The University of Maine School of Medicine awarded nine graduate students summer fellowships to support research in the health sciences and biomedical sciences.
This fellowship includes a scholarship of up to $6,000, one graduate credit, and health insurance, allowing graduate students to conduct full-time research with a supervisor over the summer. By offering summer research fellowships, the institute aims to assist faculty members who may develop new grant proposals for research funding from federal agencies.
This year’s Summer Fellowship recipients are:
- Liz Saavedra Perez, Ph.D. in Microbiology. Students advised by Benjamin King for a project titled “Environmental Factors Altering Chemokine Signaling in the Innate Immune Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection.”
- Joshua David Hamilton, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. Students advised by André Kalil for a project titled “Breast Cancer Case-Control Pilot Study of Patient-matched Mammograms and Histologic Tissue Slides for NCI Grant Renewal Proposal.”
- Lucas Bennett, Ph.D. in Biochemistry. A student advised by Melissa McGinnis on a project titled ‘Identification of Cell Receptor Remodeling During Viral Infection’.
- Dr. Bright Oben Study biochemistry and molecular biology advised by Julie Goss for a project titled “Mechanisms of Cetylpyridinium Chloride Inhibition of Immune Cell Function: Elucidating CPC Effects on Tyrosine Phosphorylation Events” student.
- Kurtika Rasod, PhD in Clinical Psychology. Students advised by Patricia Goodhins on a project titled “Social Determinants of Substance Use and Sleep Health in Rural Youth (NIDA R15 Submission)”.
- Morgan Tolman, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Students advised by Rebecca Macaulay on a project titled “MAM Pilot Study: Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of Mindfulness as an Intervention for Cognitive Decline.”
- Kathryn Pattenaud, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences. A student advised by Melody Neely for a project titled ‘Investigating the effects of elevated serum glucose levels during co-infection of Streptococcus agalactiae and her Candida albicans’.
- Sean R. Sibley, Nursing Education graduate student advised by Kelly Strout, project titled “Family Nursing Practice Simulation Study, IOM Fellow Proposal”.
- Bailey Blair, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences. A student advised by Robert Wheeler for a project entitled “Identification of Candida Immune Evasion Mechanisms”.