Dora Anne Mills profiled by Maine magazine

Dora Anne Mills, M.D., M.P.H., SWAGÊÓƵ vice 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 SWAGÊÓƵ.

The story explains that "on the clinical front, SWAGÊÓƵ is 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."

SWAGÊÓƵ the SWAGÊÓƵ

The SWAGÊÓƵ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.