Project Leadership

Jane E. Disney, Ph.D
Director, Community Environmental Health Laboratory, MDI Biological Laboratory
Communicating Data, Healthy Water, Healthy Aging, & Stemming the Tide of PFAS Contamination in Maine

Brian Jackson, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Dartmouth College
Communicating Data

Tom Meuser, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Excellence in Aging and Health, University of New England
Healthy Water, Healthy Aging
Project Coordinators


Amy Steckel, MPH, MBA
Project Coordinator, Community Environmental Health Laboratory, MDI Biological Laboratory
Communicating Data & Healthy Water, Healthy Aging
Ramsey Steiner, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Dartmouth Trace Element Analysis Core, Dartmouth College
Communicating Data & Healthy Water, Healthy Aging
Data Specialist

Alexis Garretson, MS
Jackson Laboratory
Communicating Data
Outreach Specialist

Caitlin Oliver-Olsen, MS
Community Environmental Health Laboratory, MDI Biological Laboratory
Communicating Data
Education Specialist

Sarah Dunbar
Mt. Desert Elementary School
Communicating Data
Island Institute Fellow

Morgan Karns
Island Institute and MDI Biological Laboratory
Healthy Water, Healthy Aging
Postdoctoral Researcher

Richard Hilliard, PhD
MDI Biological Laboratory
Stemming the Tide of PFAS Contamination in Maine