Rural Health Research Program

Staff, Faculty, and Associates

Rebecca Slifkin, PhD, Director of the NC Rural Health Research Program, Research Associate and Senior Fellow; slifkin@schsr.unc.edu

Thomas Ricketts, PhD, MPH, Deputy Director for Policy Analysis and Senior Fellow; Professor of Health Policy and Management, ricketts@schsr.unc.edu

Erin Fraher, MPP, Director of the North Carolina Health Profession Data System and Research Associate; fraher@schsr.unc.edu

Victoria Freeman, DrPH, RN, Research Associate and Research Fellow; freeman@schsr.unc.edu

Katie Gaul, MA, Research Associate; gaul@schsr.unc.edu

George Pink, PhD, Research Associate; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management; gpink@email.unc.edu

Andrea Radford, PhD, Research Associate and Research Fellow; aradford@schsr.unc.edu

Indira Richardson, MPA, Project Manager of the NC Rural Health Research Program and Research Associate; richardson@schsr.unc.edu

Jessica Carpenter, Social/Clinical Research Specialist; jcarpenter@schsr.unc.edu

Steve Rutledge, Social/Clinical Research Assistant; srutledge@schsr.unc.edu

Jennifer Groves, MBA, Application Analyst; groves@schsr.unc.edu

Ann Howard, BA, Application Analyst; howard@schsr.unc.edu

Randy Randolph, MPR, Application Analyst; randolph@schsr.unc.edu

Jennifer King, BA, Graduate Research Assistant; jking@schsr.unc.edu