Nursing PhD Alum, Dr. Kelley Strout Receives Funding to Conduct Research With Maine Seniors

Dr. Kelley Strout, Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Maine received funding to conduct a research project aimed at demonstrating the feasibility and healthy benefits of enabling seniors from two Brewer Housing Authority sites in Brewer, Maine to raise and eat their own fresh vegetables.
The Bangor Daily News reported that in collaboration with the University Of Maine School Of Nursing, the food science and nutrition program and the cooperative extension service, Dr. Strout has designed a research project aimed at answering her questions. Funding for materials comes from the university’s internal research fund and Bangor Greendrinks, which supports sustainable, health-focused projects in the area.