Center for Community and Public Health

The Center for Community and Public Health (CCPH) is dedicated to advancing public health knowledge and practice in rural and global communities through innovative education, research, capacity building, and service.

The Center for Community and Public Health collaborates with other UNE Colleges as well as with local, state, national and global organizations on chronic disease research, program evaluation, community health assessments and health policy research.

The Center for Community and Public Health consists of the following entities:

• The Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research
• The Maine Prevention Research Center
• The Ghana Health Partnership
• The Health Literacy Institute
• The Maine AHEC Network
• The UNE-Maine Geriatric Education Center
• The Graduate Programs in Public Health

For more information on the Center for Community and Public Health, contact us at:

Address: 716 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME 04103, Phone: (207) 221-4560, Fax: (207) 523-1914

Ron Deprez, Director of CCPH
University of New England
rdeprez@une.edu