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Population Health Science Faculty
Primary Faculty – UMMC Jackson Campus

Raed Bahelah, PhD, MD, MPH&TM
Associate Professor
Population Health Science Master's Program Diector
Office: TR205
rbahelah@umc.edu
(601) 984-5560
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Associate Professor
Population Health Science Master's Program Diector
Office: TR205
rbahelah@umc.edu
(601) 984-5560
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Thomas Dobbs, MD, MPH
Dean, John D. Bower School of Population Health
Professor, Departments of Population Health Science, Health Administration, and Infectious Diseases
tdobbs@umc.edu
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Dean, John D. Bower School of Population Health
Professor, Departments of Population Health Science, Health Administration, and Infectious Diseases
tdobbs@umc.edu
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Manju George, PhD, MVSc
Assistant Professor
Office: TR-202-14
mgeorge@umc.edu
(601) 984-5560
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Assistant Professor
Office: TR-202-14
mgeorge@umc.edu
(601) 984-5560
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Victoria Gholar, DNP, RN, PMH-BC
Assistant Professor
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, John D. Bower School of Population Health
Program Director, Executive MS in Population Health Management
Program Director, Post-baccalaureate Certificate Program in Population Health Science
Office: TR213-03
vgholar@umc.edu
(601) 815-0591
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Assistant Professor
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, John D. Bower School of Population Health
Program Director, Executive MS in Population Health Management
Program Director, Post-baccalaureate Certificate Program in Population Health Science
Office: TR213-03
vgholar@umc.edu
(601) 815-0591
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Bernadette Grayson, MCR, PhD
Professor
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Office: TR213-04
bgrayson@umc.edu
(601) 815-9553
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Professor
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Office: TR213-04
bgrayson@umc.edu
(601) 815-9553
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Jonathan Hontzas, DNP
Assistant Professor
Director – ACT Center and Lung Cancer Screening Services
Office: ACT Center, Suite 611
jhontzas@umc.edu
(601) 815-1412
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Assistant Professor
Director – ACT Center and Lung Cancer Screening Services
Office: ACT Center, Suite 611
jhontzas@umc.edu
(601) 815-1412
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Jennifer E. Mack, PhD
Assistant Professor
Lead Bioarchaeologist, Asylum Hill Project
jmack@umc.edu
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Assistant Professor
Lead Bioarchaeologist, Asylum Hill Project
jmack@umc.edu
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Joshua Mann, MD, MPH
Professor
Interim Chair, Department of Population Health Science
jmann4@umc.edu
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Professor
Interim Chair, Department of Population Health Science
jmann4@umc.edu
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Jasmine M. Miller Kleinhenz, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
jmillerkleinhenz@umc.edu
(601) 984-1197
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Assistant Professor
jmillerkleinhenz@umc.edu
(601) 984-1197
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Mauda L. Monger, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Office: TR202-10
mmonger@umc.edu
(601) 815-9622
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Assistant Professor
Office: TR202-10
mmonger@umc.edu
(601) 815-9622
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Rachel Tyrone, PhD
Assistant Professor
Office: TR202-03
rtyrone@umc.edu
(601) 984-5778
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Assistant Professor
Office: TR202-03
rtyrone@umc.edu
(601) 984-5778
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Benjamin H. Walker, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Population Health Science Doctoral Program Director
Office: TR202-04
bwalker5@umc.edu
(601) 815-9544
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Assistant Professor
Population Health Science Doctoral Program Director
Office: TR202-04
bwalker5@umc.edu
(601) 815-9544
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Primary Faculty – Off-Campus

- Nnabuchi "Buchi" Anikpezie, MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor
nanikpezie@umc.edu
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Assistant Professor
oebekozien@umc.edu
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Instructor
fgoldstein@umc.edu
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PopHealth Minute - Melinda M. Krakow, PhD, MPH, MA
Instructor
mkrakow@umc.edu
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Secondary Faculty
- Osayande Agbonlahor, MD, PhD, MPH | Faculty Profile
- Lecretia Buckley, PhD | Faculty Profile | Video Profile
- Kenneth R. Butler, PhD, MS | Faculty Profile
- Caroline Compretta, PhD | Faculty profile | Video Profile
- Ralph Didlake, MD, FACS | Faculty Profile
- Fazlay Faruque, PhD | Faculty Profile
- Ervin Fox, MD | Faculty Profile | Provider Profile
- James "Jim" Galbraith, MD | Faculty Profile | Provider Profile
- Abigail Gamble, PhD, MS | Faculty Profile | Video Profile
- Natalie W. Gaughf, PhD, ABPP | Faculty Profile
- William Hillegass, MD, PhD | Faculty Profile
- Deborah Konkle-Parker, PhD, FNP, FAAN | Faculty Profile
- Gailen Marshall, MD, PhD, FACP | Faculty Profile | Provider Profile
- Sydney Murphy, PhD | Faculty Profile
- Utsav Nandi, MD | Faculty Profile
- Jason Parham, MD, MPH | Faculty Profile
- Shawn Rossi, DHA, FACHE | Faculty Profile
- Roberto Santos, MD, MSCS, FAAP, AAHIVS, FIDSA | Faculty Profile | Provider Profile
Affiliate Faculty
- Trisha Arnold, PhD
- Jennifer C. Reneker, PT, MSPT, PhD | Faculty profile