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Director of Research and Programs
Center for Rural Health Research, East Tennessee State University
Member, Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit Advisory Board
Johnson City, Tennessee
Michael Meit serves as Director of Research and Programs for the East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research and as a Senior Fellow in NORC at the University of Chicago’s Public Health Research Department. Michael currently leads studies focused on the evaluation of rural health programs, health equity, opioid misuse, and food insecurity, among others. Recently, he led development of an Appalachian Regional Commission study, exploring Diseases of Despair in Appalachia, a companion Appalachian Overdose Mapping Tool, and the national expansion of that tool, the Opioid Misuse Community Assessment Tool. Michael has also recently conducted work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to explore declining overdose rates in eastern Kentucky, and formative research for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore community assets to improve health and equity in rural communities. He serves as Deputy Director for the HRSA-funded ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Monday, April 18, 2022
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM ET
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
4:30 PM – 5:45 PM ET