An autograph exchange with PGA TOUR golfer Sam Burns led to a day at the Sanderson Farms Championship for Mary Mosley Pickering, a patient at the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Mississippi, and her family.

An internationally acclaimed researcher, leader and mentor, Dr. Joey Granger, the new associate vice chancellor for research, is creating a solutions-focused agenda designed to elevate medical research and enhance the educational mission.

UMMC’s workforce lets its collective voice be heard in the annual Employee Engagement and Culture of Safety surveys. The surveys given in May-June 2022 give feedback that’s critical for understanding what employees believe are the organization’s strengths and weaknesses, and the greatest opportunities for positive change.

The mission to honor and preserve the stories of thousands of deceased patients from a long-shuttered hospital is about to be shared with a team of archaeologists. Part of their assignment, as one Medical Center scholar described it, is to “rescue the individual from the anonymity imposed by the grave.”

Dr. Scott Berry is passionate about giving breast cancer patients life-saving care. He’s showing his support for those fighting the disease by taking part in the American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink fundraiser, along with Dr. Thomas Dobbs, dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health.

Several interesting events are scheduled for the upcoming week at the Medical Center.

Medical Center leadership is proud to announce the following additions to its faculty and leadership staff.

Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of October 3 - 9.