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Grand Rounds
May 19, 2025
Delvon T. Mattingly, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Center for Health, Engagement, and Transformation
Department of Behavioral Science
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Presentation: Perceived Discrimination and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Tobacco Product Use Among U.S. Youth and Adults
April 28, 2025
Maria Glymore, MS, SD
Professor and Chair
Department of Epidemiology
Boston University School of Public Health
Presentation: Evidence Triangulation in Dementia Research
March 24, 2025
Trisha Arnold, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Rhode Island Hospital
Brown University Alpert Medical School
Presentation: Leveraging Implementation Science to Increase HIV Prevention Efforts
February 24, 2025
Latara Arterberry, Ph.D., MBA
Extension Specialist I
Mississippi State University
A Focused Regional Analysis of Health Equity on Nutrition Insecurity: Addressing Obesity and Related Health Disparities in Mississippi
January 27, 2025
Deborah Konkle-Parker, PhD, FNP, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Presentation: Research opportunities with Two Cohorts: (1) Adults Aging with Multiple Co-morbidities, and (2) Women of Reproductive Age
November 25, 2024
Lance A. Waller, PhD
Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Presentation: Map: A Statistical View
October 28, 2024
Monica Webb Hooper, PhD
Deputy Director
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Presentation: Minority Health and Health Disparities Science: A Closer Look at NIMHD Initiatives and Resources
September 23, 2024
Melissa R. Stephens, MD, MS, FAAFP, DABFM
Associate Dean, Population Health
Professor of Clinical Sciences
William Carey University
Presentation: Change Can’t Wait: Seeking Solutions for the Maternal Health Crisis in Mississippi
August 26, 2024
Israel Agaku, DMD, PhD, MPH, MBA
Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health
Presentation: A Risk-Based Framework for AI Use in Research: Balancing Ethics, Innovation, and Productivity
July 22, 2024
Jameshyia Ballard, PhD, RDN, CLC
MSDH WIC Program
State WIC Director
Presentation: Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: Let’s Talk About Mississippi WIC
June 24, 2024
Josie Bidwell, DNP, RN, FNP-C, DipACLM, FACLM
Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Presentation: Lifestyle Medicine and the Quintuple Aim
May 20, 2024
Matthew C. Morris, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University
Presentation: Disparities in Traumatic Injury Care and Outcomes
April 22, 2024
Nancy Krieger, PhD
Professor of Social Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presentation: Embodied truths, scientific integrity, & health justice: rhetoric, racism, and reality
March 25, 2024
Benjamin Walker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health Science
John D. Bower School of Population Health
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Presentation: Echos of Adversity: How Adverse Childhood Experiences Shape Population Health in Mississippi
February 26, 2024
John R. Mitchell, MD, FAAFP
Director, Office of the Mississippi Physicians Workforce
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Presentation: What's Up with Mississippi’s Physician Workforce? A Geospatial Look at Current Trends!
January 22, 2024
Daniel Edney, MD, FACP, FASAM
State Health Officer
Mississippi State Department of Health
Presentation: State of the State: A Public Health Perspective
November 27, 2023
Thomas Dobbs, PhD
Dean, John D. Bower School of Population Health
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Combating Sexually Transmitted Infections in Mississippi
October 23, 2023
Mauda Monger, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
John D. Bower School of Population Health
Director, Center for HIV Research, Education and Policy-Myrlie Evers Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Presentation: Reaching the Unreachable: A community participatory approach to engaging Black Women and Youth
September 25, 2023
Matthew Kutcher, MD, MS, FACS
Laura Vearrier, MD, Dbe, HEC-C
Lei Zhang, PhD
Presentation: Linking Solutions to Violence: Communities, Hospitals, and Healthcare Collaboration
August 28, 2023
Este Geraghty, MD, MS, MPH, CPH
GISP Chief Medical Officer and Health Solutions Director
Esri
Presentation: Linking Science to Action: Harnessing GIS to Address Social Determinants of Health in Mississippi
July 24, 2023
Ike Eriator, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Management
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Presentation: Opioid Epidemic and Drug Overdose Deaths
June 26, 2023
Corey Miller, MS
State Economist for Mississippi
Director, University Research Center, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Presentation: What is the economic impact of ‘brain drain’ in Mississippi?
