The University of Mississippi Medical Center - News Feed - the School of Population Healthhttps://www.umc.edu/This is a feed of the latest news stories from The University of Mississippi Medical Centerdis-web@umc.eduNewshttps://www.umc.edu/img/ummc_u_200x200.cmp.pngThe University of Mississippi Medical Center - News Feed - the School of Population Healthhttps://www.umc.edu/https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2024/01/Dobbs-SOPH-Endowed-Chair.htmlDobbs named endowed Chair for the Study of Health Disparities<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2024/01/images/Dobbs-Chair-20240118-39.png"/>Created 19 years ago by the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, the endowment will aid SOPH in hiring new staff and better addressing health-related social needs in Jackson not funded by grants.<br />]]>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -06002024-01-22T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2023/10/SOPH-Research-Funding.htmlSOPH advances research agenda with ‘explosive growth’<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2023/10/images/Population-Health-Funded-Projects_06.png"/>In just the last six months, SOPH researchers have been awarded 18 grants totaling more than $16.7 million. The funding boosts projects aimed at improving public health issues in Mississippi.<br />]]>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -05002023-10-23T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2023/08/Accolades-0821.htmlMedical Center staff reap honors<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2017/June/ummc_distinctions.jpg"/>Medical Center faculty and staff often are recognized regionally, nationally and internationally for their academic or medical achievements. These accolades place UMMC among health science centers worldwide.<br />]]>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -05002023-08-21T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2023/08/Accolades.htmlDobbs serves on national committee making recommendations on health equity<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2017/June/ummc_distinctions.jpg"/>Medical Center faculty and staff often are recognized regionally, nationally and internationally for their academic or medical achievements. These accolades place UMMC among health science centers worldwide.<br />]]>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -05002023-08-07T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2023/05/Photos-Commencement.htmlPhotos: Capturing memories of the Class of 2023<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2023/05/Images/commencement-20230526-18.jpg"/>Parents, friends and other family members gathered at the Mississippi Coliseum on May 26 to cheer on the special students in their lives who make up the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Class of 2023. About 740 of the 911 graduates walked across the stage to accept their diplomas.<br />]]>Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 -05002023-05-30T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2023/05/Brian-Christman.html#UMMCGrad2023: Late bloomer finds his way following three loves<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2023/05/Images/Brian-Christman_02.png"/>After realizing he was too squeamish to be a physician, Brian Christman found his calling in statistics and data science, which allow him to “play in everyone’s backyard.”<br />]]>Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 -05002023-05-22T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2023/04/SOPH-Research-Day.htmlSOPH holds Inaugural Research Day<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2023/04/Images/SOPHresearchday-20230414-16.jpg"/>Founded in 2016, the school held its first research day this year with the theme “This is us” to highlight “who we are, what we are doing and can do” and inspire the Medical Center to engage meaningfully in the population health concerns of Mississippians, said Dean Thomas Dobbs.<br />]]>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -05002023-04-17T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2022/11/Student-Enrollment.htmlSerial numbers: Enrollment pattern is unbroken, thanks to another bounce<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2022/08/Images/SON-Skills-Lab-20220817-05.jpg"/>In numbers that continue to grow, people are choosing the Medical Center as their academic home. For the campus as a whole, fall enrollment climbed again, registering sharp rises in at least two schools.<br />]]>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -06002022-11-07T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2022/05/Commencement-Photos.htmlPhoto Gallery: Graduates smile after reaching educational milestone<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2022/05/Images/ummccommencement-20220527-18.jpg"/>Family and friends were on hand to cheer on UMMC’s 2022 graduates for earning degrees ranging from baccalaureate to doctorates. Ceremonies Friday at Mississippi Coliseum were the first to include six health sciences schools since 2019.<br />]]>Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 -05002022-05-31T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2022/05/Commencement.htmlUMMC celebrates 959 May 2022 graduates across six health sciences schools<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2022/05/Images/ummccommencement-20220527-28.jpg"/>Hundreds of UMMC graduates earned degrees in the health sciences Friday during a ceremony at Mississippi Coliseum. The number of degrees conferred this year showed an increase of 97 from 2021, reflecting the Medical Center’s efforts to meet the state’s health care needs.