The WICHE Center is one of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Rural Health Policy. Over the last four years, the Center has built a foundation upon which to build new effective science to service initiatives. Through these projects, as well as others in the past, the WICHE mental health program has fostered and maintained a relationship with an approved Institutional Review Board.

This research conducted by the WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research is supported by Grant Number U1CRH03713-01-00 from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Rural Health Policy (HRSA/ORHP).

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Center Team

Director
Dennis Mohatt, M.A.
Vice-President
WICHE Mental Health Program
3035 Center Green Drive
Boulder, CO 80301
Tel. (303) 541-0256
Fax. (303) 541-0230
dmohatt@wiche.edu

Deputy Director
Mimi McFaul, Psy.D.
Associate Director
WICHE Mental Health Program
3035 Center Green Drive
Boulder, CO 80301
Tel. (303) 541-0288
Fax. (303) 541-0230
mmcfaul@wiche.edu

Investigator
John Fortney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Division of Health Services Research
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5800 W. 10th Street, Suite 605
Little Rock, AR 72204
Tel. (501) 660-7527
Fax. (501) 660-7542
FortneyJohnC@uams.edu

Biostatistician
Stanley Xu, Ph.D.
Head of Biostatistics Clinical Research Unit
Kaiser Permanente, Colorado
Tel. 303-636-3140
Fax. 303-636-3109
Stan.Xu@kp.org

Programmer
Fran Dong, M.S.
WICHE Mental Health Program
3035 Center Green Drive
Boulder, CO 80301

Administrative Coordinator
Jenny Shaw
WICHE Mental Health Program
3035 Center Green Drive
Boulder, CO 80301
Tel. (303) 541-0311
Fax. (303) 541-0230
jshaw@wiche.edu

Senior Science Advisor
James Ciarlo, Ph.D.
jciarlo@du.edu

Project Leader
Jeffrey S. Harman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy
College of Public Health and Health Professions
University of Florida
101 S. Newell Drive, Room 4135
PO Box 100195
Gainesville, FL 32611-0195
Tel: (352) 273-6060
Fax: (352) 273-6075
jharman@ufl.edu

Project Coordinator
Scott Adams, Psy.D.
WICHE Mental Health Program
3035 Center Green Drive
Boulder, CO 80301