About Academic Affairs

Bettie Butler, MSL
Director, Business Operations (Academic Affairs)
bbutler@umc.edu
(601) 984-1202

Yulonda T. Hutton, BA
Executive Assistant
yhutton@umc.edu
(601) 984-1197

Taylor R. Smith, MACR
Academic Affairs Administrator
trsmith2@umc.edu
(601) 984-2813

Jeanna D. Wilkes, DHA, MBA, MCA
Special Projects Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
jwilkes@umc.edu
(601) 984-2429
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Emily P. Cole, DHA
Senior Director, Enrollment Management
Registrar
epcole@umc.edu
(601) 984-1080

Tabora E. Cook
Senior Director, Rural Physician & Rural Dentist Scholarship Programs
tcook1@umc.edu
(601) 815-9026

Chad Daniels, MA, MS
Director, Business Operations (Student Union)
cdaniels2@umc.edu
(601) 815-5923

Ralph H. Didlake, MD, FACS
Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Professor, Population Health Science
rdidlake@umc.edu
(601) 815-4951
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Penni S. Foster, PhD
Director, Academic Affiliations
Director, Academic Engagement
Director, UMMC Honors College
Professor, Family Medicine
PSFoster@umc.edu
(601) 815-5064

Lida G. Key, MA
Director, Museum of Medical History
Assistant Professor, Academic Information Services
lbgibson@umc.edu
(601) 984-6790
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Elizabeth Hinton McMurphy, EdD, MSIS, AHIP
Director, Rowland Medical Library
Associate Professor, Academic Information Services
ehinton@umc.edu
(601) 984-1239
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Risa S. Moriarity, MD
Associate Chief Faculty Affairs Officer
Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Emergency Medicine
rmoriarity@umc.edu
(601) 815-4158
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Jonathan J.D. Nutt, EdD
Director, Student Services
jnutt@umc.edu
(601) 815-5900

Vickie Skinner, DHA
Senior Director, Continuing Health Professional Education
Assistant Professor, Health Administration
vskinner@umc.edu
(601) 815-5141
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Patrick O. Smith, PhD
Chief Faculty Affairs Officer
Professor, Family Medicine
posmith@umc.edu
(601) 984-5003
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Kenneth "Ken" L. Thompson, PhD
Senior Director, Academic Compliance, Effectiveness, and Research
SACSCOC Liaison
Assistant Professor, Advanced Biomedical Education
klthompson2@umc.edu
(601) 815-5194
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