Dora Anne Mills profiled by Maine magazine
Dora Anne Mills, M.D., M.P.H., 51С»Æ³µvice president for clinical affairs, is the subject of an in-depth profile, titled "With Love, Dr. Dora Anne Mills," in the January issue of Maine magazine. The online version includes 13 photographs.
The story highlights Mills’ volunteer experiences in India, where she worked with Mother Teresa, and in Africa; her career as a pediatrician in Los Angeles and Farmington, Maine; her accomplishments as public health director and director of the Maine Center for Disease Control for 14 years; and her current work and goals at UNE.
The story explains that "on the clinical front, 51С»Æ³µis leading a national movement in interprofessional education to teach students from a variety of disciplines how to work together by designing collaborative experiences both on campus and in clinical settings. Poor teamwork among health professionals leads to approximately 140,000 preventable deaths per year in the United States, a tragedy Mills and her colleagues are fighting one team-ready graduate at a time. They're also actively addressing issues such as obesity, rural health inequalities, and health literacy through a number of public health research and service programs. In the future, they plan to create a school of public health."