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What is the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center?

Community, training, and engagement in an expanding regulatory climate.

Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC)
At MeRTEC, our primary focus is to:

build relationships with community partners
offer a professional training curriculum for compliance professionals, and
engage USM student interns with local businesses

An Expanded Regulatory Climate
The University of Southern Maine (USM) developed the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC) in direct response to concerns expressed by our community partners that the expanded regulatory climate in which they are operating, along with the risks associated with noncompliance, were impeding innovation and economic growth.

Education and Training
As part of Maine’s public university system, USM is uniquely qualified make a meaningful contribution to education and training.

The center provides technical assistance, training, internships, and a minor in regulatory compliance, and a certificate in regulatory ethics.

In collaboration with the University of Maine School of Law, and with support from UNUM, WEX, Inc. and the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, MeRTEC successfully launched its new Regulatory Compliance Certificate Program for non-lawyer compliance personnel in 2017.

MeRTEC Staff and Faculty

Ross Hickey
Ross Hickey is a nationally recognized expert in research compliance, and is the Assistant Provost for Research Integrity and Director of the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC) at USM.

R. Bruce Thompson
Bruce Thompson is a Professor of Psychology (human development) and Principal at the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC) at the University of Southern Maine (USM).

Carol Nemeroff
Dr. Carol Nemeroff is a Professor and Dean of the Renaissance College at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada and Principal at the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC) at the University of Southern Maine (USM).

Jennifer Pratt
Jennifer Pratt is a Research Analysis with the Catherine Cutler Institute and Project Manager at the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC) at the University of Southern Maine (USM).

Laura Woods-Vachon
Laura Woods-Vachon is a Policy Associate with the Catherine Cutler Institute and oversees Student Engagement for the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC) at the University of Southern Maine (USM).

Josh Mangin
Josh Mangin is a PhD Student in Leadership with a concentration in Professional Leadership Education, at the University of Southern Maine, studying the role nature plays in environmental leadership development.