Denise Bisaillon elected president of MPHA’s Board of Directors

Denise Bisaillon, Ed.D., director and associate professor in the Graduate Programs in Public Health, was elected president of the Board of Directors of the Maine Public Health Association (MPHA) at its annual conference, held October 17, 2012, in Augusta.

The MPHA has approximately 400 members and is the oldest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in Maine.  The association aims to protect all Mainers, their families and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to ensure that community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in Maine. MPHA represents a broad array of health professionals and others who care about their own health and the health of their communities.

MPHA builds a collective voice for public health, working to ensure access to health care, protecting funding for core public health services and eliminating health disparities. Through its e-newsletters, advocacy alerts, annual conference and networking meetings, the MPHA communicates the latest public health science and practice to members, opinion leaders and the public.
 

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.