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MPHA Webinars & Trainings

MPHA offers regular, monthly public health webinars and other trainings throughout the year.

As a membership benefit, MPHA members have access to even more trainings than those featured below. Join here

UPCOMING

Working Toward Equitable Access to Health Care for People with Disabilities

May 02, 2024

Speaker: Jennifer Battis, Disability Rights Maine

On the Brink: Health Care in Maine and America

April 04, 2024

Speaker: David Jolly, DrPH, Maine AllCare

Expert Briefing: Gun Safety Policies in Maine

April 02, 2024

Speakers: Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions & Margaret Groban, JD, Maine Gun Safety Coalition

Ending the sale of flavored tobacco products: A social & environmental justice issue

January 25, 2024

Speakers: Becca Boulos & Matt Wellington, Maine Public Health Association

Cannabis -Municipal vs. State Policy

December 20, 2023

Speakers: Rebecca Lambert (Maine Municipal Association) & Janet Dosseva (Westbrook Partners for Prevention)

Part of the Cannabis in Maine: Public Health Policy & Impacts webinar series.

Cannabis - Medical vs. Adult Use

December 13, 2023

Speakers: Gabi Pierce (Maine Office of Cannabis Policy) & Becca Boulos (Maine Public Health Association)

Part of the Cannabis in Maine: Public Health Policy & Impacts webinar series.

Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book and Data Center

December 07, 2023

Speaker: Helen Hemminger

Cannabis - Youth Use & Impacts

December 06, 2023

Speakers: Rob Rogers (Kennebec Behavioral Health) & Lee Anne Dodge (SoPo Unite)

Part of the Cannabis in Maine: Public Health Policy & Impacts webinar series.

Cannabis & Health

November 29, 2023

Speakers: Lexi Perry (Maine CDC) & Scott Gagnon (AdCare Maine)

Part of the Cannabis in Maine: Public Health Policy & Impacts webinar series.

Gun Violence is a Public Health Issue: Policy Solutions Can Save Lives

November 09, 2023

Speakers: Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH, Representative Vicki Doudera & Margaret Groban, JD

Idea to Legislation: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Enacting Practical Health Policy

November 02, 2023

Speakers: Adina Bercowicz & Meghan Bradshaw

Economic and Environmental Significance of Maine's Bottle Bill

October 05, 2023

Speakers: Sarah Nichols, Mike Noel & Shandra Rubchinuk

MPHA Member Webinar: COVID-19: Vaccines & Virulence

September 28, 2023

Speakers: Drs. Noah Nesin & Stephen Sears

MPHA & APHA: What's the Connection?

August 03, 2023

Speaker: Sarah Rines

National Public Health Week Public Health Career Panel

April 04, 2023

Speakers: Jay Knowlton, Kate Bourne, Liz Scharnetzki, Isaac Benowitz, & Noah Ventimiglia

Transgender Public Health in Maine Through the Lens of Tobacco Use

January 05, 2023

Speaker: Quinn Gormley

Embedding a Health Equity Lens into Health Improvement Planning

December 26, 2022

Speakers: Liz Blackwell-Moore & Zoe Miller

Healthy Democracy Healthy People

September 28, 2022

Speakers: Jeanne Ayers & Gnora Gumanow

Outdoors for All

July 20, 2022

Speaker: Enock Glidden

Connection isn’t Complicated: Youth Perspective of Mental Health Issues in Maine

July 06, 2022

MYAN’s Youth Health Council

Race as a Social Construct in Data and Practice

June 30, 2022

Speakers: Keith Maddox, Win Williams & Bruce KingRace as a Social Construct in Data and Practice

The History and Contemporary Reality of Black Communities in Maine

June 29, 2022

Speakers: Myron Beasley, Bob Greene, & Pedro Vazquez

Ask a Pediatrician: COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids Under Five

June 22, 2022

Speakers: Laura Blaisdell, Anna Sosin, Gretchen Pianka, Matthew Wellington

Dawnland & Dear Georgina Documentary Panel Discussion

June 11, 2022

Panel Discussion: Josie Conte, DO, Lisa Sockabasin, RN, Lewis Mehl-Mardona, DO, Barbara Mainguy, MSW & Esther Anne

Pediatric Vaccines for 6 Months – 5 Years Old: What to Expect

May 25, 2022

Speakers: Dr. Laura Blaisdell, Dr. Liz Marnik, Caitlin Gilmet & Jason Parent

Homelessness, Housing, and Community Solutions

May 24, 2022

Speakers: Lauren Bustard, Courtney Pladsen, Cullen Ryan, Erin Healy, Donna Kelley, & Rich Hooks Wayman

