Felix A. Okojie, EdD, MPH, CRA

Interim Vice President

In addition to serving as Interim Vice President Academic Affairs and Student Life, Dr. Okojie is the Vice President for Research Development, Support and Federal Relations, Professor of Public Health, and Professor of Educational Administration at Jackson State University .

Over the past fifteen years, he has served in several administrative, research and professional capacities at universities and government, including Senior Research Associate at Atlanta University , and Education Technologist at the Mississippi State Department of Education. He has been proactive in providing administrative, academic and research leadership in several disciplines including Science and Technology, Health Sciences, Education and Social Sciences. In the past fourteen years, he has devoted considerable energies to the growth of research programs at Jackson State University . He is playing leadership roles in the funding and ongoing implementation of the National Center for Biodefense Communications, Mississippi Urban Research Center , Center for Defense Integrated Data, and the Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center , the largest contracted prospective study in the U.S. on cardiovascular disease among African Americans; and negotiated several large contracts with federal agencies.