The Center for Rural Health Care Delivery Science is led by Program Director Mark A. Creager, MD.
Mark A. Creager, MD
Dr. Creager is the Emeritus Director of the Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) and a Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He recently was a Director (PI) of an American Heart Association (AHA) Vascular Disease Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN) Center, a large program project grant focused on elucidating mechanisms, defining predictors, evaluating pharmacotherapies in people with vascular disease and ultimately determining how integrated care in high-risk populations, particularly those with health disparities, could reduce the burden of disease at a population level.
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Prior to his position at DHMC, he was Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Vascular Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he was PI of an NIH/NHLBI K12 Clinical and Research Training Program for Academic Vascular Medicine Specialists (K12 HL083786), and PI of two NIH/NHLBI R01 grants (R01 HL091750; R01 HL075771). Over his career, he has mentored more than 40 medical residents/fellows and early-career faculty.
Dr. Creager is a Past President of the American Heart Association and served on its National Board of Directors, and in these positions was engaged in numerous public initiatives aimed at improving cardiovascular health through preventative measures like lifestyle modifications and addressing access to care, affordability, and disparities. He also served on the Board of the World Heart Federation. He is an editor of the textbook Vascular Medicine and the editor emeritus of the Journal of Vascular Medicine. He is a Past President and Master of the Society for Vascular Medicine and a Past President of the Vascular Disease Foundation. He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and of the American College of Cardiology, and a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He is the author of more than 400 published contributions to the medical literature, including research papers on vascular function, book chapters, and monographs on vascular disease. Dr. Creager has been recognized with several prestigious awards and honors including the American Heart Association Distinguished National Leadership and Gold Heart Awards, the Vascular Disease Foundation President’s Award for Leadership, and the Society for Vascular Medicine Jess R. Young Outstanding Vascular Medicine Educator Award.
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Administrative and Mentoring (A&M) Core
- Mark A. Creager, MD – Core Lead; Co-Mentor: Emily Zeitler, MD, MHS
- David C. Goodman, MD, MS – Co-Mentor: Samantha House, DO, MPH
- JoAnna Leyenaar, MD, MPH, MSc – Co-Mentor: Samantha House, DO, MPH
- James O'Malley, PhD, MS – Co-Mentor: Emily Zeitler, MD, MHS
- Judy Rees, BM, BCh, MPH, PhD – Co-Mentor: Laura Paulin, MD, MHS
- James D. Sargent, MD – Co-Mentor: Laura Paulin, MD, MHS
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Statistics, Informatics, and Qualitative Methods (SIQM) Core
- James O'Malley, PhD, MS – Core Co-Director
- Timothy Burdick, MD, MBA – Core Co-Director
- Karen Schifferdecker, PhD – Mixed-Methods Researcher
- Robyn Mosher, MS – Project Manager, Research Associate, Informatics
- Christopher Leggett, PhD – Research Programmer/Analyst
- Weiping Zhou, MS – Senior Health Care Data Analyst
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Community Engagement and Outreach (CEO) Core
- Martha Bruce, MPH, PhD – Core Co-Director
- Sally Kraft, MD, MPH – Core Co-Director
- Renee Pepin, PhD – CEO Investigator Advisor
- Greg Norman, MS – CEO Investigator Advisor
- Sharon Feeney – CEO Navigator
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Research operations and administration
- Kayla Moore, MPH – Research Operations Manager
- Shehreen Zakir, BDS, MPH, MS – Project Manager, Research Associate
- Zoe Daudier – Clinical Research Coordinator
- Elaine Geffken, MBA – Program Assistant