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Welcome to the Office of Academic Affairs

Portrait of Dr. Scott Rogers and Dr. Natalie Gaughf
Scott M. Rodgers, MD Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Natalie W. Gaughf, PhD, ABPP Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

The University of Mississippi Medical Center supports six health professions schools on its main campus in Jackson and successfully graduates roughly 1000 health care professionals each year, many of whom choose to stay and practice in the state.

The Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs oversees the academic enterprise of UMMC. To support our academic mission, each member of our team plays an essential role in our continuing success as we work to identify and promote best practices in health care education, including the following: 

  • Academic planning and strategy
  • Academic policies and procedures
  • Continuing health professions education
  • Faculty development and success
  • Institutional accreditation
  • Quality improvement and innovation in education
  • Resources through the Rowland Medical Library
  • Student services and success

Our goals are to provide quality education to our students and trainees and to promote lifelong learning to our alumni, faculty, and staff.

Thank you for visiting our webpage, and please feel free to browse through our many programs.  

Academic Affairs News

Dr. Caroline Compretta, assistant vice chancellor for research, was a co-presenter for the March 27 session of Faculty Focus:

New program is a case of requested development

Monday, April 22, 2024

More than 1,000 people are teaching here at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, but they are also learning – and they want to learn more. To that end, leaders at the Medical Center created a sweeping, all-embracing program with their name on it. Read More

Dr. Utsav Nandi, an emergency department physician, earned a master's degree from the School of Population Health to better serve his patients.

#2024UMMCGrad: ER doc masters population health

Monday, April 15, 2024

Dr. Utsav Nandi, an ER physician at UMMC, will earn a master’s in School of Population Health in May, his second post-residency degree in eight years. Read More

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