Researchers-Users Network

The members of the UMRHRC Researchers-Users Network represent a variety of stakeholders with an interest and need for emerging knowledge related to rural health care quality. The Researchers-Users Network consult with project staff on the current year’s research projects, the identification of potential users, and strategies for disseminating and packaging project findings to meet user needs. The Network is composed of the following members:

• Stephanie Bailey, MD,
  Chief of Public Health Practice
  Centers for Disease Control
• John Barnas, Executive Director
  Michigan Center for Rural Health
• William Jolley, Vice President for Rural Issues
  Tennessee Hospital Association
• Jon Rice, MD, Senior Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer
  Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
• John Roberts, Executive Director
  Nebraska Rural Health Association
• Jeff Stensland, Senior Analyst
  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
• Laura Tobler, Program Director for
  Health, National Conference of State Legislatures