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WLOX interviews Dr. Stephen Farrow about Mississippi Health Disparities Conference 2021

  • August 10, 2021
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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 […]

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WLOX covers Mississippi Health Disparities Conference 2021

  • August 10, 2021
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Biloxi, Mississippi-based news station WLOX covered the inaugural Mississippi Health Disparities Conference in a feature titled “COVID-19 adds urgency to conference on health disparities in Mississippi” that was broadcast over the local cable TV network on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. Incorporating interviews from the director of Mississippi INBRE, Dr. Mohamed Elasri, and the director of […]

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Mississippi INBRE Research Efforts Aided by Technology Upgrade

  • June 29, 2021
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“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 […]

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2020 Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholars Symposium

  • April 20, 2021
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Mississippi INBRE Telenutrition Center Outreach Scholars Symposium was held virtually on July 28th, 2020. Twenty outreach scholars presented ten research posters in two concurrent sessions. USM faculty and community partners served as judges at the symposium. This year’s Top Scholars award was shared by Anna Shepard-Morgan Monroy and Reyes Willis-Raven Mingo, who will be presenting […]

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85th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences

  • April 20, 2021
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Join us for the 85th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences meeting, sponsored by Mississippi INBRE, to be held Thursday, August 5 –  Friday, August 6, 2021 at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. Currently, the MAS 2021 meeting will be held face-to-face with strict adherence to CDC COVID-19 safety guidelines. In an event of increases in COVID-19 conditions […]

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Dr. Brunet tackles concussion research with new year of research funding through Mississippi INBRE!

  • January 19, 2021
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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 […]

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Covid-19 Testing Continues at USM

  • December 18, 2020
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The University of Southern Mississippi’s Covid-19 Testing Team continues their work to control the spread of Covid-19 on the USM Campus. The team is made up of Dr. Mohamed Elasri, Dr. Olga Mavrodi, Tatum Seawell, Shelby Moore, Madison Woodard, and Jordan Laster. Since the beginning of August, the team has processed thousands of tests and […]

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