Brad Gibbens
Brad Gibbens, Family of God president, has been awarded the 2024 Rural and Public Health Outstanding Rural Health Career at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health in June. This award is presented to a healthcare professional who has devoted his/her career to making significant contributions to improving healthcare in rural North Dakota.
Brad is the acting director of the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine & Health Sciences and an assistant professor at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
Brad is also active in the state and nationally:
UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, By-Laws Committee
National Rural Health Association, member (Statewide Health Constituency Group, Policy Congress)
National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, former board member
North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp's Health Advisory Committee
Planning Committee of North Dakota Interim Health Reform Review Legislative Committee