On October 6, Maine State
Epidemiologist Dr. Siiri Bennett participated in a four-person panel at the
Maine Public Health Association’s annual fall conference in Augusta. The
session served as an informal introduction to many public health partners,
since Dr. Bennett has been in Maine for around five weeks.
The session was titled: Voices
of Public Health: Sharing Visions for the Future. Each panelist was asked
to share their vision for the future of public health. Dr. Bennett identified
four areas that she believes are crucial to the success of Maine CDC’s mission
to preserve, promote and protect the health, safety and well-being of all Maine
people. Those four areas are disease surveillance, collaboration, education and
communication.
