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UNE’s Rebecca Boulos presents lecture at University of Rhode Island

Rebecca Boulos

Rebecca Boulos, M.P.H., Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Community and Population Health, presented a lecture titled, “Environmental Influences on Obesity” at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

Boulos was invited to present by URI’s Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences program. Her presentation explored how to use public health theoretical frameworks and complex systems science to design sustainable communities that promote safe physical activity and access to healthful foods.

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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.