Kristine Sande, MBA

Kristine Sande serves as the project director of 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 the project director, Sande manages the development of RAC's products and services, including its web-based resources. She also coordinates the activities among the RAC partners and works to develop and promote RAC activities.

Sande previously served as the project coordinator for the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program at the Center for Rural Health. In that capacity, she provided technical assistance to North Dakota's rural hospitals. She continues to serve as a Steering Committee member for the Flex Program. Prior to joining the Center for Rural Health, she worked in the finance departments of two rural electric cooperatives.

Sande was raised on a family farm outside of a North Dakota town of 1,200 people. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in economics and a Master of Business Administration degree, both from UND.

Established in 1980, the Center for Rural Health is one of the nation's most experienced rural health organizations. It has developed a full complement of programs to assist researchers, educators, policymakers, health care providers and, most importantly, rural residents to address changing rural environments by identifying and researching rural health issues, analyzing health policy, strengthening local capabilities, developing community-based alternatives, and advocating for rural concerns.

Contact Information:

Tel:	(701) 777-6466
Email:	ksande@medicine.nodak.edu
Web site:	http://ruralhealth.und.edu

Projects

• Health Workforce Information Center -- Provides free access to the most recent resources on the nation’s health workforce in one easy-to-use online location.
• Rural Assistance Center -- The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) is a national rural health and human services information portal.

Presentations

• Grassroot Strategies for a Strong Rural Health Workforce
  Presented by Spencer, K., Sande, K., & Size, T. on May 1, 2009 at the NRHA's 32nd Annual Conference, Miami Beach, FL.
  
• Rural Health Research Gateway
  Presented by Wakefield, M., Moulton, P., Sande, K., & Scurry, A. on Aug 27, 2007 at the Office of Rural Health Policy - All Programs Meeting, Washington, DC.
  
• Achieve Maximum Impact With Your Message
  Presented by Offutt, S., Sande, K., & Scurry, A. on May 17, 2007 at the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, Anchorage, AK.
  
• 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.
  
• Emerging Issues in Rural American Health: An Evaluation of the Rural Assistance Center
  Presented by Kruger, G., Sande, K., Niemeier, M., Reinertson-Sand, M., & Spencer, K. on May 20, 2004 at the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.