Rural Mental Health Workforce Needs Assessment - a national survey

Daniel Thomas

qualifications: MS

contribution: devised survey tool, collected data, input data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts, designed the project

position: Researcher

United States

Dr Martin MacDowell

qualifications: DrPH

contribution: original concept, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Faculty

United States

Martin MacDowell, DrPH, MBA is a Research Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Family and Community Medicine at UIC College of Medicine - Rockford. He participated in the curriculum development, evaluation, and teaching of students in the rural physician and pharmacy (RMED and R-Pharm) programs. He also participated in the development of interdisciplinary courses, presentations, and curriculum related to all rural health professions. He was a faculty member in the public health program. His publications have been cited over 900 times.

Michael Glasser

qualifications: PhD

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Faculty

United States

Associate Dean for Rural Health Professions and a medical sociologist with research interests in primary care services, rural health, mental health (particularly depression), patient-provider-older adult triads, and interprofessional education.