The Director of the Center for Disease Control & Prevention and Maine's Chief Health Officer, Dora A. Mills, MD, MPH, will address City of Lewiston municipal employees on Tuesday, October 3, 2006, as part of the City's wellness program focusing on preventative care and healthy lifestyles.

Denis R. Jean, Human Resources Director, stated the following,"We regularly provide the opportunity for our employees to learn more about health-related topics, and we are honored to have Dr. Mills share her vast knowledge and insight with us."

Mills will be focusing on two topics while in Lewiston, that of "Bird Flu" and "Obesity."

Mills is a native of Maine and a graduate of Bowdoin College, the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Internship and Residency Program, and the Harvard School of Public Health. She practiced medicine in Tanzania, East Africa, Los Angeles, and Farmington, Maine, before assuming her current position in 1996 as the Director of the Maine Bureau of Health and as Maine's Chief Health Officer.

Mills is also a published author, lecturer, and the recipient of numerous awards to include the Maine Public Health Association's Presidents' Award in 2005 for her leadership in public health.

For further information contact: Denis R. Jean, Human Resources Director, 784-2951, X217, TTY/TDD: 784-5999
 

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