As academic health centers receive greater pressure from the Institute of Medicine and accrediting agencies to reform health care education, the question of leadership arises. While there are studies of health sciences leaders in single disciplines, the literature does not contain leadership studies of interdisciplinary health sciences professionals. This study was designed to explore the leadership styles(s) of interdisciplinary health science education leaders at academic institutions who had Quentin Burdick Interdisciplinary Rural Health Training Grants. The present study determined...