Administration
Dora Anne Mills
M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
Vice President for Clinical Affairs
Director, Center for Excellence in Health Innovation
Dr. Mills currently serves as the Vice President for Clinical Affairs at the University of New England, where she also directs the Center for Excellence in Health Innovation. She is a Maine native who was raised in Farmington, graduated from Mt. Blue High School, Bowdoin College, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Pediatric Internship and Residency Program, and the Harvard School of Public Health. She is a board-certified pediatrician who practiced as a hospitalist in... Read More
Lu'Ann Thibeau
B.S.
Manager of Finance and Administration
Lu’Ann provides finance support on pre- and post-award functions for various federal, state and private grants/contracts . Administratively, she coordinates and oversees the department operations.
She joined UNE in 2006 bringing with her 15 years of extensive state and federal tax knowledge in all aspects of the accounting functions for individuals and small corporations. She started her career with a local CPA firm before establishing her own accounting company focusing on assisting individuals and small business owners. Lu’Ann earned her Bachelor... Read More
Expertise
Accounting principles
financial reporting and analysis
budgeting
federal and state compliance
analytical and problem-solving
Professional Staff
As a member of UNE's Center for Excellence in Health Innovation’s professional research and consulting staff, Ms. Rodriguez has worked on program evaluation projects and population health needs assessments for regional and state governments as well as health workforce programs, health care providers and health systems. This includes responsibility for the design, implementation and analysis of evaluation research; responding to internal and external reporting needs and evaluation project management. During her tenure at UNE, major projects have included managing a... Read More
Expertise
Biostatistics
Andrea Aufdencamp is an administrative assistant at the University of New England's Center for Excellence in Health Innovation in Portland. She provides support for the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Grant, The Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grant, and UNE's Clinical Interprofessional Education Curriculum and Care of the Underserved Pathway.Read More
Pamela Bruno, MPH, is an evaluator for the Maine SNAP-Ed program. Prior to coming to UNE, Pamela was the principal of her public health consulting business for 12 years, providing evaluation and strategic planning consultation for numerous public health agencies. Pamela has worked as lead evaluator for several Maine public health programs, including the former Maine Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Healthy Weight Program where she lead evaluation efforts for the... Read More
Expertise
Evaluation
Research and Analysis
Strategic Planning
Obesity prevention
Melanie Caldwell
M.S.
Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) Project Coordinator
Melanie Caldwell is the Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) Project Coordinator at the University of New England (UNE), Center for Excellence in Health Innovation. Her work on the HRSA PCTE grant includes overseeing the coordination of project work plans, timelines, communications, tracking deliverables, and implementation of systems. Read More
Cera Catron
B.A.
Administrative Assistant, Maine SNAP-Ed
Cera graduated from UNE in 2009 with Bachelor's Degrees in Psychology and Sociology. Her career since graduation has focused on work with children and adults with developmental disorders. Between 2012-2016 she held a variety of roles for an organization that provided education and behavioral support for children with autism in York County, Maine.
Cera returned to UNE in December of 2016 as the Administrative Assistant for Maine SNAP-Ed. She is proud to support a program that provides education and support for vulnerable populations within the state.... Read More
Anne-Marie is a registered dietitian with over 25 years of experience in the field of nutrition and health promotion. She has worked in a wide variety of settings including education, corporate for profit, retail, non-profit, and healthcare. Previous employers include RSU No. 5 (Durham-Freeport-Pownal), the University of Southern Maine (USM) Muskie School of Public Service, USM College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, Hannaford Supermarkets, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Central Maine Medical Center, and Stephens Memorial Hospital. Anne-Marie has published research in the Journal of Bone... Read More
Expertise
Foods & Nutrition
Exercise Science
Community and Public Health
Heather Doran, MS, is a Research Assistant for the Center of Excellence in Health Innovation. As part of her role, she is an evaluator for the Drug-Free Communities program facilitated by the Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition in York County and completes QA/QI for the Maine Prevention Services: Domain 1 grant. Prior to coming to UNE, Heather served as an Outreach and Communications Coordinator, where she coordinated outreach efforts, volunteers, community partnerships, and reporting. Heather graduated with her Masters in Medical Anthropology... Read More
Expertise
qualitative research
Community Outreach
volunteer coordination
QA/QI
basic data analysis
data entry and reporting
Data Management
Ruth Dufresne is the Evaluator for Clinical Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice where she:
- Designs and implements an evaluation of the UNE Clinical Interprofessional Education Curriculum and its impact on health professions students, preceptors, the healthcare system, and patient outcomes
- Evaluates the impact of interprofessional education in clinical settings as part of UNE’s participation in the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education’s Nexus Innovations Network
Ruth has over 20 years of public... Read More
Expertise
Evaluation
Epidemiology
grant writing
chronic disease prevention
strategic planning.
