Mississippi Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health

 

 

Mississippi State Social Sciences Research Center

Mission: The evaluation plan outlines how the proposed Institute will demonstrate accomplishment of its stated goals and objectives to

improve the health status of racial and ethnic groups and eliminate health disparities.  The plan will evaluate the performances of

activities in each core and provide a strategy for determining the overall improvement in health status and elimination of health disparities

in the designated geographic areas.

textDr. Cosby is Director and Research Specialist for the Social Science Research Center and Professor of Sociology at

Mississippi State University.  During his term as Director, the SSRC has grown into a research enterprise with

approximately 50 research fellows and over 70 sponsored research projects.  The Center’s research and program

portfolio exceeded $14 million in research and related projects. He has facilitated the development of state-of-the-art

facilities for 1) computer-assisted telephone and Web interviews, 2) societal monitoring laboratories for

complexdatabases and spatial analysis, 3) decision support labs for computer-assisted group processes, 4) secure data laboratories for

compartmentalized research on sensitive topics, and 5) advanced information technologies for the social sciences.

 

textTonya T-Neaves serves as a Project Coordinator at the Social Science Research Center of Mississippi State

University, where she works closely with the Director of the Center, Dr. Arthur G. Cosby, on various research projects. 

She is a graduate of Mississippi State University; Tonya Thornton-Neaves holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy

and Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science with a minor in Geosciences, both from Mississippi State University. 

 

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