Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Center for Rural Health Research & Policy
Faculty & Staff Affiliated with the Center
College of Medicine Faculty and Staff engaged in rural health policy
and research
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Andree Aubrey, MSW, LCSW,
Director, FSU COM Area
Health Education Center
Program. Interests: health
literacy, tobacco cessation,
and motivational
interviewing.
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Gail R. Bellamy, Ph.D.,
Director, BCBS of Florida
Center for Rural Health
Research and Policy and
Professor, FSU College of
Medicine Department of
Family Medicine and Rural
Health. Interests: Social
factors in health and
illness of rural and
underserved populations,
health policy, and health
literacy.
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Les Beitsch, M.D., J.D.,
Professor and Associate Dean
for Health Affairs.
Interests: Medicine and
public health collaboration
and coordination, Terrorism
preparedness, Health systems
quality improvement and work
force development.
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Kenneth Brummel-Smith.M.D.,
Charlotte Edwards Maguire
Professor and Chair,
Department of Geriatrics.
Interests: Dementia
assessment, Comprehensive
assessment, rehabilitation.
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Maggie Blackburn, M.D.,
Assistant Professor and
Director, Rural Health
Program, Department of
Family Medicine and Rural
Health. Interests: medical
student attitudes toward
rural practice and
underserved populations,
training a culturally
competent primary care
workforce.
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Askar Chukmaitov, M.D.,
Ph.D., Assistant
Professor and Director,
Center on Global Health.
Interests: research in the
areas of healthcare quality,
outpatient care, and
hospital systems.
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Daniel J. Van Durme, MD,
FAAFP, Professor and
Chair, Department of Family
Medicine and Rural Health
Interest: Evidence based
medicine, medical education,
global health and
dermatology.
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Gareth Dutton, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medical
Humanities and Social
Services. Research
interests: obesity/weight
loss, diabetes prevention,
translation of
evidence-based behavioral
treatments to applied
clinical and community
settings.
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Rob Glueckauf, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of
Medical Humanities & Social
Sciences, Interests are:
telehealth, program
evaluation, family
intervention, and
spirituality and health.
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Eron Manusov, M.D.,
Associate Professor, Dept of
Family Medicine and Rural
Health, Interests:
Diversity, Multicultural and
Multiracial with regards to
medical education.
Personality and
characteristics of rural
physicians and medical
students, Specialty choice:
Rural and Primary care,
Medical School mission based
admissions especially as it
applies to rural and primary
care medical specialty
choice.
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Kathryn Rost, MSW, Ph.D.,
Elizabeth Freed Professor of
Mental Health, Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences. Interests:
rural, primary care,
depression, disease
management, financing.
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Charles Saunders, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Family
Medicine and Rural Health.
Interests: health services
research, Medicaid.
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Dennis Tsilimingras, M.D.,
MPH, Assistant Professor
and Director, Center on
Patient Safety. Interests:
Patient safety, quality of
health care.
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