Rural Health Research Program--the University of Mississippi.

The Rural Health Research Program (RHRP) of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Mississippi has been designated by the State of Mississippi as a program mandated to conduct health research throughout rural Mississippi. The authors discuss the historical development of RHRP and describes its present capability for fulfilling this research mandate. They describe the opportunities presented by RHRP for collaborative research with other health care professionals interested in health care problems and solutions in rural Mississippi.