Upcoming Events

Friday Night Football Injury Clinic

Friday, October 30 at 9:30 p.m

Injured player? Don't wait - UMMC is open late. We offer full sports medicine and on-site radiological services every Friday night during the regular high school football season from 9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. at the University Physicians Pavilion.

Annual benefits open enrollment ends

Saturday, October 31 at 12:05 a.m

Annual benefits open enrollment provides an opportunity for benefits eligible UMMC faculty and staff to review their current benefits and make changes that will be effective Jan. 1, 2021. Open enrollment is Oct. 1 – 31, 2020.

Microbiology Seminar

Monday, November 2 at 1:30 p.m

Dr. Jarrod Mousa, assistant professor of infectious diseases, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, will give the UMMC Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series virtual presentation, “Defining the Epitope Specificity of Human Antibodies Reveals Novel Mechanisms of Pathogen Recognition”

Medicine Grand Rounds

Tuesday, November 3 at 12:00 p.m

Dr. Jeremy D. Jackson, UMMC assistant professor of dermatology, will give the Medicine Grand Rounds virtual presentation, “All I Do is Skin, Skin, Skin, No Matter What: Dermatology for the Internist”

Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds

Wednesday, November 4 at 7:15 a.m

Dr. William R. Robinson, UMMC professor of gynecologic oncology, will give the Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds presentation, “Molecularly Targeted Therapy in Gynecologic Cancer”

SHRP Webinar

Friday, November 6 at 12:00 p.m

As part of the School of Health Related Professions’ Friday Webinar Series, the school will host its third presentation, “SHRP Traditional/On-campus Programs Webinar,” at noon on Nov. 6 via Big Blue Button.

Medicine Grand Rounds

Tuesday, November 10 at 12:00 p.m

Dr. Gailen D. Marshall Jr., R. Faser Triplett Chair of Allergy and Immunology and editor-in-chief of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunity, will give the Medicine Grand Rounds virtual presentation, “Getting the Most from Reading the Medical Literature: Tips from a Journal Editor”

ODI InclUsive Conversation

Thursday, November 12 at 12:00 p.m

Mei-Chi C. Piletz, executive director of the Global Education Program at Mississippi College, will present the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s virtual InclUsive Conversation, “Best Practices when Working with International Students”

SOPH Grand Rounds

Monday, November 16 at 12:00 p.m

Dr. Michael Stefanek, UMMC professor of psychiatry and human behavior, will give the virtual School of Population Health Grand Rounds presentation, “Grantsmanship: Artistry with Science”

Medicine Grand Rounds

Tuesday, December 1 at 12:00 p.m

Dr. Patrick O. Smith, UMMC professor of family medicine, chief faculty affairs officer and associate dean for faculty affairs in the School of Medicine, will give the Department of Medicine virtual Grand Rounds presentation, “Yerkes-Dodson Law: Your Performance and Behavior”

Dissertation defense

Monday, December 7 at 10:00 a.m

Jeanne Ishimwe, a graduate student in the Experimental Therapeutics and Pharmacology Program, will defend her dissertation, “The Role of the Gut Microbiome in the Development of Preeclampsia”

Medicine Grand Rounds

Tuesday, December 15 at 12:00 p.m

Dr. Tariq Shafi, UMMC professor and division chief of nephrology, and Dr. John Clemmer, instructor in physiology and biophysics, will give the Medicine Grand Rounds and Physiology in Medicine Series virtual presentation, “The Physiology of Crashing: Unraveling Dialysis-associated Hypotension”