{"id":2309,"date":"2018-10-16T16:15:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T16:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:43:40","slug":"dr-mary-kay-keller-attends-research-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/16\/dr-mary-kay-keller-attends-research-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mary Kay Keller Attends Research Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2309_41fef7-45 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2309_98e77e-71\">Sharing the latest findings in clinical and translational research helps social science professionals who are working in the community, including Wilmington University graduate students, said Dr. Mary Kay Keller, Chair of the Applied Family Science Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marykaykeller-640x640-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marykaykeller-640x640-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marykaykeller-640x640-300x300-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She attended the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-ctr.org\/research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACCEL Community Research Exchange<\/a>&nbsp;at the University of Delaware, which focused on accelerating research in behavioral and social science.&nbsp;Highlights included a session on addressing health disparities through researching the human genome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI look at things in terms of how it can translate to people in the community,\u201d she said. \u201cThe more DNA data we have from families the more we will learn about health disparities. That knowledge will help us to better support people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Keller shared what she had learned with students and adjunct professors via Blackboard. She noted that many students pursuing their master\u2019s degrees already are working in the field and research shared at the event benefits them both in the classroom and in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of our students are working adults and translating research from the community is extremely helpful for them,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m energized by the exchange of ideas and excited to share it with others.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing the latest findings in clinical and translational research helps social science professionals who are working in the community, including Wilmington University graduate students, said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-2309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":90,"label":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marykaykeller-640x640-300x300-1.jpg",300,300,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Rebecca Slinger","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rebecca\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":90,"name":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences","slug":"college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":647,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14747,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions\/14747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}