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PORTLAND, Maine

School of Community and Population Health receives $300,000 contract from New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services

UNE’s School of Community and Population Health (SCPH) received a two-year, $300,000 contract from the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services. As part of this grant, SCPH will provide epidemiological and evaluation services to New Hampshire’s cancer control, chronic disease prevention, oral health, and tobacco prevention and control programs.

The SCPH  team working on this grant includes Research Associate and Lead/PI Ruth Dufresne, S.M.; Research Associates and Data Analysts Ida Batista, MPPM, and Kira Rodriguez, MHS; Consultant Gary Cattabriga; Consultants and Adjunct Faculty members Roy Gibson "Gib" Parrish, M.D., and Sharon McDonnell, R.N., M.D., M.P.H.; Research Assistants Nicole O’Brien, M.A., and Michael Wells, BSN; Finance and Office Manager LuAnn Thibeau; and Scientific Advisor Ron Deprez, Ph.D., M.P.H.

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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.