University of New England

The Center for Health Ethics, Law and Policy, a unit of the College of Health Professions located on the Westbrook College Campus in Portland, conducts educational programs, community outreach and research focusing on ethical issues affecting every day clinical practice as well as examining the broad ethical and legal issues affecting health care and efforts at health-care reform. Contact the Center at 207 221-4443. Website.

The Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research is a unit of the UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine and is located on the Westbrook College Campus in Portland. The Center specializes in health policy, program and services planning through population need studies, best practice assessments, and the design and evaluation of health system improvement projects for the private and public sector. Contact: Ronald Deprez, Ph.D., M.P.H., executive director, (207) 221-4560. Website.

The Center for Transcultural Health, located on the Westbrook College Campus in Portland, is working to provide technical assistance services to communities/health and social service professionals/employers/public leaders in developing or improving culturally appropriate health-related resources and services. Contact: Carl M. Toney, P.A., assistant professor, (207)797-7261, extension 4266. Website.

The Citizenship Service-Learning Center is a resource of the Citizenship 400 Seminar, the senior seminar of the University's Core Curriculum. A requirement of the seminar is that students engage in service learning activities within the community. Community agencies or service providers that would like to engage students in service learning experiences should contact Megan Rochelo at (207) 602-2513. Website

The Clinical Simulation Program at the University of New England' College of Health Professions uses ‘high fidelity’ patient simulators placed in realistic clinical settings such as patient exam, trauma and operating rooms to produce a real-life environment for both UNE students and health professionals from a variety of organizations and healthcare institutions from around the state and throughout New England. Contact: clinsimpro@une.edu. Website.

Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition (CHCC), a unit of the College of Osteopathic Medicine's Division of Community Programs, is located on the University Campus in Biddeford. It is one of 31 coalitions funded by the Bureau of Health with Maine’s tobacco settlement monies.  The CHCC’s main goals are to promote and support tobacco prevention and cessation activities as well as encouraging life-long physical activity and nutritional habits.  Contact:  Emily Rines, M.P.H., C.H.E.S., coalition director, (207) 602-3550. Website.

The College Community Mentoring Program (CCMP) is a volunteer mentoring program for UNE students to serve as mentors for local K-8 students and provide the youth with supportive and reliable adult role models. Mentoring takes place in schools and at after-school programs. Students interested in becoming a mentor or schools and community programs wanting to know more about CCMP should contact Lindsay Sirois at (207) 602-2294. Website

Community Occupational Therapy Clinic provides screening, evaluation and testing, consultations and direct therapy services. Services are provided to children and adults with developmental disorders, learning disabilities, behavior disturbances and physical challenges. The clinic is located at 110 Main St., Saco Island, Suite 1105, Saco. Contact the COTC at (207) 283-1954.

Division of Community Programs, College of Osteopathic Medicine, serves as the center of communication between academic endeavors and the community-at-large with particular expertise in principles, practice, and application of public health science, community coalition building, geriatric/gerontology, rural health services, health professions’ workforce development, health literacy, and health care systems.  Contact: Holly Korda, M.A., Ph.D.,  associate dean, (207)-283-0171 extension 2353.  The programs are: the Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition, Epidemiology Department, Geriatric Education Center (GEC), and Health Literacy Center. Website.

Conferences Services, a division of Facilities Management, can assist organizations in planning conferences and special events and also rents space on both the Biddeford and Portland campuses to organizations planning their own special events. (207) 221-4413.  Website.

The Office of Continuing Education  develops credit and non-credit courses, workshops, and services for individuals seeking to meet their educational goals on a part-time basis. University courses and programs are designed and offered in a variety of flexible formats to accommodate students seeking to balance work, family, and other responsibilities. Website.

The Office of Continuing Medical Education, College of Osteopathic Medicine, offers continuing medical education conferences, workshops and symposia throughout the year to provide physicians and other health professionals with information on the latest practices and research in healthcare. The UNE Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by both the American Osteopathic Association and the Maine Medical Association to offer continuing medical education credit for both D.O.s and M.D.s., as well as physician assistants. Credit is also available through the American Academy of Family Physicians. Contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education at (207) 602-2589. Website.

The Office of Continuing Professional Education, a division of the College of Health Professions, offers courses, workshops, conferences and symposia throughout the year to provide local, regional, national and international clinicians and administrators with timely and critical information in health care. Contact the Office of Continuing Professional Education at 207-221-4412 or email us at cpe@une.edu. Website.

Cookies in the Mill: A Film and Video Festival.  Website

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