Brad Gibbens, MPA
Acting Director and Assistant Professor
Brad Gibbens is the acting director of the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine & Health Sciences and an assistant professor at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
Brad is also active in the state and nationally:
- UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, By-Laws Committee
- National Rural Health Association, member (Statewide Health Constituency Group, Policy Congress)
- National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, former board member
- North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp's Health Advisory Committee
- Planning Committee of North Dakota Interim Health Reform Review Legislative Committee
Projects
- Area Health Education Center Program
- Barnes on the Move with Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Program Evaluation
- COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant
- Flex
- National Resource Center on Native American Aging
- Rural Health Clinic Network
- Rural Opioid Prevention Education and Support (ROPES) Project Evaluation
- State Office of Rural Health
Most Recent Publications & Presentations
So I am Going to be a Health Professional in a Rural Community, What Do I Need to Understand?
Presented on April 2, 2024 to the University of North Dakota 617 Education in Occupational Therapy class, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Project:
State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: April 2024
Type: Presentation
Population Health and Health Value in a Rural Context
Presented on March 20, 2024 to the North Dakota State University Nursing 830 Clinical Applications class, Virtual
Project:
State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: March 2024
Type: Presentation
What Is Value Based Care? What Does It Mean to Me?
Presented on December 5, 2023 to the Grand Forks Lions Club, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Project:
State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: December 2023
Type: Presentation
Rural Health Value - North Dakota
Presented on June 22, 2023 to the Center for Rural Health virtual staff meeting.
Project:
Flex
Author(s): Gibbens, B., Threadgold, N.
Date: June 2023
Type: Presentation
U.S. Health System Is Changing: Population and Health Value
Presented on May 10, 2023 to the North Dakota State University School of Nursing: Nursing 830 Clinical Applications Class, Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota.
Project:
State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: May 2023
Type: Presentation