Peter Levandoski

Peter Levandoski will be serving as a public health outreach coordinator with the Island Community Medical Services, a medical clinic on Vinalhaven. In order to enable the clinic to further its mission "to improve the health of the whole community," Peter will help clinic staff to expand services and initiate new treatment, diagnostic and self-help services to the entire island community. Peter will be responsible for the needs identification, resource recruitment, administrative oversight, marketing to the community, content design and evaluation of programs that focus upon such issues as diabetes prevention and awareness, cholesterol screenings, eldercare and healthy habits. 

Peter is a graduate of Davidson College, where he majored in biology and minored in chemistry. After completing his degree, Peter received funding from the Davidson Department of Biology to pursue a year-long independent study investigating the responses of rat lung epithelial cells to ozone exposure. Peter received the Bonner Scholarship from 2004-2007 for his involvement in community service and has extensive experience volunteering and working with healthcare organizations including the Presbyterian Hospital emergency room, Ada Jenkins After School Program, and Hinds Feet Farm, a long-term care facility for victims of brain injuries. Peter also served as a counselor and unit leader at the YMCA Camp of Maine.

Peter is originally from Philadelphia and says: "Four years of college have taught me that a culture of service is the environment in which I feel the most comfortable. A scientific course of study has endowed me with the ability to think critically and pursue leads that are logical and novel. As an Island Institute Fellow, I feel that I will gain experience synthesizing these two skills, by applying logical methods, such as education, to enact community development which achieves tangible, beneficial results for all parts of the environment."