Contract/Adminstrative Assistant Substance Use Prevention Services
Kathleen located to Maine in the Fall of 2013. She joined the UNE staff as a temporary in June of 2015 and was permanently hired in August of 2015 as the SNAP-Ed Administrative Assistant. In October of 2016, she joined the newly awarded to UNE Substance Use Prevention Services grant. She lives in Scarborough, enjoys the ocean and walks. She is a certified Usui Reiki Master of Masters Teacher/Practioner and a Shamanic Practioner.Read More
Expertise
Streamlining and Organization
Doreen Fournier
MSW
Program Manager, Maine Substance Use Prevention Services
Doreen Fournier is the Program Manager of the Maine Substance Use Prevention Services, a Maine Prevention Services program funded by the Maine DHHS Center for Disease Control. The Maine Substance Use Prevention Services program provides youth and young adult primary prevention services using evidence-based interventions through a network of sub-recipients across Maine. Ms. Fournier has held grant management roles in non-profits including the Vermont Network against Domestic and Sexual Violence and Coastal Counties Workforce, Inc., and program management roles at... Read More
Expertise
Program and grant management
Healthcare workforce development
Domestic and sexual violence intervention and education
Substance use prevention
Colleen Fuller
MPH
Contract Coordinator, Maine SNAP-Ed
Colleen Fuller is the Contract Coordinator for the Maine SNAP-Ed Program, providing finance support to the SNAP-Ed district community health coalitions.
Prior to joining to UNE in 2017, Colleen received her MPH from UNE and then spent five years with Mid Coast Hospital as an Obesity Prevention Coordinator. During her time with Mid Coast Hospital, Colleen implemented a variety of healthy eating and active living initiatives. Her favorite projects were those focused around increasing access to local foods for vulnerable... Read More
Zoe Hull is the Program Manager for the Maine Area Health Education Center Network (Maine AHEC Network), working with academic and community partners across the state to provide rural, community-based clinical training experiences for medical and other health professions students, encourage Maine youth and mid-career professionals to explore health careers, and support practicing health professionals with continuing education and distance learning opportunities. Zoe also coordinates Maine AHEC Network's HPV Vaccination Project, which is aimed at... Read More
Expertise
Public Health Research
Community Outreach
Minority Health
Comprehensive Program Evaluation
Ian Imbert
MPH
Clinical Interprofessional Education (IPE) Project Coordinator
AHEC CHR Clinical Coordinator
Ian is a two time alumnus from the University of New England, having received his BS in Biochemistry and Medical Biology 2012 and his Masters of Public Health in 2015. In 2016 he accepted a position in UNE's Center for Excellence in Health Innovation on the UNE Portland Campus working to improve clinical interprofessional education among UNE's graduate and professional healthcare students as a part of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation grant. His responsibilities include developing and coordinating clinical IPE opportunities for... Read More
Expertise
Community and Public Health
Interprofessional Education
research
chronic pain
Health informatics
Healthcare Quality
Project coordination
Elizabeth Mann
RN, M.S.N., PHNA
Clinical Educator for Interprofessional Practice
Liz joined the UNE community in November 2017 as the Clinical Educator for Interprofessional Practice within the Center for Excellence in Health Innovation. In this role, she works with IPE staff, UNE clinical affiliates, and UNE health professions leadership, faculty, staff and students to implement interprofessional practice (clinical) learning experiences for UNE health professions students and other related innovative health learning activities. Specific responsibilities include educating & training clinical preceptors to implement interprofessional practice learning activities; further development and implementation... Read More
Expertise
Public health nursing
population health
Health Education
Care Management
Integrated care
Nicole O'Brien
M.A., M.S.W.
Research Assistant, Center for Excellence in Health Innovation
Nicole has worked in the areas of public health and social work on a variety of projects, grants, and evaluations. Since starting in 2010, she has organized events and trainings, worked with students, community partners and staff and coordinated projects including numerous state and federally funded grants. Over the past three years she has focused on managing the Community Access to Child Health in Maine (CATCH-ME) project. Additionally, Nicole has supported the New England Public Health Training Center in offering workforce development trainings for public health professionals. She is passionate about assisting health professional students... Read More
Expertise
grant writing and management
report editing
public health project support
data entry and reporting
research assistance
event coordination
Elizabeth is the Program Manager for Maine SNAP-Ed. The program goal is to provide low-income Mainers with the skills and knowledge needed to make healthier food choices within a limited budget. There are 44 trained Nutrition Educators in all 16 counties of Maine.Read More
Expertise
Public Health Management
AHEC Clinical Coordinator, Maine AHEC Network
Maryfrances Smith is the Coordinator of the Community Health Rotation, a program of the Maine AHEC Network’s Program Office which is located in the Center for Excellence in Health Innovation on UNE’s Portland Campus.
In this role she manages and is responsible for clinical coordination and development of practice sites for UNE COM’s Community Health Rotation for third year medical students. She has been involved with the Maine AHEC since 2005.
Smith has been at UNE since April 2001. Prior... Read More
Expertise
Health Careers Workforce
organizational management
Development of clinical rotation sites and preceptors
Historical research
Mr. Soma focuses on program evaluation and quality improvement for various grants in the Center for Excellence in Health Innovation, including the Primary Care for Training and Enhancement grant, the Statewide Substance Use Prevention Services grant, and the Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition Drug Free Communities grant.
His prior work as the Director of Public Health for the City of Portland allowed him to collaborate with health care providers, universities, and community-based organizations to improve the health status of local residents, with an emphasis on... Read More
Expertise
Health Program Evaluation and Planning
Health Disparities
Community and Public Health
Substance Use