Learn from regional experts in pediatrics on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child health care accessibility, delivery, and best practices.

Learn about your state’s cancer plan, core priorities, and target populations, their approach for facilitating cancer prevention and control actions, examples of collaborative activities, and plans for recovering, sustaining and accelerating the momentum in cancer prevention.

Opioid use disorder (OUD) has been declared a public health crisis in the northern New England states for years, and one population requires particular care: pregnant patients. In 2018, only about half of pregnant persons were receiving consistent treatment, while another quarter had inconsistent treatment. Increasing these numbers would be essential to supporting pregnant patients with OUD, and Drs. Katherine Ahrens of USM and Marjorie Meyer of UVM aim to do just that.

In 2018, telemedicine was not at the forefront in medicine for many, but some knew that for our rural communities, it could make a world of difference. Drs. Susan Miesfeldt of Maine Medical Center/MaineHealth and Nan Solomons of the University of New England assessed whether cancer genetic services were equally effective via telehealth consults as in-person appointments from the patient’s point of view. Their study highlighted both the need and benefits of telemedicine for remote patients far before the pandemic came into play.

The Larner College of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted the third annual Celebration of Gender Equity in Medicine and Science on March 3, 2022.