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- Celebrating excellence: 2025 Population Health Honors and Awards Ceremony
- Turning the tide: SOPH leads statewide effort to combat syphilis epidemic
- #2025UMMCGrad: Love of games, puzzles lead to student’s future career
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- Research Day 2025 highlights innovation in population health
- Distinguished Population Health Lectureship spotlights urgent advances in maternal health
- Celebrating the 2025 preventive medicine residency graduates
- Honoring a legacy: the 2024-2025 L.C. Dorsey Research Honor Society inductees
- SOPH students and faculty share solutions at Mississippi Health Disparities 2025
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Winter 2025
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- American Board of Lifestyle Medicine taps Dr. Naser Mohammedelamien
- Introducing the 2024-25 SOPH Health Policy Fellows
- Dr. Jeannette Simino named Chair of the Department of Data Science
- Celebrating cultures and traditions at the SOPH Cultural Potluck
- Dr. Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz honored with AACR Minority Faculty Scholar Award for groundbreaking work in cancer health disparities
- Dr. Abigail Gamble among UMMC's top grant recipients
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January
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- SOPH team wins UMMC Ethics Bowl
- Faculty spotlight – Yufeng Zheng, PhD
- New MPH pathway for physicians and medical students
- SOPH and the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
- New faces at the School of Population Health
- Hearin Foundation supports population health training for future physicians
- Celebrating 10 years of the School of Population Health
- SOPH research published in JAMA Network Open highlights urgent maternal health challenges
- Student spotlight – Angie Garrett
- Celebrating 10 years of the School of Population Health
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SOPH Student Testimonials
At the John D. Bower School of Population Health, our students come from across Mississippi and around the world, united by one mission: improving health for all. In these short videos, they share their experiences studying data science, population health science, and population health management — and how their time at SOPH is shaping the next generation of researchers, practitioners, and change-makers. Hear what inspired them, what they’re learning, and why they chose UMMC's School of Population Health.
Anthony Walters – Population Health Science
Anthony Walters shares how data-driven research at SOPH helps transform community health across Mississippi.
Changhong Wen – Biostatistics and Data Science
Changhong Wen explains how data science powers better health decisions at SOPH.
Jake Johnston – Population Health Science
Jake Johnston explores how social and structural forces shape health equity in Mississippi communities.
Sachin Karki – Biostatistics and Data Science
Sachin Karki shows how coding, machine learning, and analytics reveal insights that advance population health research.
Tasnim Tabassum – Population Health Science
Tasnim Tabassum connects global urban planning experience with Mississippi’s population health challenges through policy research.
Torrey Robinson – Population Health Science
Torrey Robinson highlights how community partnerships and research work hand-in-hand to advance population health equity.
Brian Christman – Bioststistics and Data Science
Brian Christman reflects on his experience in the Department of Data Science and how Bower School of Population Health equipped him with the tools to turn data into meaningful impact in population health.
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