The Rural Health Improvement SEminar (RISE) series brings together academic researchers across Dartmouth Health and Dartmouth College to explore solutions to rural health research challenges.
These events, both past and upcoming, feature experts in qualitative and quantitative research methods, community engagement, and regional practice networks.
The RISE series is designed to strengthen community partnerships and help researchers focus on rural healthcare delivery, develop skills, and translate research findings that resonate with patients, clinicians, policy makers, and researchers.
2026 RISE series
The 2026 RISE series begins on January 27.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 4 to 5 pm (Virtual)
From Erosion to Reconfiguration: Pediatric Hospital Access in Rural America
Corrie McDaniel, DO, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 4 to 5 pm (Virtual)
Big Data for Rural Health Research
Karen Joynt-Maddox, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Washington University School of Medicine and School of Public Health
Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 4 to 5 pm (Virtual)
Population Health and Cancer Care Delivery in Rural Settings
Tracy Onega, PhD, MA, MPAS, MS
Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah
Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 4 to 5 pm (Virtual)
"Distance is Relative" to "Voice of Concern:" Timepoints Along a Career Conducting Qualitative Research in Rural Health
Heather Schacht Reisinger, PhD
Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
2025 RISE series
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 4 to 5 pm (Virtual)
Fundamental Insecurity and Paradoxes of Care in Rural New England
Elizabeth Carpenter-Song, PhD
Research Professor, Anthropology, Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 4 to 5 pm (Virtual)
Geospatial Heterogeneity of Cancer Inequities and Their Susceptibility to Medicaid Expansion Effects
Andrew P. Loehrer, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 4 to 5 pm (Virtual)
Mapping Vascular Care Deserts and Lower Extremity Amputation Rates Among Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
Philip Goodney, MD, MS
Section Chief, Vascular Surgery
Professor, Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Leigh Ann O'Banion, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery,
University of California, San Francisco-Fresno
2024 RISE series
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Rurality and Deprivation Indices
Timothy Burdick, MD, MBA, MSc
Associate Professor Community and Family Medicine, Associate Chief Research Officer for Informatics
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Health Priorities of Regional Communities: Community Health Needs Assessments
Greg Norman, MS
Senior Director of Community Health at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Rural/Urban Disparities: Motivating Case Study and Generalized Methods
JoAnna Leyenaar, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
James O'Malley, PhD, MS
Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and Department of Biomedical Data Science
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Exemplar Mixed Methods Research to Elucidate Barriers Faced by Rural Communities
Karen Schifferdecker, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Community Engaged Study Designs and Methods
Renee Pepin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Community and Family Medicine
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Working with CMS Claims Data in The Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC)
Christopher Leggett, PhD
Research Scientist, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Tuesday, February 25, 2024
Community Engagement Scholarship Hub
Dr. Sally Kraft, MD, MPH
Vice President of Population Health, Dartmouth Health