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Contact Bower School of Population Health

John D. Bower School of Population Health

University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 984-1020

• Bettina Beech, DrPH, MPH, Founding Dean
• Natalie Gaughf, PhD, ABPP, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
• Sydney Murphy, PhD, MS, Assistant Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs
• Ruby D. Smith, MBA, Executive Director of Administration and Financial Operations
• Victoria Gholar, RN, MS, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Resource Management
• Jeanna D. Wilkes, MBA, Project Manager
• Alana Bowman, APR, Project Manager
• Anne Martin, BS, Director of Grants Management

Department of Data Science

University of Mississippi Medical Center
6th floor, New Guyton Building
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 984-2696; fax: (601) 984-1939

• Robert Hester, PhD, Interim Chair
• Seth Lirette, PhD, Program Director, Graduate Program Director in Biostatistics and Data Science
• Yolanda Nobles, MS, MHA, Director of Operations
• Candela Diez, Education Administrator

Department of Population Health Science

University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 815-9004

• Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, Chair, Program Director, Executive MS in Population Health Management
• Paul Burns, PhD, MS, Program Director, MS in Population Health Science
• Charles Chima, DrPH, BMBS, MS, Program Director, PhD in Population Health Science
• Tzatwanza "T" Dixon, MBA, Director of Operations
• Kathleen Smith, Administration

Department of Preventive Medicine

University of Mississippi Medical Center
4^th floor North Wing
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 815-8982; fax: (601) 815-8989

• Joshua Mann, MD, MPH, Chair
• Peter Pendergrass, MD, MPH, Residency Director
• Mary Manuel, MHA, Director of Operations
• Ivory Stuckey, Administration
• DeShundra Barnes, MHS, Education Administrator
• Sondra Redmont, Administrator, Office of Wellbeing