The Rural Research Advisory Group (RRAG) advises CERDAR investigators and staff on key issues, research methods, and local, regional, or state rural community priorities related to CERDAR research, which focuses on the health of older adults and aging and specifically on dementia in rural communities. RRAG members are selected according to knowledge, expertise and interest in rural health, northern Minnesota communities, the health of older adults, and dementia care and services.​

 

• Shawn McMahon, MD, Rural Advisor, Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team

 

• Terry J. Hill, MPA, Executive Director, Rural Health Innovations, Senior Advisor for Rural Health Leadership and Policy, National Rural Health Resource Center, Duluth

 

• Kristi Kane, Executive Director, Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC)

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• Emily Onello, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health, UMN Medical School, Duluth Campus

 

• Megan O’Connell, PhD, Department of Psychology, Rural Dementia Action Research (RADAR) Centre, Rural and Remote Memory Clinic, University of Saskatchewan College of Arts and Science.

 

• Heather Pender, Aging Program Director, Dancing Sky AAA