The Samuel DuBois Cook Center is an interdisciplinary research center that is comprised of faculty and scholars from across a diverse group of affiliated universities, research centers and nongovernmental organizations. Its mission is to promote equity, across all domains of human interactions, through interdisciplinary research, teaching, partnerships, policy, and practice. The Cook Center seeks to employ the innovative use of new and existing data, develop human capital, incorporate stakeholder voices through civic engagement, create viable collaborations, and engender equity-driven policy and social transformation at the local, national and international levels.