Michelle Fong, MPH

michelle.fong@maine.edu

Public Health Policy Analyst

University of Maine
Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
5717 Corbett Hall, Rm 234
Orono, ME 04469-5717
207.581-1084
800.203.6957
207.581-1231 (Fax)
TTY users call Maine Relay 711

Education

M.P.H., University of New England

B.A., Biology, University of San Diego

Project Affiliation

  • Landscape Scan of Maine’s Public Health Data Equity Practices – In
    collaboration with Disability Rights Maine

Specialty Area and Areas of Interest

  • Public Health Data Equity
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders & Impairments
  • The Autism Cares Act
  • AI for Population Health
  • Social Drivers of Health

Honors

  • Delta Omega International Honorary Society for Public Health, Gamma Chi
    Chapter
  • UNE 100-Hour Community Service Cord (2024)

Public Service

  • Member – Midcoast Community Collaborative
  • Elected Member – Midcoast Public Health Council

Memberships and Service

  • Maine Youth Thriving
  • Maine Public Health Association
  • Patients Professors Academy
  • Network for Public Health Law

Presentations

  • Fong M, Battis J. De-Cloaking the disability experience: Building data and health
    equity for Mainers with disabilities. Poster presented at the 2024 Maine Public
    Health Association Annual Meeting, Portland, ME.
  • Fong M. Mind the Gap! Advancing data equity to improve population health
    equity for people with disabilities. Poster presented at the 2023 Association of
    University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) conference in Washington, DC.

Publications

  • Fong M, Battis J. Final report: Landscape scan of Maine’s public health data
    equity practices. University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability
    Studies and Disability Rights Maine. 2024.
  • Fong M. Policy for a singular neurodevelopmental disorder: A Multiple Streams
    analysis of the Combating Autism Act of 2006 using Kingdon’s framework. 2024.
    University of New England.
  • Fong M. Policy brief: Advancing data equity to improve health equity for people
    with disabilities. University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability
    Studies. 2023.
  • Fong M. Mind the gap: A white paper on Maine’s missing COVID-19 surveillance
    data, how they perpetuate health disparities for Maine citizens with disabilities,
    and what can be done to increase Maine’s public health data and service equity.
    University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies. 2023.