John Gale
Director of Policy Engagement, Senior Research Associate
President of the National Rural Health Association
- Muskie School of Public Service
Northeast Rural Health Research Center
BIO
John Gale is a Senior Research Associate and Director of Policy Engagement at the Maine Rural Health Research Center. John is past-President of the National Rural Health Association, completing his term in January 2022. John was awarded the Calico Leadership Award in 2020 by the National Rural Health Resource Center’s Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC), which annually presents the award to an outstanding rural health leader.
John’s work focuses on leveraging resources to improve the rural healthcare infrastructure and develop rural systems of care. He serves as the principal investigator for several rural health studies as well as for the Center’s work on the National Flex Monitoring Team and the Frontier Community Health Integration Project Demonstration. His portfolio has included projects on rural health care delivery systems including Rural Health Clinics and Critical Access Hospitals; mental health, substance use, primary care, and EMS services; the community benefit, community health needs assessment, population health strategies of rural hospitals; state and federal program outcome measurement and evaluation; and Veteran’s issues. He has presented nationally and has authored and co-authored a wide range of publications.
Gale served as the President of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) in 2021 and currently chairs their Policy Congress as part of his tenure on its Board of Trustees. He is a member of the Technical Expert Panel for the National Quality Forum’s MAP Rural Health Workgroup, the National Academy of Medicine’s Collaborative Working Group on Community Health Needs Assessments Principles and Practice, and serves as an Expert Advisor on the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Grand Challenges Project: Preventing Opioid Misuse in Pregnant Women & New Moms. His past service includes chairing the Policy Committee for the New England Rural Health Association, work with the National Association for Rural Mental Health, the Catholic Health Association, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, the National Rural Health Resource Center, the National Center for Frontier Communities, and the National Center for Rural Health Works. He recently served as a lead consultant to develop a toolkit for policymakers in developing countries on rural substance use treatment, prevention, and recovery for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Mr. Gale received his Master of Science degree from the Muskie School of Public Service’s graduate program in public health.
Publications
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Awards and Achievements
Calico Leadership Award
Bio
John Gale is a Senior Research Associate and Director of Policy Engagement at the Maine Rural Health Research Center. John is past-President of the National Rural Health Association, completing his term in January 2022. John was awarded the Calico Leadership Award in 2020 by the National Rural Health Resource Center’s Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC), which annually presents the award to an outstanding rural health leader.
John’s work focuses on leveraging resources to improve the rural healthcare infrastructure and develop rural systems of care. He serves as the principal investigator for several rural health studies as well as for the Center’s work on the National Flex Monitoring Team and the Frontier Community Health Integration Project Demonstration. His portfolio has included projects on rural health care delivery systems including Rural Health Clinics and Critical Access Hospitals; mental health, substance use, primary care, and EMS services; the community benefit, community health needs assessment, population health strategies of rural hospitals; state and federal program outcome measurement and evaluation; and Veteran’s issues. He has presented nationally and has authored and co-authored a wide range of publications.
Gale served as the President of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) in 2021 and currently chairs their Policy Congress as part of his tenure on its Board of Trustees. He is a member of the Technical Expert Panel for the National Quality Forum’s MAP Rural Health Workgroup, the National Academy of Medicine’s Collaborative Working Group on Community Health Needs Assessments Principles and Practice, and serves as an Expert Advisor on the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Grand Challenges Project: Preventing Opioid Misuse in Pregnant Women & New Moms. His past service includes chairing the Policy Committee for the New England Rural Health Association, work with the National Association for Rural Mental Health, the Catholic Health Association, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, the National Rural Health Resource Center, the National Center for Frontier Communities, and the National Center for Rural Health Works. He recently served as a lead consultant to develop a toolkit for policymakers in developing countries on rural substance use treatment, prevention, and recovery for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Mr. Gale received his Master of Science degree from the Muskie School of Public Service’s graduate program in public health.
Awards and Achievements
Calico Leadership Award