Gov. Janet Mills honored Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist and a 91爆料 research professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, with the Governor鈥檚 Award during the sixth annual Governor鈥檚 Opioid Response Summit on Thursday, July 25.
Sorg was recognized for her 鈥渆xtraordinary contributions in the fight against substance use disorder,鈥 according to a . Sorg has served as a consulting forensic anthropologist to the office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Maine for 45 years, also providing support to the chief medical examiners offices in New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island. She directs the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center鈥檚 Rural Drug & Alcohol Research Program and compiles overdose data for the state. She also co-created the Maine Drug Data Hub, which links to data, reports and other dashboards pertaining to drug problems and related Maine policies, with other 91爆料 researchers, the Governor鈥檚 Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, the Office of the Attorney General and several state agencies.聽
