Clarissa Henry
Dr. Henry is an established investigator who has led a successful NIH, NSF, and private foundation- funded (Muscular Dystrophy Association, March of Dimes) research program during her 19-year tenure at UMaine. Dr. Henry’s research focuses on extracellular impacts on cellular behavior, in particular on how muscle cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix mediates muscle development, […]
Clifford Rosen
Clifford J. Rosen, MD Faculty Scientist. Director, Center for Clinical & Translational Research Dr. Rosen is one of the lead Principal Investigators of the Northern New England CTR Network. Education BS: Biochemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine MD: The State University of New York at Syracuse, Syracuse, NY The central theme of the Rosen laboratory […]
James Coffman
James Coffman, National Committee Member NAIPI; associate professor and director of the Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE). In addition to his experimental research, Dr. Coffman is interested in theoretical approaches to the problem of biological development and evolution from the perspective of complex systems, and he has published numerous papers and one […]
Douglas Sawyer
Douglas Sawyer Education MD, PhD, Cornell University, 1991 Bio-sketch I am a physician-scientist with a background in cardiovascular biology, and clinical focus on heart failure. My research activity has focused on understanding myocardial biology and developing translational studies elucidating how the adult heart maintains and repairs itself, as well as developing therapeutic strategies to enhance […]
Iain Drummond
Iain Drummond received his PhD. from the University of California Berkeley for work on ionic signaling and the Drosophila heat shock response. His postdoctoral work at Northwestern University Medical School and the University of Chicago focused on gene regulation in Development and Kidney Cancer (Wilms tumor). From 1996-to 2019 Dr. Drummond was an Associate Professor […]
Ian Meng
Dr. Ian Meng received his ScB and Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Brown University. Following completion of his Ph.D., he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Howard Fields in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), studying the brain circuits mediating the analgesic properties of cannabinoids. Dr. Meng joined the […]
Lucy Liaw
Lucy Liaw, Ph.D., National Committee Member NAIPI, Faculty Scientist III, Director, Research Training Programs, Director, Mouse Genome Modification Core. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in our country, and the obesity epidemic has amplified this public health problem. Our research focuses on cellular interactions and signaling and molecular mechanisms that impact cardiovascular disease. […]