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2024-2025 UMMC Promotions and Tenure

2024-2025 UMMC Promotions and Tenure

Monday, July 7, 2025

More than 80 current Medical Center faculty will begin the new academic year with a promotion in rank, newly granted tenure, or both. Faculty are listed alphabetically, by school, in rank order of professor with tenure, associate professor with tenure, professor, and associate professor. Read More

Recipients of the 2025 Guyton Professorships are, from left, Dr. Michael Garrett, Dr. Babbette LaMarca, Dr. Gailen Marshall, Dr. David Stec and Dr. Lei Zhang.

Faculty members awarded honor named for medical school legend

Monday, June 30, 2025

UMMC has once again paid tribute to Dr. Billy S. Guyton’s contributions to medical education in Mississippi with the awarding of distinguished professorships in his name. Read More

In this 2024 photo, Clinical Research coordinator Thomas Hudson draws blood from Jacqualine Ellis of Flora, a participant in three long COVID clinical trials.

That’s My Job: Research Recruiters

Recruiters connect with participants as the unsung heroes of medical research studies.

Published on Monday, June 2, 2025

 Dr. Lei Zhang, center is joined by co-investigators on the Violence Injury Prevention program, left, and Intimate Partner Violence Initiative, right. Pictured are, front row, from left, Dr. Bill Hillegass, Dr. Laura Vearrier, Zhang, Dr. Erin Dehon and Dr. Andrew Voluse. Back row, from left, are Dr. Carl Mangum, Dr. Matthew Kutcher, Dr. Masoumeh Karimi and Tara Price.

Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research ranks School of Nursing in top quarter for research funding

Recognized by BRIMR for the first time, the School of Nursing joins perennially ranked Medical Center programs, showing the strength of research throughout the institution.

Published on Monday, March 10, 2025

 Second quarter research grants top $22 million

Second quarter research grants top $22 million

Funds to train physicians and build infrastructure vital to the Medical Center’s mission highlighted the list of grants in the second quarter of fiscal 2025.

Published on Monday, February 24, 2025

 Recipients of the 2024 Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Excellence Awards present at Friday's ceremony pose with their framed certificates.

Annual awards recognize faculty achievements in research

A field of researchers from 16 departments and four schools took home Excellence in Research Awards on Friday.

Published on Monday, November 18, 2024

 Dr. Caroline Compretta, assistant vice chancellor for research, leads a community-based health collaborative.

UMMC chosen to lead one of five national hubs for community-led health care research

Published on Monday, October 7, 2024

 Dr. John Hall has reached his 50th anniversary at UMMC, making an impact on academic medicine and research.

Dr. John Hall celebrates 50 years of research, teaching at UMMC

Published on Monday, September 16, 2024

 Ariel Cox, a researcher in psychiatry, works with equipment in the Translational Research Center.

Research enterprise reaches nearly $118M for fiscal 2024

Published on Tuesday, September 3, 2024

 Students in Mississippi’s eight public universities and UMMC can receive care for emotional, behavioral and neurodevelopmental conditions through UMMC’s UNITE Clinic.

UMMC launches free tele-mental health clinic for public university students

Published on Monday, August 19, 2024

 A $1 million federal grant for UMMC will fund a multi-step initiative aimed at reducing Mississippi’s high rate of congenital syphilis.

UMMC receives $1M in federal funds to combat syphilis in Mississippi

Published on Monday, August 5, 2024

 Tina King Clay is a marathon coach, life insurance agent, and advocate for women's health.

UMMC takes heart patient from lethal diagnosis back to athletic powerhouse

Published on Monday, August 5, 2024

 UMMC Colony Park South will house several ambulatory clinics, beginning in 2025. UMMC will lease about 65,000 square feet in the three-story building across the street from UMMC Colony Park North, currently under construction.

UMMC announces new location for ambulatory clinics in Ridgeland

Published on Monday, July 8, 2024

 Third quarter grants and awards surpass $42 million

Third quarter grants and awards surpass $42 million

Published on Monday, July 1, 2024

 Dr. Matthew Kutcher, associate professor of surgery and emergency medicine, was a site investigator on the CAVALIER study.

Trauma drug study aims to save lives following severe injuries

Published on Monday, July 1, 2024

 TEACH Prize awardee Dr. Joey Granger, center, professor of physiology and biophysics, and Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, are flanked by representatives of Regions Bank: Walt Stephens, left, and Philip Blaylock.

‘Unmatched’ mentor, exemplary educators celebrated

Published on Monday, May 6, 2024

 Milestones in UMMC History

Milestones in UMMC History

Published on Monday, April 22, 2024

 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

Published on Monday, April 15, 2024

 UMMC faculty, staff garner national recognition

UMMC faculty, staff garner national recognition

Published on Monday, April 15, 2024

 Dr. Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz, assistant professor of population health science, hopes her study will bring awareness to the complexity of factors contributing to poor breast cancer outcomes in all women.

Persistent mortgage discrimination linked to breast cancer disparities, study shows

Published on Monday, March 25, 2024

 UMMC faculty shine in national spotlight

UMMC faculty shine in national spotlight

Published on Monday, March 18, 2024

 Q2 grants and awards surpass $18.6 million

Q2 grants and awards surpass $18.6 million

Published on Monday, March 11, 2024

 Dr. Robert Hester, professor of physiology and biophysics, is the new president-elect of the American Physiological Society.

Hester elected American Physiological Society president

Published on Monday, March 11, 2024

 Dr. Michael Hall is the 2024 SEC Faculty Achievement Award recipient for the University of Mississippi.

Hall receives SEC award

Published on Monday, February 26, 2024

 Dr. Thomas Dobbs, SOPH dean, wears the medal representing his new appointment as endowed Chair for the Study of Health Disparities.

Dobbs named endowed Chair for the Study of Health Disparities

Published on Monday, January 22, 2024