Contact Bower School of Population Health

John D. Bower School of Population Health

University of Mississippi Medical Center
2nd floor, Translational Research Center
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 984-1020; fax: (601) 496-8161

• Thomas Dobbs, MD, MPH, Dean
• Sydney Murphy, Ph.D., MS, Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
• Victoria Gholar, DNP, MSN, PMH-BC, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
• Jennifer C. Reneker, PT, MSPT, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Scholarly Innovation
• Dena B. Christmas, CPA, Executive Director, Finance and Administration
• Alexis C. Smith, MHA, Executive Assistant

Department of Data Science

University of Mississippi Medical Center
5th floor, Translational Research Center
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 984-2696; fax: (601) 496-8163

• Philip Turk, Ph.D., Chair, and Professor of Data Science
• Yufeng Zheng, Ph.D., MS, Program Director for Certificate in Analytics and MS and Ph.D. in Biostatistics and Data Science, and Associate Professor of Data Science
• Yolanda Nobles, MS, MHA, Associate Director of Finance and Administration

Department of Population Health Science

University of Mississippi Medical Center
2nd floor, Translational Research Center
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 815-9004; fax: (601) 496-8162

• Michael Welsch, Ph.D., FACSM, Program Director for Certificate, MS, and Ph.D. in Population Health Science, and Professor of Population Health Science
• Victoria Gholar, DNP, MSN, PMH-BC, Program Director for Executive MS in Population Health Management, and Instructor of Population Health Science
• Tzatwanza "T" Dixon, MBA, Director of Research Operations
• Shenicka Perry, MHA, Education Administrator

Department of Preventive Medicine

University of Mississippi Medical Center
2nd floor, Translational Research Center
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 815-8982; fax: (601) 815-8989

• Joshua Mann, MD, MPH, Chair, Professor, and Preventive Medicine Residency Program Director
• Mary Manuel, MHA, Associate Department Business Administrator
• Brea Cole, MS, Manager, Medically Integrated Wellness Program
• Nicholas Jackson, Program Coordinator - Community and Prevention
• Hollie Thomas, Education Administrator