Michael B. Meit, MA, MPH

Director
ETSU Center for Rural Health
Member, Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit Advisory Board
Johnson city, Tennessee

Michael Meit serves as Director of the East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research, located in the Appalachian Highlands of Northeast Tennessee. Michael also retains a role as a Senior Fellow in NORC at the University of Chicago’s Public Health Research Department, and serves as Deputy Director for ETSU’s HRSA-funded rural health research center, the ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center. 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.

Presentation(s):

• Recovery Ecosystems: What Are They and How Can You Build One in Your Community?

  Monday, April 10, 2023
  2:30 PM – 3:45 PM

• Evolution of State Data Systems to Protect Individuals From Substance Use Disorder Overdose and Deaths: Lessons From Florida and Maine

  Tuesday, April 11, 2023
  8:00 AM – 9:15 AM

• Community Pharmacists: Underutilized Partners in Increasing Access to Fentanyl Test Strips

  Tuesday, April 11, 2023
  11:15 AM – 12:30 PM