is Director of hospital medicine, Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH, and Huggins Hospital, Wolfeboro, NH.. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UNECOM Clinical Campus at LRGH. Read Dr. Ephrem's story.
Posted on: 12/01/2011
Meghan McCann, Codi Riley and Briana Chu take home top honors at College Unions conference
Codi Riley, a junior business major from Pennsylvania, won the region's Thomas Ahern Scholarship. This annual scholarship will allow her to attend a national iLead program or International Conference.
Briana Chu, a senior education major from Maine, won the region's Student Employee Award for her dedication to her role as Student Involvement Intern in the Office of Campus Life.
UNE students in attendance also won top honors in the Idea Exchange program. This program is where students enter in a poster contest that best depicts their campus, its programs and buildings, and relates it to the conference theme; ACUI Rocks: A Granite State of Mind. UNE students Meghan McCann, Codi Riley, and Briana Chu took home top honors for their entry winning the Campus Gem Award for best in show.
Posted on: 11/23/2011
