Hannah F MacDougall

Hannah F MacDougall serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus, conducting research at the intersection of rural health systems, healthcare accessibility, and socioeconomic determinants of health with emphasis on urban-rural disparities.

Her primary research areas include rural health workforce dynamics, healthcare affordability barriers, nonprofit hospital community benefit programs, and transgender/gender-diverse healthcare access in rural settings. She investigates how social and emotional support structures impact health outcomes, particularly regarding medical bill unaffordability and financial assistance mechanisms in rural communities.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent focus on Minnesota-specific rural health challenges while contributing to national discourse on hospital financing transparency, mental health professional distribution, and marginalized population access. Her work bridges social work practice with health policy analysis through empirical studies comparing urban and rural resident experiences.

MacDougall currently contributes as Co-Investigator on the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation Cooperative Agreement (2023-2028), a $5M+ HRSA-funded project assessing federal program impacts on rural hospital sustainability and community benefit expenditures across the United States.