Davis Patterson, Deputy Director of the CHWS HWRC on Health Equity and Director of the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center was appointed to the advisory board of the National Center for Rural Health Professions (NCRHP), based at University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford.
The NCRHP strives to meet the health care needs of rural residents and their communities in Illinois, around the nation and throughout the world. Certified by the Illinois Board of Higher Education since 2003, this University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford center has programs and collaborative partnerships that have become successful models for education, service, research and policy related to rural health involving multiple health professions.