UNE’s Gayle Brazeau and Edward Li participate in Challenge Cancer Conference

Challenge Cancer Conference

Representing UNE’s College of Pharmacy, Gayle Brazeau, Ph.D., and Edward Li, Pharm.D., M.P.H., BCOP, attended the Challenge Cancer Conference hosted by the Maine Impact Cancer Network.

Now in its second year, the conference provided attendees with the opportunity to learn about the current state of cancer in Maine, share ideas, network and plan for collaborative efforts over the next year to reduce cancer rates. A key component of the conference was a conversation on the Listening Report and Common Agenda. This compilation of community conversations and interviews conducted with 670 Maine residents provided insight into the ways that cancer affects Maine communities. Brazeau and Li supported these efforts by serving on the Cancer Network’s Leadership Roundtable and Data Team, respectively.

An initiative of the Maine Cancer Foundation, the Maine Impact Cancer Network is a collective impact project working to create system-wide change. It has worked to connect individuals and organizations from distinct sectors and create a community action plan with the goal of reducing cancer in Maine.

 

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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.