UNC Rural Health Research Seminar Series

Rural health research seminar series

We are excited to begin the Rural Health Research Seminar Series at UNC, funded by Carolina Seminars. This seminar series is designed to unite researchers from across the university whose work pertains to the study of rural health and health care. Excellent research is being conducted at the university in multiple disciplines, from health services research to nutrition, and from public policy to journalism. This seminar series is designed to raise awareness of the ongoing work and to encourage connection and collaboration among the individuals and teams currently studying rural health.

 

Upcoming seminars

May 18, 2022 at 11:00am REGISTER
Health Care Workforce

 

Past seminars

April 20, 2022

The Classic Tale of the Haves and the HaveNots:  Disparities in Telehealth Availability in Rural Hospitals

Speaker: Saleema Karim, PhD, MBA, MHA, Associate Professor, Department of Health Administration, College of Health Professions, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

 

What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Caregiving in Rural America 

Speaker: Erin Kent, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

 

 

Enduring Racial & Ethnic Inequities in Travel Times to Access Acute Care in the Rural US South, 2007-2018

Speaker: Arrianna Planey, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management Fellow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making it Better- Rural Health-Leveraging the Scottish Experience in Education Design and Delivery

Speaker: Emma Watson, MSc, FRCPath, FRCPEd, Deputy Medical Director in NHS Highland, 2020/21 UK Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy and Practice

 

A Predictive Model of Hospital Choice for Rural Residents Seeking Surgery

Speaker: Yuqi Zhang, MD, 2020-2022 Clinical Scholar at Duke’s National Clinician Scholars Program

 

 

Current issues in rural health

Speaker: Mark Holmes, PhD, Director, NC Rural Health Research Program & Sheps Center, Professor, Health Policy and Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rural Partnerships and UNC

Speaker: Mark Holmes, PhD, Director, NC Rural Health Research Program & Sheps Center, Professor, Health Policy and Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which Definition of Rurality Should I use? Evaluation of Eight Federal Rural Definitions

Speaker: Paul Delamater, PhD, Assistant Professor, Geography Fellow, Carolina Population Center, Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chatham Food Hub: Food Access and Economic Opportunity in a Pandemic

Speaker:Alice Ammerman, DrPH, Mildred Kaufman Distinguished  Professor of Nutrition, Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Addressing Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity in Rural Oncology Care Settings

Speaker: Lisa Spees, PhD, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Health Policy and Management, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Predicting Hospital Choice for Rural Residents Seeking Elective Surgery

Speaker: Tyler Malone, MS, PhD Student, UNC Department of Health Policy and Management