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PORTLAND, Maine

Jennifer Gunderman joins Statewide Coordinating Council for Public Health

Jennifer Gunderman, MPH, assistant lecturer for the School of Community and Population Health, has been named the higher education representative on the Statewide Coordinating Council (SCC) for Public Health. According to their Purpose and Mission, the SCC is "a representative statewide body of public health stakeholders for collaborative public health planning and coordination".

There are 23 seats on the SCC held by representatives from Maine's public health districts and major stakeholders. Together they work to maintain the integrity of Maine's public health system, integrate public health expertise and input from across the state, disseminate and implement the state's health plan and assist in the assurance of effective, evidence-based public health services.

In her role as higher education representative, Gunderman will provide a perspective that will foster collaboration between academia, governmental public health, community based organizations, healthcare, and other public health partners.

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.