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Panelists lead a discussion on the UNE Portland Campus
Panelists lead a discussion on the UNE Portland Campus

UNE holds panels on addiction with experts and community leaders

September 21, 2017

The University of New England Interprofessional Education Collaborative, in partnership with UNE’s SBIRT (Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment) program, held panel discussions about substance use disorder on the Biddeford...

UNE health professions students talk with actor Bob Pettee, who plays the role of a patient during SBIRT training
UNE health professions students talk with actor Bob Pettee, who plays the role of a patient during SBIRT training

UNE lauded for substance use intervention training in ‘WMTW’ story

August 11, 2017

WMTW highlighted a University of New England program that trains its future health professionals to screen patients for potential substance misuse disorders in a story titled, “Ending substance abuse before...

L-R: Dental Hygiene students Gabrielle Gosselin ('17), Cassie Fickett ('17), Olivia Hopkins ('20) and Victoria Verbitzki ('20).
L-R: Dental Hygiene students Gabrielle Gosselin ('17), Cassie Fickett ('17), Olivia Hopkins ('20) and Victoria Verbitzki ('20).

UNE dental hygiene students co-host Boys and Girls Club event

May 02, 2017

Students from UNE’s Westbrook College of Health Professions (WCHP) welcomed approximately 50 children from the Boys and Girls Club of Portland to an interactive, educational event at the Harold Alfond...

UNE Dental Hygiene students providing K-12 outreach
Third-year dental hygiene students providing K-12 outreach.

UNE dental hygiene students educate over 500 Maine children

April 10, 2017

Students from the Department of Dental Hygiene have been actively involved with outreach work during the Spring 2017 semester, providing oral health education for students in Southern Maine. Courtney Vannah,...

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