2021

Jackson, Mississippi-based news station WJTV covered the inaugural Mississippi Health Disparities Conference in a feature that was broadcast over the local cable TV network on Monday, August 2, 2021. The piece goes over the focus of the conference, eliminating health disparities in Mississippi that increase the risk of contracting COVID-19, as well as mentions two [...]

Gulfport, Mississippi-based news station WXXV25 covered the inaugural Mississippi Health Disparities Conference in a feature that was broadcast over the local cable TV network on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. The feature includes an interview with Dr. Jennifer Lemacks, director of the Mississippi INBRE Telenutrition center, concerning the importance of the conference in addressing health disparities [...]

In preparation for Mississippi Health Disparities Conference 2021, WLOX news anchor Bill Elliot interviewed MHD2021 session chair Dr. Stephen Farrow about the conference to get more information about its focus and mission. Elliot and Dr. Farrow discuss the state of health disparities in Mississippi, why MHD2021 is a step forward in addressing those disparities, and [...]

"An enhancement of the cutting edge technology employed by the Mississippi INBRE’s (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) Imaging Facility, headquartered at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), will keep its affiliate faculty and student researchers at the forefront in STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics) research. The Mississippi INBRE Imaging Core has upgraded its [...]

As Dr. Nicolas Brunet, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Millsaps College, enters his second year of funding with Mississippi INBRE, he has not let the hard hits of the COVID-19 pandemic cripple his or his student researchers’ work on improving methods to diagnose concussions. With the assistance of 15 Millsaps undergraduates over the last year [...]