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Mississippi INBRE Sponsors Mississippi Academy of Sciences 2024

2024-03-08T19:55:34-06:00March 8th, 2024|

Continuing a long-standing partnership of over 15 years, the Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (MS-INBRE) served as Major Sponsor for the 88th annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) meeting, hosted on Thursday, February 29 - Friday, March 1, 2024, at the Thad Cochran Center on The University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) Hattiesburg campus. [...]

MS-INBRE-Supported Students Excel at 2023 Southeast Regional IDeA Conference

2023-10-10T19:48:18-05:00October 10th, 2023|

Four undergraduates supported by the Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (MS-INBRE) placed in the research poster competition at the 2023 Southeast Regional IDeA Conference (SEIDeA23), held in South Carolina this September. Of those who placed, one student was even honored as the highest scoring undergraduate in the entire Southeast U.S. region. SEIDeA is [...]

Mississippi INBRE Announces $21 Million NIH Grant Renewal

2023-09-07T14:42:32-05:00September 7th, 2023|

Dr. Alex Flynt, far left, discusses the renewal of a more than $21 million NIH grant that supports the Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (MS INBRE). Joining him for the announcement about the grant renewal were Dr. Jake Schaefer, director of the School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences (BEES); Dr. Chris Winstead, [...]

Mississippi INBRE Co-Hosts 2nd Annual Mississippi IDeA/EPSCoR Conference 2023

2023-08-11T16:40:57-05:00August 2nd, 2023|

The Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Mississippi INBRE) co-hosted the 2ndannual Mississippi IDeA/EPSCoR Conference 2023 (MIEC23) in conjunction with the Mississippi Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Mississippi EPSCoR) on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at the Thad Cochran Center on The University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus. The meeting was a successful sequel [...]

Community Engagement and Training Core Co-Director Presents at Puerto Rico INBRE

2023-04-20T15:18:02-05:00April 20th, 2023|

Mississippi INBRE (MS-INBRE) Community Engagement and Training Core (CETC) Co-Director Dr. Jennifer Lemacks presented at the 2023 Puerto Rico INBRE (PR-INBRE) Annual Retreat, held on March 19, 2023, to discuss CETC operations to strengthen community-engaged health disparities research in Mississippi. Her presentation, titled “Multi-Stakeholder Engagement to Support Health Disparities Research in Mississippi,” demonstrated the unique [...]

Mississippi INBRE Sponsors 2023 Mississippi Academy of Sciences

2023-08-02T10:40:09-05:00March 7th, 2023|

The Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) recently sponsored the 87th annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting (MAS) at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, MS. Held on February 23-24, 2023, the meeting hosted over 1,200 attendees as well as over 800 STEM research presentations in both oral and poster format. Mississippi [...]

Mississippi INBRE Investigator Awarded by National Indian Health Board

2022-12-06T14:51:52-06:00October 7th, 2022|

Dr. Tammy Greer, Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Telenutrition Center Investigator and Director of the Center for American Indian Research and Studies (CAIRS) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), was recently awarded the Area/Regional Impact Award by the National Indian Health Board at the 39th annual National Tribal Health Conference held [...]

Mississippi Outreach Scholars 2022 – Dakota Kilcrease

2022-12-06T14:36:25-06:00September 15th, 2022|

        Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholar (MIOS) Dakota Kilcrease recently won the Overall Best Poster award in the research poster competition at Mississippi IDeA/EPSCoR Conference 2022 in late July. We interviewed Kilcrease about his summer research experience. From Powderly, Texas, Kilcrease is a 29-year-old OMS-II student at the William Carey University College of [...]

Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholars 2022

2022-10-04T11:51:20-05:00September 15th, 2022|

Our 2022 class of Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholars (MIOS) had a landmark year. They spent the summer conducting community outreach and research at our Telenutrition Center, headquartered at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg, Miss. The program concluded with three placements in the research poster competition at the inaugural Mississippi IDeA/EPSCoR Conference 2022 [...]

Mississippi INBRE Service Scholars 2022 – Jaylen Sandifer

2022-09-30T16:11:34-05:00September 13th, 2022|

          Having won first place in the Community-Based Poster Competition at Mississippi IDeA/EPSCoR Conference 2022 in late July, we interviewed Mississippi INBRE Service Scholar (MISS) Jaylen Sandifer about his summer research experience. A Jackson, Miss. native, Sandifer is a 22-year-old biology pre-medicine and music dual major at Jackson State University. He [...]

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