Holly Gabriel, MPH, MLS

Holly Gabriel is an information specialist for the Rural Assistance Center at the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks.

The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) was established in 2002 as a rural health and human services "information portal" to help rural communities and other rural stakeholders access the full range of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them to provide quality health and human services to rural residents.

As an information specialist, Gabriel assists clients regarding the resources for their specific needs. She develops and maintains information guides on several topics regarding health and human services. Other duties include completing customized searches of databases for grant opportunities and research information, the collection of articles, reports, and data for the RAC webpage, and exhibiting at conferences.

Gabriel received her Bachelor of Science degree in community health in 1998 from Northern Illinois University, her Master in Public Health degree in 2000 from Northern Illinois University, and her Master of Library Science degree in 2004 from Emporia State University. Gabriel was born and raised in Mankato, MN.

Previously, Gabriel has worked as a family advocate for the Headstart Program in Longview, WA and as a library assistant at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.

Gabriel currently holds memberships in several library organizations, including the American Library Association and the Medical Library Association.

Contact Information:

Tel:	(701) 777-0772
Email:	hgabriel@medicine.nodak.edu
Web site:	http://ruralhealth.und.edu

Projects

• Rural Assistance Center -- The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) is a national rural health and human services "information portal."

Presentations

• A Practical Guide to Grant Funding
  Presented by Gabriel, H. & Dixon, B. on Sep 11, 2007 at the Rural Health Information Technology: Navigating the Road to Performance Improvement, Kansas City, MO.
  Provides an overview of Health Information Technology Projects, Funding Sources for HIT Projects, Grant Writing Advice, Grants Management 101, HIT and Funding Resources.
• Finding Funds for Health Information Technology (HIT)
  Presented by Gabriel, H., Spencer, K., & Reinertson-Sand, M. on Mar 20, 2007 at the 2007 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Mandan, ND.
  
• Navigating the Internet in Search of the “Pot of Gold” Funding
  Presented by Gabriel, H. on Jun 20, 2005 at the Northeast State Offices of Rural Health Regional Meeting, Mystic, CT.
  
• Analysis of the Rural Health Literature Indexed in PubMed and in the Rural Assistance Center Documents Index
  Presented by Gabriel, H., Niemeier, M., Reinertson-Sand, M., Sande, K., & Spencer, K. on May 20, 2005 at the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.