Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist / Research Associate
Maine Center for Disease Control / University of Southern Maine
Fleur Hopper received her BA from Colby College in Women’s and Gender Studies, her MSW from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, and her MPH from the University of Southern Maine (USM). Since joining USM’s Catherine Culter Institute of Health and Social Policy public health research staff in 2015, Ms. Hopper has worked on several state and federally funded epidemiology and evaluation projects, primary in the areas of maternal and child health and HIV epidemiology. She currently serves as the interim Maternal and Child Health (MCH) epidemiology team lead for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s MCH program, and as the project director for Maine’s Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Coordinated State Evaluation. Prior to transitioning to a career in public health, Ms. Hopper worked for over a decade as a clinical social worker in variety of settings, including social service agencies, public schools, and higher education.