Brenda Joly, PhD, MPH

Associate Research Professor
University of Southern Maine
Graduate Program in Public Health
34 Bedford St.
P.O. Box 9300
Portland, ME
USA 04104

Biographical Sketch: To whom it may concern, I am a colleague of Dr. Joly's and work on this project with her. I will be presenting on behalf of our team. Research Associate – George Shaler BA, Hamilton College MPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Mr. Shaler is a Research Associate at the Muskie School of Public Service. He provides program evaluation and consultation services to state and local government agencies as well as community-based organizations. During his tenure with the Muskie School, Mr. Shaler has worked on a range of public health and criminal justice projects including: local health department quality improvement efforts, school-based health utilization, county jail trends, disproportionate minority contact, and juvenile and adult recidivism analysis.

Papers:
4040.0 Preparing for accreditation - readiness review and other successful strategies from Maine 4311.0 Measuring changes in quality improvement based on agency-wide efforts