year project which aims to deliver data concerning the health, education, and economic well-being of Mississippi’s children and families to Kellogg grantees and state level agencies. He is also working on a project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assess pandemic influenza preparedness among child care centers in the United States.
His previous projects include: the Mississippi Division of Medicaid assessment of emergency room utilization; the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) assessment of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act of 2007; the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation’s Project Fit America Evaluation; the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation project; the W.K. Kellogg Foundation survey for race relations in Mississippi; the Center for Mississippi Health Policy survey on the Affordable Care Act in Mississippi; and the Mississippi Association of Grantmakers (MAG) project on the state of philanthropic giving in Mississippi.
Ben holds a B.A. in Psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University and a M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Mississippi State University with a specialization in Social Psychology. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology. His research interests include social demography, medical sociology, and health inequality.