Rural health research center
Staff Directory
Core Investigators and Staff:
Mark Doescher, MD, MSPH, Director and Principal Investigator
Susan Skillman, MS, Deputy Director
Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH, Senior Investigator
Frederick Chen, MD, MPH Senior Investigator
Roger Rosenblatt, MD, MPH, Senior Investigator
Denise Lishner, MSW, Associate Director
Investigators and Staff:
Other investigators involved in RHRC projects:
Gary Hart
Ruth Ballweg, Medex Northwest, UW
Tom Benedetti, Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, UW
Leighton Chan, Center for Medical and Medicine Section, UW
John Coombs, Dept. Family Medicine, UW
John Cromartie, Economic Research Service, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Tom Curtin, NACHC
Tim Dall, The Lewin Group
John Geyman, Dept. Family Medicine, UW
Walter Hollow, Native American Center of Excellence, UW
Bob Konrad, University of North Carolina
Eric Larson, Medex Northwest, UW
Dana Lynge, Surgery, UW
Larry Mauksch, Family Medicine, UW
Richard Morrill, Dept. Geography, UW
Matt Thompson, Oxford, UK
Expert Work Group:
The WWAMI RHRC benefits from guidance provided by an Expert Work Group whose members suggest policy relevant research topics, assist in the employment of appropriate methodology, review Center products and ensure that the work of the Center is practical and useful to policy makers, practitioners, and rural communities.
- Kevin Grumbach, MD. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
- Alan Morgan, MPA, Executive Director, National Rural Health Association.
- Wayne Myers, MD. RUPRI Rural Policy Fellow, Waldoboro, ME.
- Janice Probst, PhD. Department of Health Administration, University of South Carolina School of Public Health.
- Howard Rabinowitz, MD. Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
- Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN. University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND.
