The University of New England Center for Excellence in Public Health (CEPH) has been conditionally awarded a competitive contract of $1.8 million over five years (2023-2027) to evaluate the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (Maine CDC) Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program (TSUPCP) and Maine Prevention Network (MNP).
Ruth Dufresne, M.S., senior research associate, will serve as principal investigator and lead evaluator on the project.
Other CEPH staff comprising the TSUPCP evaluation team include Rebecca Ireland, M.P.H., PS-C, senior program coordinator; Ashley Duffee, M.A., research associate; Jessica Eller, research assistant; Lu’Ann Thibeau, B.S., manager of finance and administration; and Mary DeSilva, Sc.D., M.S., associate research professor of public health.