Faculty

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  • Faculty

    There are now more than 20 faculty members in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. Primary faculty members are engaged in patient care, psychiatric research and teaching medical students, residents and fellows at University of Mississippi Medical Center.

    Secondary (affiliate) faculty members hold a primary appointment in another department at UMMC or the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Veteran Affairs Medical Center and enhance the scholarship of our department through teaching and scientific collaborations.

    Chair

    • Grayson S. Norquist, MD, MSPH, Professor, Psychiatry -  View profile

    Professors

    Associate professors

    Assistant professors

    • Courtney Bagge, PhD, Psychology - View profile
    • Kevin Freeman, Neurobiology and Behavior Research 
    • Gregory A. Gordon, MD, Psychiatry - View profile
    • Maxie L. Gordon, MD, Psychiatry -View profile
    • Lillian J. Houston, MD, Psychiatry
    • Jon Corey Jackson, MD, Psychiatry
    • Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo, PhD, DMSc, Neurobiology and Behavior Research - View profile
    • John W. Pruett, MD, BCFE, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - View profile
    • Faiza Qureshi, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - View profile
    • Rana J. Riaz, Sleep Disorder Center
    • Andres G. Viana, PhD, Psychology - View profile

    Instructors

    Adjunct faculty

    • Ruth Black, EdD, PhD, Instructor, University Hospital
    • Susan Buttross, Assistant Professor, Child Development 
    • Rick C.S. Lin, PhD, Professor, Anatomy - View profile
    • Warren "Paul" May, PhD, Professor, Anatomy -View profile
    • Dorothy Scattone, Assistant Professor, Child Development
    • Kimberly Simpson, Assistant Professor, Anatomy - View profile
    • Patrick Smith, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine - View profile
    • Jun Ming Wang, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology - View profile