Nicole Threadgold, MBA
Grant Program Director
Nicole Threadgold is the director for the State Office of Rural Health administered by the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks.
Nicole is also active in the state and nationally:
- Technical Assistance Service Center/Small Hospital Improvement Program Advisory Council, chairperson
Projects
- Building Healthier Rural Community (BUILD) Grants Program
- Community Health Needs Assessment
- Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health
- Flex
- Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Program
- Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program
- State Office of Rural Health
Most Recent Publications & Presentations
Scrubs Project Report
This project report for Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Camps and Scrubs Academies covers activities from 2024-2025.
Projects:
Area Health Education Center Program, Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Program, State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Threadgold, N.
Date: May 2025
Type: Report
Driving Change: Navigating ACO Support from the State Flex Program Perspective
Presented on July 17, 2024 to the 2024 Flex Program Reverse Site Visit in Washington, D.C.
Project:
Flex
Author(s): Barter, C., Threadgold, N.
Date: July 2024
Type: Presentation
Building a Sustainable Rural Health Workforce for the 21st Century: A Report of the 2024 Rural Health Workforce Summit
The report outlines ideas to address workforce challenges in rural communities throughout the country.
Projects:
Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Program, State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Arespacochaga, et al.
Date: May 2024
Type: Report
Value Based Care in a Sea of Change for Rural Health
Presented on October 10, 2023 to the North Dakota Hospital Association Conference in Fargo, North Dakota.
Project:
COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant
Author(s): Gibbens, B., Threadgold, N.
Date: October 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