Programs


As members, students can come together with their peers, educators, administrators, health professionals and other stakeholders to create a dialogue about rural health and related issues, such as workforce and policy.

NRHA’s Student Constituency Group is overseen by a board of students who are elected each year. The board assists in recruitment and plans NRHA’s Annual Rural Health Conference student track to promote rural health issues.

Want to get involved?
Email NRHA’s student outreach coordinators. We're eager to get students and schools involved and provide updates on NRHA leadership opportunities, including student board elections.

NRHA student board members
NRHA’s student board members are passionate about rural health and would love to hear from you. Below are bios about each of the current board members with contact information.

2023 NRHA Student CG Board

Halle Ciganick

Region 2 Recruitment Coordinator

Halle is a second-year medical student in the Leadership in Rural Medicine Program at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Nathan Dockery

Health Equity Liaison

Nathan is in his second year working toward his master's in public health degree.

Bradley Firchow

Chair, Student Constituency Group

Bradley is a medical student in the Rural Physician Leadership Program at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

bradley.firchow@uky.edu

Lucas Goetz

Region 6 Recruitment Coordinator

Lucas is a second-year medical student at University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.

Anna Harmeling

Policy Liaison

Anna is a second-year medical student at the University of Michigan.

Daniel Hayes

Region 1 Recruitment Coordinator

Daniel is a first-year medical student at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington.

Ryan Johnson

Communications Coordinator

Ryan is a third-year pharmacy student at South Dakota State University.

Katie McLaughlin

Region 4 Recruitment Coordinator

Katie is a student at the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed her preclinical years at the Duluth campus.

Madiline McNamara

Region 3 Recruitment Coordinator

Madi is a third-year medical student at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Garrett Orick

Vice Chair

Garrett is a third-year MD/MPH student in the Rural Primary Care Track Program at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine.

orickgt@mail.etsu.edu

Catherine Patel

Region 7 Recruitment Coordinator

Catherine is in her first year at Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Stephanie Von Nor

Region 5 Recruitment Coordinator

Stephanie is a third-year medical student in the Rural Medical Track at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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