News and Events - The RURAL Cohort Study

Heart disease is rampant in parts of the rural South. Researchers are hitting the road to learn why

August, 2024

Public health experts from some of the nation’s leading research institutions have deployed a massive medical trailer to rural parts of the South to test and survey thousands of local residents. The goal: to understand why the rates of heart and lung d …

First-of-its-kind rural health research making a stop in Franklin Parish

August, 2024

A study team is traveling to Franklin Parish as part of a study designed to help researchers understand underlying health risks residents in rural communities face. The Risks Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal (RURAL) Heart and Lung study is looking t …

RURAL Health and Lung Study Heads to Franklin Parish

August, 2024

The Risks Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal, or RURAL, Heart and Lung study will arrive in Louisiana’s Franklin Parish on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The study team, who were stationed in Assumption Parish starting in February 2024, are conducting a comprehens …

Franklin Parish has highest amounts of heart and lung disease compared to rest of U.S. researchers want to know why

August, 2024

Pennington Biomedical Research Center is a part a study of heart and lung diseases and they just set up a site to collect research data in Franklin Parish. The study is funded by the Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health …

UVM Researchers Tackle Rural Health Disparities

April, 2024

Members of the Biorepository and Assay Core (BRAC) at the University of Vermont discussed their involvement in the RURAL Cohort Study and how it was designed to uncover risk and protective factors for rural populations in the South.

The RURAL Study Participated in NHANES Webinar

March, 2024

The RURAL Study participated in a webinar hosted by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in October 2023. The webinar included other state and local-level survey programs to discuss experiences in multimode health and nutrition …

The RURAL Study Featured in the NIH Record Newsletter

February, 2024

In February 2024, the RURAL Cohort Study was featured in the NIH Record, the biweekly newsletter for employees of the National Institutes of Health.

Study Hiring a CT Technician in Louisiana

January, 2024

The RURAL Study is looking to hire a CT technologist who is licensed in the state of Louisiana to work in our mobile exam unit (MEU). Interested candidates should send resume to Mr. David Rhodes drhodes@uab.edu. Please see the full job description here …

A High-tech Research Clinic on Wheels

January, 2024

In January 2024, the NHLBI shared a feature story on the RURAL Cohort Study and our aim to assess the health of residents in the rural South using our mobile exam unit (MEU) that travels throughout the region.

Study Hiring a CT Technician in Louisiana

May, 2023