Mr. Michael Meit

ETSU Center for Rural Health Research

Michael Meit serves as Director of Research and Programs for the East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research, and 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. He helped to develop the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Opioid Mapping Tool, and the USDA’s national-level Opioid Misuse Community Assessment Tool, which includes a Prosperity Index measuring county-level prosperity indicators. He is a member of the editorial and advisory boards for the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, the Journal of Appalachian Health, and Public Health Reports, the official journal of the U.S. Surgeon General.