<br />]]>Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 -05002022-05-27T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2022/05/SOPH-Tyrone-Zhu.htmlUMMCGrad2022: SOPH’s first PhD recipients shine<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2022/05/Images/Rachel-Tyrone_Jenna-Zhu_07.jpg"/>This Friday, the John D. Bower School of Population will grant six doctoral degrees, the first in the school’s history. Two students, one from each PhD program, show how their degrees will help them grow a healthier Mississippi.<br />]]>Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 -05002022-05-23T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2022/05/Health-policy-fellowship.htmlSchoolhouse docs: Health policy fellows learn legislative process<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2022/05/Images/Policy-Fellows.jpg"/>The John D. Bower School of Population Health uses state government as a teaching tool through its semester-long health policy fellowship. Since 2019, the program has taught students, residents and faculty about bills, bonds and bicameral bodies so they may use the knowledge to help build a healthier Mississippi.<br />]]>Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 -05002022-05-09T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2021/11/Record-Enrollment.htmlThe size is right: Campus enrollment climbs<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2021/11/Images/Nena-Hawkins_01.jpg"/>For the third year in a row, Medical Center schools as a whole have boosted the number of students who have decided to make health care careers their goal as the state’s future nurses, scientists, doctors, dentists, speech pathologists, occupational or physical therapists, among many more. In the face of the pandemic and personal crises, they have prevailed.<br />]]>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -06002021-11-15T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2021/08/COVID-and-UMMC-Schools.htmlSeven schools and six ways from Sunday: Students, faculty brazen out COVID surge<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2021/08/images/COVID-Feature_03.jpg"/>Those who learn, teach and lead among the Medical Center’s rollcall of schools are, of course, also up against the pandemic’s growing list of deficits and demands – in the clinic and the classroom. At UMMC, COVID-19 has already had a profound impact on education, most certainly for all time. <br />]]>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -05002021-08-16T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2021/05/Quest-Whalen.html#UMMCGrad2021: Biostatistics student on Quest for excellence<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Quest-Whalen-20210506-05.jpg"/>Quest Whalen came back to Mississippi to earn her master’s in biostatistics and data science at the John D. Bower School of Population Health. The next stage of her journey will take her far professionally, if not geographically: the school’s PhD program in the same field.<br />]]>Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 -05002021-05-17T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2021/01/COVID-Diabetes-Study.htmlStudy: Diabetes, COVID-19 combo riskier for Blacks, Hispanics<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2021/01/Images/Diabetes-Research-20210119-05.jpg"/>Chronic illnesses and comorbidities in Mississippi mean the state's prevalence of diabetes is very high. Not only can diabetes be life-threatening, but for Black and Hispanic patients infected with COVID-19, it can increase their chances of hospitalization and even death.<br />]]>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -06002021-01-25T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2020/10/Compretta-COVID-grant.htmlUMMC begins NIH study on COVID-19, community engagement<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2020/10/Images/Caroline-Compretta_04.jpg"/>UMMC has received a $1 million grant to study trust and community engagement among groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19. The study plans to leverage academic and community organizations statewide to create effective health messaging and boost interest in clinical trials related to the current pandemic.<br />]]>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -05002020-10-12T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2020/07/HIV-Older-Adults.htmlAs Mississippians with HIV age, their health risks increase<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2020/07/Images/HIV-TELEHEALTH_01.jpg"/>By 2030, about 70 percent of people living with HIV will be 50 or older. Diseases that come with age are more of a threat to that population. In Mississippi, stigma and lack of access can make health care harder to come by. UMMC offers several clinics and multidisciplinary care options to help those coping with HIV live their healthiest and longest lives.<br />]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -05002020-07-13T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2020/05/Ericka-Webster-SOPH.html#UMMCGrad2020: New SOPH grad to tackle social health disparities<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2020/05/Images/Erika-Webster-20200507-02.jpg"/>As a clinical pharmacist, Erika Webster gets to know her patients personally. She sees firsthand the challenges that can undermine their ability to manage chronic diseases. Lessons she's learned from the John D. Bower School of Population Health will give Webster the tools to help her patients live their healthiest lives.<br />]]>Fri, 22 May 2020 00:00:00 -05002020-05-22T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2020/02/Executive-in-Residence-shares-Population-Health-expertise.htmlSOPH executive in residence shares population health expertise<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2020/02/Images/Heidi-Margulis_10.png"/>The John D. Bower School of Population Health welcomed Heidi Margulis, a long-time government and regulatory affairs professional at Humana, to campus as the school’s first executive in residence. She spent last week sharing her experience improving population health throughout the country with a “one size fits none” approach.