Boulger Elected RMEG Co-Chair

James Boulger, PhD, Elected Co-Chair of Rural Medical Educators Group

Thursday, June 29, 2006 (Duluth, MN) -- James Boulger, PhD, has been elected co-chair of the Rural Medical Educators group within the National Rural Health Association and a member of the association’s National Steering Committee.   Boulger will have the lead responsibility for organizing the group’s annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska in May, 2007. 

Among his many responsibilities at the University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth, Dr. Boulger is the Director of the Center for Rural Mental Health Studies and Director of Alumni Relations at the school.  He is also a professor of Behavioral Sciences; Family Medicine and Community Health.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

The NRHA is a national nonprofit membership organization with more than 10,000 members that provides leadership on rural health issues. The association’s mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of rural Americans and to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education, research and leadership.