MRC is the premier resource for research in tobacco and addictions affecting minority communities.
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PARTICIPATEThe Minority Research Center on Tobacco & Addictions (MRC) at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff offers a unique source of funding that supports emerging scholars and researchers from all disciplines who are engaged in evidence-linked research that directly contributes to the elimination of smoking and tobacco use among minority populations. Over a five-year timeframe, (2015-2020) the Minority Research Center awarded $87,565.00 in funding research proposals focused on the cessation, prevention, and the impact of tobacco use in minority communities across the state of Arkansas.
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What We Do
Our Mission is to serve as a local, regional, and national resource providing best practices and key learnings for eliminating the use of tobacco and other addictive substances within minority communities. Objectives include increasing knowledge about minority health disparities and addictions; increasing funding to researchers that will strengthen the capacity for addictions and community based participatory research; and collaborating with organizations whose goals include the radical reduction of smoking prevalence in minority populations.
Why We Exist
The tobacco use prevalence remains high for minorities, especially males, and the research on this population remains limited. The MRC serves as a clearinghouse for conducting research and disseminating information involving minorities. The emphasis of the Center is to aid Arkansas and the nation in tobacco and other substance abuse research, prevention, education, technical assistance, and evaluation in regard to minority populations. The Minority Research Center on Tobacco and Addictions is funded by the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement.
*Within thirty (30) days of receipt of moneys into the Prevention and Cessation Program Account, fifteen percent (15%) of those moneys shall be deposited into a special account within the prevention and cessation account at the Department of Health to be expended for tobacco prevention and cessation in minority communities as directed by the Director of the Department of Health in consultation with the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, the President of the Arkansas Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association, and the League of United Latin American Citizens. Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act of 2000
UAPB Minority Research Center
On Tobacco and Addictions Program Leaders
Dr. Mansour Mortazavi
Vice Chancellor,
Division of Research, Innovation
& Economic Development,
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Earnette Sullivan
Program Manager
Minority Research Center on
Tobacco & Addictions
Ms. Azarin Yazdani
Connect Arkansas Research Scholars
CARS Project Manager
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