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Marianne Hillemeier, Ph.D., MPH, Faculty Associate

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E-mail: mmh18@psu.edu

Marianne Hillemeier is a research associate with the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health. She is a native of Iowa and has a longstanding interest in rural health and health disparities among children and youth. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing from the University of Iowa and Yale University, respectively, a Master of Public Health degree in Maternal and Child Health from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from the University of Michigan. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration at Penn State, and has joint appointments in the Penn State School of Nursing, the Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Penn State College of Medicine. She is a member of the Penn State Rural Women's Health Initiative and the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health Futures Council and also serves on the board of directors of the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania.