RURAL STUDY

The RURAL Cohort Study team is led by a group of researchers from 17 different U.S. institutions. Their fields include public health, epidemiology and data sciences, sampling and survey methodology, social and environmental sciences, rural health, anthropology, genomics and computational biology, mobile health, digital health, and community-engaged research. They will work together to study the factors impacting the health of rural Americans... The RURAL (Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal) Cohort Study aims to address critical gaps in our knowledge of heart and lung disorders in rural counties in the southeastern US. With our mobile research vehicle, we will travel to rural counties to research people's health. We hope that our research findings will promote the health of rural communities... The Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal (RURAL) Cohort Study is a new six-year research project seeking to identify why some people in the rural south may live shorter and less..

Also known as: The RURAL Study

Primary location: Baton Rouge United States