MPHA 2025 Annual Conference
Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta, Maine

Maine Public Health Association's 41st Annual Conference, Connections Build Health: Sparking Conversations, Strengthening Communities, will be held on Monday, October 27th, at the Augusta Civic Center.
MPHA’s annual conference is the largest public health gathering in Maine. Every year it features a broad array of programs and projects that address individual and community health, and demonstrate strategy, creativity and innovation in tackling public health challenges.
“Connections Build Health: Sparking Conversations, Strengthening Communities,” will showcase initiatives that encourage conversations and address social isolation, which can have significant physical and mental health impacts. In his landmark report, “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,” former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy identified strategies to improve community connection, including strengthening social infrastructure and mobilizing the health sector.
The conference will share diverse examples and perspectives on how people in Maine are working to address social isolation by building positive community connections. Both structured and unstructured opportunities for relationship building, forming non-traditional partnerships, and other connections to health-supporting resources (like food banks and internet access) are the types of initiatives we will be uplifting.
Registration Information
MPHA members receive a discounted registration rate! We encourage you to join today to receive this benefit and many others. You can learn more about membership at our website: www.mainepublichealth.org. You save money by joining MPHA and registering at the member rate, vs. registering as a non-member- so join today!
If you are a member, you may access your discounted registration link by logging in to your member profile and clicking "Upcoming Events."
- Select the 2025 Annual Conference, which will redirect you to EventBrite where your registration discount will be automatically applied.
- Your membership must be "Active" to receive the discount (so please be sure to renew first if your membership has expired). If this is the first time you've logged in to your member profile, you will need to enter your email and request a password reset link.
- If you have a Sustaining or Alliance organizational membership, members will automatically receive the additional discount.
Member registration rates are:
- Individual members: $100 plus processing fees
- Alliance members: $90 plus processing fees
- Sustaining members: $80 plus processing fees
- Early Career, Student and Retiree members: $65 plus processing fees
REGISTER AS A MPHA MEMBER HERE
The Non-Member registration fee is $200 plus processing fees.
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CME and CHES credits are available:
UNE COM has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for a maximum of 5.0 hours of AOA Category 2-A CME credits. UNE COM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ UNE COM designates 5.0 University of New England contact hours for non-physicians. Contact hours may be submitted by non-physician, non-PA health professionals for continuing education credits. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Maine Medical Association through the joint providership of the University of New England, and Maine Public Health Association. University of New England is accredited by the Maine Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Sponsored by NEPHTC & YSPH, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 8 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 0. Provider ID #1131137. Event ID #PM1131137_10272025
2025 Conference Program
Support Opportunities
If you have questions about supporting our conference, please contact us: info@mainepublichealth.org.
Thank You to Our 2025 Annual Meeting Supporters!
Thank You to Our 2025 Annual Meeting Exhibitors!
ADEPT Educational Institute of Maine • American Lung Association • Androscoggin Bank • Be SMART • Boston University School of Public Health • Broadreach Public Relations • Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids • Children's Oral Health Network of Maine • City of Portland, Health and Human Services Department, Portland Public Health Division • Deterra Drug Deactivation System • Gentiva Hospice • GSK Vaccines, Maine • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health • Healwell • Hospice of Southern Maine • Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program • MaineCare • Maine Cancer Foundation • Maine CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program • Maine Children's Alliance • Maine Community Health Workers • Maine Conservation Voters • MaineGeneral's Peter Alfond Prevention & Healthy Living Center • Maine Immunization Coalition • Maine Initiatives • Maine Pediatric and Behavioral Health Partnership • Maine Physicians for Social Responsibility • Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition • Maine Youth Thriving • Market Decisions Research • MCD Global Health • MedHelp Maine • MERCK • Milestone Recovery • New England Public Health Training Center • New Season • Portland Community Squash • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine • UMaine-Institute of Medicine • University of Maine at Farmington Community and Public Health Major • University of New England, Graduate Programs in Public Health • University of Southern Maine • Western Maine Community Action • WIC Maine
* Italics indicate a Sustaining or Alliance organizational member