May 22, 2023
Victoria Brooks
Data Dissemination Specialist
US Census Bureau
Presentation: A Guide to Health Data
April, 24, 2023
Una Grewal, PhD, MPH
Director for the Division of Population Health Research
Division of Intramural Research
US Department of Health and Human Services
Presentation: One Size Does Not Fit All: Findings from the NICHD Fetal Growth Studies
March 27, 2023
Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Director, Division of STD Prevention
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation: Congenital Syphilis-Still a Shadow on the Land
February, 27, 2023
June Gipson, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
My Brother's Keeper, Inc.
Presentation: Community-Based Approaches for Enhancing Population Health Practices
January 23, 2023
Mary Currier, MD
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Presentation: U.S. Healthcare Policy, Past and Present: Why Should We Care?
November 28, 2022
Christa-Marie Singleton, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation: The Business Case for Population Health and Health Equity: Improving a Community's Health Competitiveness
October 24, 2022
William G. Davis, PhD
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State University
Presentation: Data-Driven Rankings of Latent Traits with an Application to County-Level Health Rankings in the United States
September 26, 2022
Marjory Givens, PhD
UW Population Health Institute Associate Director
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Presentation: Data-to-Action: Growing community power to improve population health and equity
August 22, 2022
Chris Wells
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Presentation: MDEQ: Who We Are and What We Do
Stressors and Strengths of Mississippi Farmers: | ||
presented by![]() David R. Buys, PhD, MSPH, CPH, FGSA | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 948 480 957) | Monday, July 25, 2022 | Recording |
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Applying Precision/Predictive Medicine Concepts to Cancer Prevention: An Evolving Discipline | ||
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Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-855-215-5935 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday June 27, 2022 | Recording |
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The Data Void for Rural Public Health Practice - | ||
presented by![]() Betty Bekemeier, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday May 23, 2022 | Recording |
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Place and Health at CDC/ATSDR: | ||
presented by![]() Lance R. Owen, PhD | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday April 25, 2022 | Recording |
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Research on health inequities: | ||
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Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: | Monday March 28, 2022 | Recording |
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Person-centered research: Detection of traumatic stress and resilience | ||
presented by![]() John S. Lyons, PhD | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday February 28, 2022 | Recording |
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Gap between evidence and practice: Why and what to do? | ||
presented by![]() Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Thursday January 27, 2022 | Recording |
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2021
What’s the Big Idea with Mississippi INBRE? | ||
presented by![]() ![]() Mohamed O. Elasri, Ph.D. & Jennifer L. Lemacks, Ph.D., RD | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday November 29, 2021 | Recording |
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Population Health Management of Employed Populations | ||
presented by![]() David Vearrier, MD, MPH | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday October 25, 2021 | Recording |
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The Impact of Climate Change on Zoonoses: | ||
presented by![]() Elise Peery Gomez Sanchez, DVM, Ph.D. | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday | Recording |
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One Health Applications to UMMC and Mississippi | ||
presented by![]() Andrew Grady, DVM, MS | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday, August 23, 2021 | Recording |
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Who benefits from increasing human longevity in the United States?: | ||
presented by![]() Art Cosby, Ph.D. | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday, July 26, 2021 | Recording |
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Building Capacity in Health Disparities Research | ||
presented by | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday June 28, 2021 | Recording |
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Health Policy in Mississippi | ||
presented by | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: | Monday May 24, 2021 | Recording |
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Role of Remote Patient Monitoring in Population Health | ||
presented by![]() Saurabh Chandra, MBBS, PhD | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday April 26, 2021 | Recording |
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Reaching for the Top: Public Health Recommendations to the Canadian Government | ||
presented by | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: | Tuesday March 30, 2021 | Recording |
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Public Health Impact of COVID-19 | ||
presented by | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: | Monday February 22, 2021 | Recording |
