Student/Alumni Profiles

Kenneth Visalli '12

"The MPH program introduces you to another aspect of medicine that you do not get much of in medical school. At UNE the MPH courses are almost all online giving me the opportunity to work on these courses in between my busy medical school schedule." read more

Comfort Olatunji '12

"I like UNE because it provides integrated learning experiences. The content specific knowledge offered by the department, work experience/linkage with research programs, all of which foster networking opportunities amongst faculty and students." read more

Thomas F. Tropea '11

"The online MPH program allows me to be able to step out of my role as a physician-in-training, and begin thinking about health from a population perspective. In pursuing a concurrent DO/MPH I feel I will be better prepared to face the challenges of a career in medicine equipped with the tools necessary to think more broadly and abstractly about health concerns." read more

Leanne DiMaio '11

"My internship with the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition, one of the Healthy Maine Partnerships, was instrumental in helping me get my current job. I truly believe the internship gave me the experience I would need to give me the edge over other applicants." read more

Diana Ledger, R.N. '11

"Not only the instructors, but also the students have helped me to learn and understand public health since everyone comes from such diverse backgrounds. All of these experiences have been important to my professional growth and development." read more

Lacey McIntosh, D.O., M.P.H. '10

"The public health program was excellent in availability and the structure of the courses. The syllabi were clearly laid out and the professors were always accessible and available. I liked being a part of a cultural and educational community where we had many different interests, but a similar path to get there." read more

Joseph Legee '09

"The format of the practicum was highly instrumental in my entrance into the professional field of public health; it allowed me to design the parameters of my project and thus provide a resource to the Maine CDC that they may not have been able to provide for themselves otherwise and that is highly valuable." read more

Brandon Abbott '08

"Everyone is very kind and attentive, the teachers are very interested and there to help and were very concerned with my progress." read more

Jeffrey Taylor, P.T., M.P.H. '08

"My master of public health from the University of New England assisted me in obtaining this exciting and rewarding career and has helped me flourish in it as well. UNE’s MPH program is flexible, challenging and extremely useful from the first to the last course." read more

Lynette Mascioli, M.P.H. '08

"UNE was a perfect fit for me in many ways. While still finishing the MPH program, I was able to successfully transition to a program coordinator position at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health." read more

Carol Eckert, M.D., M.P.H. '07

"I think this program is a real boon to the osteopathic students at UNE - being able to work on both degrees at once will subtly shift their focus to prevention." read more

Tyler Raymond '06

"I would say that the most important part of my development as a life-long learner came in the research laboratory of Dr. Bilsky. I worked as both an undergraduate and graduate student in this setting and it enabled me to become both a critical and concrete thinker." read more

Tom Patenaude '04

"There isn't a day that goes by that I am not applying the principles and theories that I learned from this program." read more