The COMmunicator 2018-19 Vol. 2 | Page 14

CAMPUS CIRCULATION

The Pulse of the COM COMmunity

FACEBOOK LIVE HIGHLIGHTS THE STUDENT RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP FORUM

The Student Research & Scholarship Forum is one of the most exciting displays of COM student research at UNE COM. Over 100 faculty, professional staff and students listened to the keynote speech and stuck around for the poster viewing and judging session. This year’s event took place on Friday, September 21st in Leonard Hall. Karen Houseknecht, PhD gave a wonderfully researched keynote on "Metabolic and Endocrine Side Effects of Psychiatric Medications: Why Are These Meds Making Us Sick?"

One new addition to this year’s forum was a Facebook Live session, featuring the incomparable Meghan May, PhD, as the emcee. She caught up with Karen Houseknecht, PhD, Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship, and Carol Brenner, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, to ask them about research at UNE COM. She then proceeded to

Karim Abdel Jalil, OMS-II