Catherine Sanders, PhD (she/her/hers)

MECLA Lead/Sr Program Manager
MCD Global Health, Maine, United States

Dr. Sanders earned her PhD in Medical Anthropology from The University of Montana in 2012 and teaches social sciences and public health at higher education institutions in Montana and Maine. For the past 17 years, she has conducted mixed methods research, impact monitoring and evaluation, and learning for governmental and non-governmental service organizations. Her work focuses on the impacts of health and education interventions in rural parts of the globe, and her research experience includes social determinants of health, microclimates, and the importance of social networks in risk-taking in the US, Nepal, Kenya, and Uganda.

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Presentation(s):

• “I would have died without help”: Connections, learning, and the de-stigmatization of substance use in rural communities in Maine

  Thursday, October 12, 2023
  10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

• Reducing Stigma in Behavioral Health: ECHO Project case-based learning as storytelling

  Saturday, October 14, 2023
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET