CEPH Administration, Faculty, and Professional Staff
Administration
![michele polacsek](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/michele_polacsek-2876.jpg?itok=x1G2osf8)
Professor of Public Health
Director, Center for Excellence in Public Health
Linnell Hall 212
![Mary DeSilva](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/photo_1_mbd.jpg?itok=tBU10Q-6)
Associate Research Professor, Public Health
Associate Director for Research, Center for Excellence in Public Health
![Jennifer Gunderman](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/UNE%20faculty%20pic.jpg?itok=GstTGUpz)
Workforce Development Team Lead
AHEC Director
Assistant Clinical Professor
Linnell Hall 109
Affiliated Faculty
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Assistant Director for Public Health Practice
Professional Staff
![Shay Ayres](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/img_20191204_133257342.jpg?itok=rLs0AAHu)
Contract Coordinator, Maine SNAP-Ed
Center for Excellence in Public Health
![Pamela Bruno](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/IMG_1949_2.jpg?itok=38CoqQaE)
Senior Research Associate
Evaluator, Maine SNAP-Ed
Linnell Hall 201
![Cera is smiling at the camera with soft makeup, her hair is in an updo, and she is wearing a green dress.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/cbwed_0437.jpg?itok=JXUiKb8A)
Project Assistant, Maine SNAP-Ed
Linnell Hall 204
![Ruth Dufresne](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/Ruth%20Dufresne-2702.jpg?itok=0_um8M3T)
Senior Research Associate
Linnell Hall 207
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Contract Coordinator, Maine SNAP-Ed
Linnell Hall 200
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Maine SNAP-Ed Community Engagement Program Coordinator
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Program Manager, Maine AHEC Network
Linnell Hall 110
![Rebecca Ireland](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/Rebecca%20Ireland-5965.jpg?itok=tH_I5kkV)
Senior Research Coordinator
Senior Program Coordinator
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Assistant Director Thesis Advising, Graduate Programs in Public Health
Innovation Hall
![Headshot of Micaela Maynard](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/2023-01/micaela_maynard-portrait.jpg?h=7d66a0c3&itok=wISV1KxP)
Maine CUP AHEC Scholars Manager
Remote
![Headshot of Kira Rodriguez](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/2023-09/kira_rodriguez-profile.jpg?h=8297b541&itok=3P0hiHwi)
Senior Research Associate
Adjunct Faculty
![Hannah Ruhl](/sites/default/files/styles/square_third_width/public/portraits/hannah_ruhl-8391.jpg?itok=CLAnvtOV)
Obesity Prevention Coordinator
Linnell Hall 211
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Senior Nutrition Program Coordinator