SPOTLIGHT
A JOURNEY INTO RESEARCH AND RURAL HEALTH An Interview With Dr. Nicholas Mohr Nicholas Mohr, MD, MS, is a professor of emergency medicine (EM), anesthesia critical care, and epidemiology and the vice chair for research at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Dr. Mohr is currently the director of the EM-Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship Program, the director of the EM Physician-Scientist Training Pathway (PSTP) in the EM Residency Program, and he teaches in the epidemiology graduate program in the University of Iowa College of Public Health. Dr. Mohr’s research focuses on systems of care and innovative methods of health care delivery, and he directs the Rural Telehealth Research Center—a federally funded center charged with understanding the role of telehealth at improving the health of people who live in rural communities. He has current or recent research funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Mohr graduated with his BS in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University and earned his medical degree from the University of Iowa. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Indiana University and his fellowship in critical care medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Mohr currently serves on the SAEM Board of Directors, and he has previously held roles on the SAEM Grants Committee, SAEM Program Committee, SAEM Research Committee, and the SAEM Foundation. He represents SAEM on the AAMC Training Opportunities for Physician-Scientists Committee and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. Dr. Mohr has won numerous teaching and research awards, including the SAEM Mid-Career Investigator Award, the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, and the University of Iowa Distinguished Alumnus Award.
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Dr. Mohr and his family