<br />]]>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -06002020-02-17T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/11/SOPH-thankful-for-new-home.htmlSOPH moves into new home, affirms commitment to healthier state<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/11/Images/SOPH-Ribbon-Cutting_01.jpg"/>UMMC’s first new school in 15 years played host to a ribbon cutting and open house Tuesday. John D. Bower School of Population Health faculty and staff welcomed guests to tour the school's space in the Translational Research Center.<br />]]>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -06002019-11-07T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/09/HIV-Care-Connect.htmlGrant funding boosts HIV care access throughout Southeast<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/09/Images/Express-Personal-Health-Clinic_3.jpg"/>Too often, people who live with HIV don’t get the care they need for a number of reasons: a lack of transportation, an inability to miss work or HIV stigma, to name a few. The Merck Foundation’s HIV Care Connect program is helping the Medical Center break down barriers to provider access.<br />]]>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -05002019-09-16T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/09/Population-Health-Management.htmlPopulation health management graduates apply skills to practice<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/09/Images/Executive-Masters-Diploma-Presentation_2.jpg"/>There were no caps or gowns, but there were diplomas and smiles as the John D. Bower School of Population Health honored the first graduates of its Executive Masters in Population Health Management Program. The three alumni have already taken the lessons they learned and translated them into their clinical practice.<br />]]>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -05002019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/05/Commencement.htmlUMMC confers 853 degrees in health sciences professions<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/05/Images/Commencement-2019_14.jpg"/>The University of Mississippi Medical Center on Friday conferred degrees to 853 students who are beginning their careers in the health sciences, or entering into a new chapter of an existing one in this state and beyond.<br />]]>Fri, 24 May 2019 00:00:00 -05002019-05-24T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/05/SOPH-Department-of-Data-Science.html#UMMCGrad19: First SOPH grads dig into data<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/05/Images/Data-Science-Grads-20190501-03.jpg"/>Master of Science in Biostatistics and Data Science graduates Md. Mohiuddin Adnan, Jenna Zhu and Shamsed Mahmud are the first students to earn degrees from UMMC’s newest school. Next, they will continue their Ph.D. studies and use the powerful tools of data science to create a healthier Mississippi and world.<br />]]>Thu, 23 May 2019 00:00:00 -05002019-05-23T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/04/SOPH-Helitzer.htmlPopulation Health lecture addresses sickness, wellness in U.S.<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/04/Images/Deborah-Helitzer_SOPH-Lecture_2.jpg"/>The founding dean of the second school of population health in the United States visited the Medical Center, home to the country's third SOPH, last week to give valuable insights to faculty and students during the third annual Distinguished Population Health Lecture.<br />]]>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -05002019-04-08T00:00:00-05:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/02/JHSnewprograms.htmlCommunity, training centers add to Jackson Heart Study's mission<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/02/Images/JHS-Community-Event-1.jpg"/>On Feb. 16, the Jackson Heart Study formally launched its Community Engagement Center, a new component that expands the study's ability to translate its findings into better cardiovascular health. The JHS’s new Graduate Training and Education Center at UMMC is also preparing for its first cohort of students.<br />]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -06002019-02-21T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/02/EversCarePantry.htmlEversCare food pantry partnership helps feed patients in need<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/02/Images/EversCare-Food-6.jpg"/>Mississippi ranks first nationally in food insecurity, with 22 percent of the population lacking reliable, consistent access to affordable and nutritious food. UMMC is partnering with the Mississippi Urban League and the Mississippi Food Network to provide a food pantry for patients who have emergency needs.<br />]]>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -06002019-02-07T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/02/POTUGriggsBowman.htmlPeople of the U: Alana Bowman, Dr. Jason Griggs<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/02/Images/POTU-Griggs-Bowman-1.jpg"/>During their days at UMMC, Dr. Jason Griggs and Alana Bowman work in the School of Dentistry and in the School of Population Health, respectively. But on evenings and weekends, the husband-and-wife team travel back hundreds of years through time with the Society for Creative Anachronism.<br />]]>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -06002019-02-04T00:00:00-06:00https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2019/01/SOPHBingo.htmlPopulation Health invites UMMC Family to play BINGO<![CDATA[<img alt="" align="left" hspace="5" src="/news/News_Articles/2019/01/Images/Population-Health-Bingo_1.jpg"/>Population health is a multifaceted approach to improving health outcomes. Likewise, multiple squares must be filled to win at BINGO. John D. Bower School of Population Health faculty will host a campus-wide game in February that will provide information about the mission of UMMC’s newest school.<br />]]>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -06002019-01-31T00:00:00-06:00