Defining and Addressing Health Related Social Needs in Maine

May 19, 2022

Speakers: Elena Byhoff, MD, MSc & Andy Coburn, PhD

Virtual Maine Cannabis Prevention Summit Seminar Series – The Roles of Policy and Prevention at Every Level

May 11, 2022

Speakers: Dr. David Jernigan, Pat Hart, Rob Rogers & Lee Anne Dodge

Recovery Strategies for Pandemic-Related Grief and Loss, Part I

March 09, 2022

Speakers: Dr. Laurie Cyr-Martel, Arabella Perez, Dr, Elisabeth Marnik, & Erik Eisele

Recovery Strategies for Pandemic-Related Grief and Loss, Part II

March 09, 2022

Speakers: Dr. Laurie Cyr-Martel, Arabella Perez, Dr, Elisabeth Marnik, & Erik Eisele

Emotional Well-Being During a Pandemic

January 27, 2022

Speakers: Dr. Nirav Shah, Erik Eisele, Arabella Perez, Abigail Young

Transgender Introductory Primer

January 21, 2022

Speaker: Quinn Gormley

Jacinta Documentary Panel Discussion

December 08, 2021

Speakers: Liz Blackwell-Moore, Malory Shaughnessy, Dr. Merideth Norris, Nick Beverage, Jacinta Hunt & Jessica Earnshaw

Creating Corridors for Active Transportation

November 17, 2021

Speakers: Rebecca Boulos, Jean Sideris, Sue Ellen Bordwell & Dick Bordwell

Pediatricians Share: What Parents Need to Know about the COVID-19 Vaccination for Children

November 13, 2021

Speakers: Dr. Sydney Sewall, MPH, Dr. Michael Ross, Dr. Jillian Gregory & Dr. Gretchen Pianka

Health Equity Dialogues: Drinking Water Quality & Health Inequities

November 10, 2021

Speakers: Rose Lundy, Leo Waterston, Sarah Woodbury, Andrew Smith, Amy Lachance

Encouraging Vaccination: How to Talk to Your Family and Neighbors

September 30, 2021

Speakers: Dr. Gavin Ducker, Todd Phillips, RN, BSN, MPH & Dr. Elisabeth Marnik

Emergency Preparedness: How to Make Sure Your Home is Prepared for an Emergency

September 27, 2021

Speakers: Caity Hager and Hayley Prevatt

COVID-19 Vaccines: Women’s Health, Pregnancy and New Families

September 02, 2021

Speakers: Dr. Olamide Sobowale, Holly McLachlan, M.Ed. and Linda Robinson, CNM

COVID-19: Back to School Forum

July 29, 2021

Speakers: Dr. Laura Blaisdell, Ross Berkowitz, Dr. David McDermott

Vaccinations and the Workplace: Questions in the Time of COVID-19

June 09, 2021

Speakers: Anne-Marie Storey, Attorney at Law at Rudman Winchell, and Dr. Stephen Sears from Maine CDC.

COVID-19’s Impact on Mental Health in Immigrant Communities

April 09, 2021

Speakers: Hamda Ahmed, Hibo Omer, MPH, Ricia Sawtelle, MS, Krista Hall, LCSW, San Pao, and Simane Ibrahim

Park Rx: Exploring an Innovative Prescription Program

March 11, 2021

Speakers: Stacy Beller Stryer, MD, Courtney L. Schultz, Ph.D., and Jessica Burton

An Anti-Racist Imperative for Public Health Data

December 03, 2020

Speaker: Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH

Control and Prevention Strategies in an Outbreak

June 22, 2020

Speakers: Sharon McDonnell, BSN, MD, MPH & Gib Parrish, MD

Looking at Data in an Outbreak

June 08, 2020

Speakers: Gib Parrish, MD & Richard Shen, MD

Investigating an Outbreak

June 08, 2020

Speakers: Sharon McDonnell, BSN, MD, MPH & Gib Parrish, MD

Detecting Outbreaks & Beginning Outbreak Investigation

June 01, 2020

Speakers: Sharon McDonnell, BSN, MD, MPH & Nicoleta Toma, MD

Using Data to Monitor Health & Detect Outbreaks

May 28, 2020

Speakers: Sharon McDonnell, BSN, MD, MPH & Gib Parrish, MDUsing Data to Monitor Health & Detect Outbreaks

COVID-19 Update with Dr. Noah Nesin

May 14, 2020

Speaker: Dr. Noah Nesin