qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Endowed chair and director, Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities
United States
Dr. Jacob Warren is Endowed Chair and Director of the Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities in the Mercer University School of Medicine's Department of Community Medicine. His research focuses on health disparities in rural, LGBT, and other underserved populations.
qualifications: PhD, PsyD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts
position: Executive director, Rural Health Research Institute
qualifications: PsyD
contribution: statistical analysis, contributed to drafts, literature review
position: Postdoctoral research associate, Rural Health Research Institute
United States
Dr. Nikki Barefoot is the Assistant Director of the Rural Health Research Institute at Georgia Southern University. Her research focuses on rural and LGBT health disparities.
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Experiences of rural Australian men with online SMART Recovery mutual-help groups
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Attraction and retention of nurses in rural, remote and isolated locations
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Obstetric outcomes across US urban and rural hospitals
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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