The Northeastern University Rural Health Interdisciplinary Collaborative (NU-RHIC) is a hub for faculty, researchers, staff, and students who are interested in rural health. NU-RHIC connects with local community partners and providers in rural communities to collaborate in developing innovative solutions to pressing health challenges. We share the belief that rural communities deserve to be healthy and thrive, and that bringing together people with different lived experiences, ways of knowing, talents, and resources lead to the most creative and viable solutions.