Rural Health Study Prepares to Recruit Oktibbeha Residents
November, 2020
For most of the 20th Century, experts hailed the health benefits of country living. Fresh air, less-crowded living conditions and homegrown food sources were lauded as a preferable alternative to urban living.
RURAL Study Begins Outreach and Community Engagement in Mississippi
June, 2020
Bascom K. Reprinted with permission of the Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 2019;61(5):148-149. RURAL study begins outreach and community engagement in North Mississippi Click here to download the article
RURAL Study Brings Outreach, Community Engagement in North Mississippi
March, 2020
Page 6 in the March issue of Mississippi RURAL Health Association’s Crossroads discusses UMMC’s local engagements that researchers engaged in so far.
Dr. George O’Connor Named to Boston Magazine Top Docs
January, 2020
Dr. O’Connor, PI of RURAL’s Pulmonary Core, has been named one of the top doctors in his field in the Boston area.
TEDx: Rapid decline in rural health – What’s in a zip code?
January, 2020
At this TEDxBeaconStreetSalon event, Dr. Vasan Ramachandran, PI of The RURAL Study, discusses health inequities in rural areas
The RURAL Study Celebrates National Rural Health Day & the #PowerOfRural
November, 2019
On Thursday, Nov. 21, the The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) celebrated National Rural Health Day (NRHD). This day recognizes the spirit of rural communities, while raising awareness around the unique health-related cha …
Dr. Gene Brody Headlines Inaugural NIH Rural Health Seminar
November, 2019
Dr. Brody, of RURAL’s Social Determinants of Health Core, led the seminar that brought together researchers, medical practitioners, and others to explore topics in rural health and to share research ideas for how innovations in clinical and translation …
Emory Researchers: Why Are Those Born in the Rural South Less Healthy and Prone to Die Sooner?
June, 2019
Researchers from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health are participating in a landmark study to understand why people born in rural communities in the South live shorter and less healthy lives than their counterparts elsewhere in the count …
Study aims to learn why people in rural South are less healthy, die sooner
June, 2019
Why people in rural communities in the South live shorter and less healthy lives than those who reside elsewhere in the United States is the focus of a new national study that will be based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Why do people in the rural South die sooner? UAB study to examine question
June, 2019
Why people in rural communities in the South live shorter and less healthy lives than those who reside elsewhere in the United States is the focus of a new national study that will be based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.