JACKSON, Miss – Kaitlin Coker, a recent graduate of Northwest Mississippi Community College and a junior at the University of Mississippi, has been selected to participate in the undergraduate portion of the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program. She is the daughter of Tray and Stephanie Coker, of Charleston. Created in 2013 by the Mississippi Legislature,Read the story …
Coker Accepted into Rural Dental Scholarship Program
UM student selected for prestigious academic opportunity
August 2, 2018 by
Three Graduates Receive Rural Physician Scholarships
Funding supports medical training at UM School of Medicine
July 30, 2018 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Three recent graduates of the University of Mississippi have been awarded Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarships valued at $30,000 per year for their medical training at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson. Cal Wilkerson, Alison Redding and Kaleb Barnes were honored at the annual ceremony for the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program. Wilkerson isRead the story …
Pharmacy Professor Selected for Nelson Order
Scott Malinowski was one of 20 inductees chosen for the UMMC honor
May 24, 2018 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Scott Malinowski, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been inducted into the Norman C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Named for Norman C. Nelson, who served as UMMC’s vice chancellor for health affairs forRead the story …
Crowdfunding Effort Aims to Offer Music as Medicine
Columns Society campaign focuses on pediatric health care
April 7, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Organizers of an online crowdfunding campaign want to supplement medicine with music for young patients being treated at Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Members of the Columns Society, a group of UM students who serve as the university’s official hosts and hostesses, haveRead the story …
Dual-Campus Research Day Fosters Collaborative Science
Researchers from Oxford and Jackson share ideas, results
April 5, 2018 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Members of the Jackson and Oxford research communities gathered April 4 for the fourth annual UM/UMMC Research Day in the Norman C. Nelson Student Union at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Research Day, held in alternating years at University of Mississippi’s Oxford and Medical Center campuses, is an opportunity for membersRead the story …
UMMC Distinguished Professor Earns SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Jane Reckelhoff honored for teaching and research
April 2, 2018 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Jane Reckelhoff, Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor and chair of cell and molecular biology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, is the 2018 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award winner for the university. “I am truly honored to receive this recognition and am humbled to be a part of this distinguished groupRead the story …
UM Professors Receive IHL Excellence in Diversity Awards
RoSusan Bartee, Dr. Leandro Mena and Dr. Helen B. Barnes lauded at ceremonies in Jackson
February 23, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Faculty members at the University of Mississippi and the university’s Medical Center have been honored with diversity awards by the board of trustees of Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. RoSusan Bartee, professor of leadership and counselor education, and Dr. Leandro Mena, professor and chair of population health science, were recognized at theRead the story …
Medical Education Building to Be Named in Honor of Gov. Phil Bryant
Move recognizes leadership role and commitment to constructing facility
November 16, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss – The University of Mississippi has announced the naming of the medical education building at its Medical Center campus in Jackson in honor of Gov. Phil Bryant. The naming of Phil Bryant Medical Education Building became official today (Nov. 16) with approval from the Board of Trustees of Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.Read the story …
UM Medical Center Partners in Fight to End Child Hunger
Hospital joins Children’s HealthWatch with funding from the Kellogg Foundation
October 8, 2017 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Come January, some parents of children seen in the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Pediatric Emergency Department will be asked a revealing, two-pronged question – and given help, depending on their answers. The verbal queries: “In the last 12 months, have you worried about food in your household running out before you haveRead the story …
UMMC Earns National Telehealth Center of Excellence Designation
October 6, 2017 by
JACKSON, Miss. — For 14 years, the Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has been a national trailblazer in providing high-quality health care, especially for those with little access to both primary and specialty services. Its leadership, body of work and mastery of telecommunications technology is being recognized by the federalRead the story …