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An Introduction to Systematic Literature Searching | ||
presented by![]() Lauren Fletcher, MLIS, MA | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday January 25, 2021 | Recording |
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2020
Policy Implementation for Built Environment Interventions in Rural Mississippi: | ||
presented by![]() Bishoy Samuel, MD | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday December 7, 2020 | Recording |
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Grantsmanship: Artistry with Science | ||
presented by | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday November 16, 2020 | Recording |
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At the Intersection of Population Health & Criminology: | ||
presented by![]() Brian B. Boutwell, Ph.D., MS | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday October 26, 2020 | |
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Healthy Aging Is Everybody's Business!!! | ||
presented by![]() Teresa Carithers, Ph.D., RD, LD, FAND | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday September 24, 2020 | |
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The Promise and Perils of Biosurveillance Strategies to Detect SARS-CoV-2 Sensitization and Immunity in Mississippi Citizens | ||
presented by![]() Gailen Marshall, Jr., MD, Ph.D. | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday August 24, 2020 | Recording |
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UMMC Biobank and its Research Projects | ||
presented by | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 | Monday | |
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Application of Telehealth in Improving Population Health | ||
presented by | ||
Join via BigBlueButton or dial-in: +1-863-208-0022 (pin: 337 216 271) | Monday | Recording |
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Pop-Up Grand Rounds: SOPH Talks COVID-19 | ||
presented by![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Caroline Compretta, Ph.D., Abigail Gamble, Ph.D., Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, Sheeba Ogirala, MS, MBA and Rodney Washington, EdD, MS, MA | ||
Join via Webex: 286 098 360 | Thursday | For the presentation, please contact the presenter(s). |
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The Dilemma of Management of Hypertension in Young Adults and Older Adults | ||
presented by![]() Dan Jones, MD | ||
Norman C. Nelson Student Union Conference Rooms A&B | Monday | |
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Parasites and Poverty | ||
presented by | ||
New Guyton Library, G151-01 | Monday January 27, 2020 | |
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2019
Democratizing Knowledge to Improve Access Cancer Care Globally - Project ECHO | ||
Sanjeev Arora, MD, MACP, FACG | Nov. 6, 2019 | Presentation |
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Living with multiple chronic diseases with or without HIV: opportunities for research in the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study | ||
Deborah Konkle-Parker, PhD, FNP, FAAN | Oct. 28, 2019 | Presentation |
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Conducting Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Evaluations of Population Health Programs: A Case Study of the Monitoring and Evaluation of ACCELERATE! | ||
Michelle Williams, PhD | Sept. 25, 2019 | Presentation |
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Overview of Mississippi Health Policy Fellowship | ||
Akeem Adebayo, MD, MBA with guest Dr. Teresa Hanna, CEO, Center for Mississippi Health Policy | June 5, 2019 | Recording |
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From God Committees to Medical Homes: | ||
Tariq Shafi, MD, MHS, MBBS | March 25, 2019 | Recording |
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Physical Inactivity, Physical Activity, Physical Training and Physical Fitness: | ||
Michael A. Welsch, PhD | Feb. 25, 2019 | |
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Multidisciplinary Approaches in Assuring the Quality, Safety and Efficacy of TM/Botanicals | ||
Ikhlas Khan, PhD | Jan. 20, 2019 | Presentation |
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2018
Exploring the HIV Care Continuum: Making the Invisible Visible | ||
Leandro Mena, MD | Sept. 17, 2018 | Presentation |
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Hypoxia Associated Genes on Disparities in the Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer: Population Health Implications | ||
Ingrid Espinoza, PhD | July 16, 2018 | Presentation |
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Use of Computer Simulation to Understand Population Responses to Therapy | ||
Robert L. Hester, PhD | June 4, 2018 | Presentation Publication |
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Geospatial Research and Resources at UMMC | ||
Fazlay S. Faruque, PhD | March 26, 2018 | Presentation |
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Early Impact of a Statewide Neonatal Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Program | ||
Sarosh P. Batlivala, MD, MSCI | Feb. 6, 2018 | Presentation |
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2017
"Sex and the City: Urbanization, the Built Environment and the Sexual Geography of HIV/AIDS in South Africa" | ||
Paul Burns, PhD, MA | Sept. 28, 2017 | Presentation |
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Obesity and Dementia: A Paradoxical Association? | ||
Nancy West, PhD | July 31, 2017 | Presentation |
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All questions and comments about Bower SOPH Grand Rounds can be directed to Dr. Fazlay S. Faruque.