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

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

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

Presented on May 9, 2023 to the North Dakota Healthcare Financial Management Association Conference, Ramada Hotel, Bismarck, North Dakota.
Projects:
Flex, State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: May 2023
Type: Presentation

Presented on May 4, 2023 by Brad Gibbens to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services Community Engagement, Meeting the Challenge Conference, Bismarck State College, Bismarck, North Dakota.
Project:
State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: May 2023
Type: Presentation

Presented on May 2, 2023 by Brad Gibbens to the University of North Dakota Occupational Therapy Program, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Project:
State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: May 2023
Type: Presentation