Marian S. Evans, DrPh

Marian S. Evans is the Program Coordinator for the Minority Initiative Sub-Recipient Grant Office and the Interim Director of the Minority Research Center on Tobacco and Addictions at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.  She holds a Master of Public Health Degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR.  She has over 25 years in community based program planning and implementation, capacity building, program evaluation and policy development.  Dr. Evans has extensive grant writing and grant evaluation experience and manages over $2 million dollars in grant funding. She recently became a certified Tobacco Treat Specialist through the MD Anderson training program. Her research interests are policy and community public health development in minority and rural communities.