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NEPHTC engages public health and community-based agencies across New England via partnerships with connected community organizations in each state. Boston University School of Public Health serves as the central regional office. Each partner, in the grant language, is called a Community Based Training Partner (CBT).<\/p>\n

Connecticut<\/h4>
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Community Based Training Partner: Yale School of Public Health<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"YSPH\u2019sYSPH\u2019s Office of Public Health Practice (OPHP) is the Connecticut partner of the New England Public Health Training Center, delivering a wide range of training programs and services that strengthen the public health workforce. OPHP leads the Connecticut Partnership for Public Health Workforce Development<\/a> which brings together key training stakeholders to leverage resources and provide continuing education opportunities to Connecticut public health practitioners. The Office is also a designated provider of continuing education activities for Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES\u00ae) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES\u00ae). To access their trainings, go to TRAIN Connecticut<\/a> or NEPHTC\u2019s website<\/a>, two free learning management systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Principal Investigator and Executive Director, Office of Public Health Practice:<\/h5>\n
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\"Susan<\/p>\n

Susan Nappi, MPH<\/h4>\n

Susan Nappi is the Executive Director of the Office of Public Health Practice at the Yale School of Public Health. With a diverse portfolio in public health practice and research, she has held multiple positions in Connecticut including Senior Director of Community Impact at the United Way of Greater New Haven, Executive Director of the Community Center of Excellence in Women\u2019s Health (CCOE) at Griffin Hospital, and Practice Administrator of the Griffin Faculty Practice Plan. Susan has also managed research teams at the Yale School of Public Health and the VA Alcohol Research Center. Her primary interest is building collaborative, equitable, and mutually beneficial community-academic partnerships that espouse a multidisciplinary approach to addressing the social drivers of health. Susan is a first-gen college graduate and received her BA in psychology from the State University of New York, Purchase, and her MPH from Yale University in chronic disease epidemiology. She is currently pursuing her DrPH in Public Health Leadership at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Maine<\/h4>
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Community Based Training Partner: Maine Public Health Association (MPHA)<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"Lighthouse\"The Maine Public Health Association (MPHA) collaborates with NEPHTC to produce monthly webinars on emerging public health issues in Maine and a podcast called Healthy Maine Talks<\/a><\/i>. MPHA is the state\u2019s oldest, largest, and most diverse association for public health professionals. They represent more than 850 individual members and 70 organizations across the state. As a statewide nonprofit association, they advocate, act, and advise on critical public health challenges, aiming to improve the policies, systems, and environments that underlie health inequities \u2013 but which also have potential to improve health outcomes for all people in Maine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rebecca Boulos, MPH, PhD, Executive Director<\/h4>\n

Dr. Boulos is MPHA\u2019s Executive Director, having taken on the role in August 2016. Becca comes to this position having served on the MPHA Board from 2014-2016, including as vice-president of the Board. Her career in public health spans 13 years, having worked for research institutions and non-profit organizations. Prior to working for MPHA, Becca was assistant professor at the University of New England\u2019s School of Community and Population Health, where she developed and directed a new undergraduate program in nutrition, and directed UNE\u2019s undergraduate public health program. During her time at UNE, she served as either principal or co-principal investigator on several research grants, receiving funding from organizations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her areas of specialization are community-based participatory research, nutrition, physical activity, and childhood obesity prevention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Matt Wellington, Associate Director<\/h4>\n

Matt Wellington (he\/him) is MPHA\u2019s Associate Director. He manages MPHA\u2019s membership recruitment and engagement, organizes its training program, and supports the organization\u2019s advocacy and communications efforts.<\/p>\n

Before coming to MPHA, Matt spent ten years working on public health campaigns nationally to keep antibiotics effective, reduce youth tobacco use, respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and more. He\u2019s combined strategic communications with stakeholder organizing to achieve meaningful results for public health. Matt also has a deep history of training health professionals to be effective advocates and communicators on health issues, and has presented on those topics at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, the World Medical Association and more. Matt also started and produces the Healthy Maine Talks<\/i> podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Community Based Training Partner:<\/h3>\n

