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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
  • Megan M. York, MEd, Instructional Designer
  • Anne Martin, BS, Director of Grants Management
  • Kathleen Smith, Administration

• 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
  • Jeannette Simino, PhD, Program Director, Graduate Program Director in Biostatistics and Data Science
  • Yolanda Nobles, MS, MHA, Director of Operations

• 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, Adminstrator, Office of Wellbeing

• Department of Population Health Science

  University of Mississippi Medical Center
  2500 N. State St.
  Jackson, MS 39216
  (601) 984-1206
  • 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, Director of Operations
  • Gina Hamilton, MA, Administration