Rural Health Research Centers
Fiscal Year 2008-2012

Maine Rural Health Research Center Telephone: 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	North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center Telephone: 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
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center Telephone: 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 Race 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 Telephone: 612-624-8618 Director: Ira Moscovice, PhD Deputy Director: Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN Telephone: 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
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center Telephone: 304-347-1348 Director: Michael Hendryx, PhD Deputy Director: Cynthia Persily, PhD Areas of Emphasis: Environmental Health Risks for  Rural Populations Environmental Health Risks Environmentally-Informed Health Care Social and Economic Disparities	WWAMI Rural Health Research Center Telephone: 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