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Rural Health Research Centers
Fiscal Year 2005-2008

Maine Rural Health Research Center
207-780-4430
Director: David Hartley, PhD, MHA
Deputy Director: Andrew F. Coburn, PhD

Areas of Emphasis:

  • Behavioral Health
  • Chronic Illness, Disability, and Aging
  • Health Care Access and Finance
  • Public Health
  • Health Care Quality Management and Improvement
  • Children’s Health and Welfare

NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
301-634-9300
Director: (Vacant)
Deputy Director: Michael Meit, MA, MPH

Areas of Emphasis:

  • Medicare Payments to Rural Providers
  • Access to Care
  • Rural Public Health Infrastructure
  • Home Health Care
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Health Information Technology

North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center
919-966-5541
Director: Rebecca T. Slifkin, PhD
Deputy Director: Victoria Freeman, DrPH, RN

Areas of Emphasis:

  • Medicare Reimbursement Policy
  • Medicaid
  • Access to Care
  • Measures of Underservice

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
402-559-5260
Director: Keith J. Mueller, PhD,
Deputy Director: Li Wu-Chen, PhD

Areas of Emphasis:

  • Rural Health Care Financing/System Reform
  • Rural Systems Building
  • Health Care Needs of Special Rural Populations
  • Community Health Improvement

South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
803-251-6317
Director: Janice C. Probst, PhD,
Deputy Director: Amy Brock Martin, DrPH,

Areas of Emphasis:

  • Inequities in Health Status of U.S. Rural Population
    • Socioeconomic Status oRace and Ethnicity
    • Access to Healthcare Services
  • Rural Health Services Delivery
  • Health Professions Placement

Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center – University of MN & University of ND
Director: Ira Moscovice, PhD,
612-624-8618
Deputy Director: Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, 701-777-3848

Areas of Emphasis:

  • Quality of Care
  • Patient Safety
  • Rural Health Care Systems and Access to Care
  • Health Workforce
  • Rural Health Care Financing
  • Native American Health

WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
303-541-0311
Director: Dennis Mohatt, MS,
Deputy Director: Mini McFaul, PsyD,

Areas of Emphasis:

  • Rural Mental Health
  • Rural Collaborative Care Models for Mental Health Care in Primary Care Settings
  • Psychopharmacology in Rural Primary Care

WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
206-685-0402
Director: Mark Doescher, MD,
Deputy Director: Susan M. Skillman, MS

Areas of Emphasis:

  • Rural Health Care Workforce Training and Supply
  • Availability and Quality of Care
    • Rural Women
    • Children
    • Vulnerable and Minority Rural Populations

  


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