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UMaine valedictorian Bailey West embarking on a journey to make a difference through research
George Harvey
University of Maine valedictorian Bailey West. (Courtesy University of Maine)
ORONO University of Maine valedictorian Bailey West is impassioned by scientific research. She has been, in fact, since her days as a student at Searsport District High School.
West has been involved in research since high school, first with scientists at the Jackson Laboratory, MDI Biological Laboratory and Maine Medical Center, and then at UMaine with professor Dr. Julie Gosse.
At UMaine, West’s primary research, serving as her honors thesis project, has been in the toxicology lab under the instruction of Dr. Gosse studying an antibacterial chemical known as cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) which is used extensively in personal-care products. Her honors thesis is titled, “Oral-care antimicrobial cetylpyridinium chloride inhibits mast cell function: role of tyrosine phosphorylation ca
West, DiSpirito earn Maine Campus Compact awards
Bailey West, the University of Maineâs 2021 valedictorian from Stockton Springs, and Dominique DiSpirito, a junior from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, both earned the Maine Campus Compactâs 2021 Heart and Soul Student award.
The award, one of five administered by the Maine Campus Compact, recognizes six Maine undergraduate students who are actively involved in transforming their campuses and communities into environments of civic engagement. According to the organization, these students have developed positive community and campus change, worked to institutionalize their community projects, demonstrated leadership and implemented innovative approaches to social issues.
West, also an Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and the Honors College, has been involved in research since high school, first with scientists at The Jackson Laboratory, MDI Biological Laboratory and M