The University of New England Center for Excellence in Public Health (CEPH)<\/a> work with UNE faculty and students as well as community partners to fund and promote public health research, perform program evaluation, engage in workforce development, and more, at the university, local, state, and federal levels. CEPH strives to create a world where health can be accessed fairly, and do so by encouraging involvement from a wide array of partners in public health initiatives.<\/p>\n

The Maine Public Health Training Center (MPHTC)<\/b> is a growing resource of educational training opportunities to help public health workers and others broaden their knowledge of critical issues affecting the health of Maine people. The ultimate goal of MPHTC is a healthier Maine. We hope to achieve this by improving the capacity, knowledge, and performance of Maine\u2019s current and future public health workers. MPHTC was jointly developed by the Maine CDC, The New England Public Health Training Center at the University of New England, Maine Public Health Association, Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine, and the Hanley Center for Health Leadership, with contributions from many other organizations statewide and across New England.<\/p>\n

Director:<\/h5>\n
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\"Zoe<\/p>\n

Zoe Hull, MPH, Director Maine AHEC Network<\/h4>\n

Zoe Hull, MPH is the Director of Maine AHEC Network at the Center for Excellence in Public Health. As a public health professional with a passion for health equity and community resilience, Zoe has spent the past eight years working with the AHEC program to support statewide efforts to reduce health disparities. Zoe is also a member of the team working on a grant entitled Partnering to Advance Wabanaki Wellness, which aims to enhance community driven and culture centered care for Wabanaki survivors of sexual assault. Before joining the AHEC team, Zoe was a research assistant and evaluator for Maine\u2019s Youth Suicide Prevention Program, York County\u2019s Drug-Free Communities Support Program, and the Healthy Maine Partnerships Initiative.<\/p>\n

Prior to her work at the University, Zoe served as a case manager at a refugee resettlement agency. During that time, Zoe worked with individuals who had recently arrived as refugees, asylees, and asylum seekers, as well as immigrant survivors of human trafficking. Additionally, Zoe spent several years serving as an advocate at a sexual assault response center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Massachusetts<\/h4>
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\"Massachusetts\"The NEPHTC funding helps train professionals from local, regional, and state public health agencies and school districts in Massachusetts. With 351 cities and towns and limited regional or county government, that\u2019s a lot of school districts and health departments! In addition, NEPHTC hosts monthly webinars on a wide range of topics for public health professionals and community health workers, reaching attendees across the country.<\/p>\n

The Massachusetts Local Public Health Training Program – Tier 2<\/a> offers hybrid trainings for local public health professionals on topics including housing, food safety, camps, wastewater, and pools. Additionally, public health officials can choose from fifty \u201cOn Your Time\u201d trainings that cover foundational public health topics as well as public health sciences, emergency preparedness, environmental health, and disease surveillance and control. These free trainings are available online, 24\/7, and can generally be completed in one to three hours<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Community Based Training Partner: Massachusetts Local Public Health Training Program – Tier 2<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Angela Magardino, MPH, Program Manager, Massachusetts Local Public Health Training Program – Tier 2<\/h4>\n

Angela is the Program Manager for the MA Local Public Health Training Program. Angela holds a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University School of Public Health, where she specialized in Environmental Health and Maternal and Child Health. She earned her B.S. in Biology with a biomedical focus from Trinity College. Angela\u2019s research interests are centered on understanding how both physical and social environments contribute to health disparities and well-being. She has experience in designing studies and developing questionnaires to assess the health impacts of environmental and transgenerational factors related to the Gulf War, with a particular emphasis on reproductive and child health. Passionate about advocating for environmental, climate, reproductive, and child health justice, Angela is committed to working with families and vulnerable populations while striving to transform the systemic structures that perpetuate health inequities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Other Collaborators:<\/h4>\n