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January
- CMNH selects Mississippi Champion Ava Clarke Edney for national role
- UMMC makes strides in 2024
- Front and Center: Jill Bayles
- Children’s Rehabilitative Services moves to Sanderson Tower
- That’s My Job: Receiving and Post Office
- Dr. J. Martin Tucker named Winfred L. Wiser Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- ‘Medical giants’ showcased in museum's inaugural exhibit
- Dementia cases expected to soar by 2060, UMMC researchers say
- Mississippi couple commits $25 million gift to benefit UMMC cancer care, research
- Aramark to bring new menus, options in food service starting Feb. 1
- 1975: School of Dentistry admits its first students
- School of Dentistry alumni honored for exceptional service to their communities
- Front and Center: Dr. Juan Duchesne
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February
- Let your voice be heard: Employee engagement survey begins Feb. 10
- Children’s of Mississippi’s Tupelo Specialty Clinic: 10 years of care closer to home
- Couple’s dynamic partnership advances cancer research, addresses health disparities
- Scholarship winners named, fund-raising event to aid clinic
- UMMC opens specialty clinics at new Colony Park South location
- JD Johnson is Mississippi’s 2025 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Champion
- Front and Center: Dakota Bibbs
- The MIND Center’s new centralized facility moves forward with $1 million donation
- Hundreds benefit from free services during Dental Mission Week
- UMMC neonatal experts supporting newborn care in Greenville, Tupelo
- Front and Center: Dr. Keisha Bell
- Faculty honored as outstanding UM alumni, Children’s Hospital CEO chosen for patient safety panel
- UMMC School of Dentistry breaks ground on a new building
- That’s My Job: Physician Scheduler
- 1994: Conerly’s vice-chancellorship begins
- Orthopaedic residency manager, Cancer Center recognized for excellence
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March
- A tragic day: AirCare accident claims three lives
- Mississippi Miracles Radiothon raises $328,641 for children’s hospital
- Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research ranks School of Nursing in top quarter for research funding
- UMMC ‘Jazzed for Patient Safety’ as Annual Celebration Kicks Off
- Front and Center: Cory Steed
- Front and Center: Selena Daniel
- Mississippi Miracles Radiothon on the air March 6-7
- Former family medicine leader endows fund at UMMC
- UMMC School of Dentistry breaks ground for new clinical building
- Mississippi coalition unites to boost colorectal cancer screenings, save lives
- Standouts in family medicine, radiology, physiology in national spotlight
- That’s My Job: Registered Dietitians
- Plagued by memories: UMMC leaders reflect on COVID’s 5th anniversary
- Photos: Run the Rainbow for Children’s
- Former cancer patient raises champion hog, more than $30K for Children’s of Mississippi
- Spring blooms bring out allergies, remedies
- “Matching” medical students remember the kindness and skill of those who inspired them to be doctors
- UMMC’s See, Test and Treat promotes preventative health care with free cancer screenings
- ‘A caring situation’ Students of the Jackson Free Clinic show up where the people are
- 2003: Medical Center oncologist becomes first Mississippian to lead ACS
- ’Zip Your Lips and Listen’: Daley delivers ‘Last Lecture’
- Representatives of multiple schools, departments acclaimed
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April
- UMMC becomes the first in Mississippi to offer deep brain stimulation for epilepsy
- UMMC launches Mississippi Center for Violence Research
- UMMC Holmes County celebrates 25 years of service and staff dedication
- Children’s of Mississippi submits document for Magnet designation
- #2025UMMCGrad: Pattersons combine DNP studies with family life, careers
- Children’s of Mississippi Sleep Center accredited by American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Know the signs – What to know about the rise of oral cancer in younger adults
- Scientists, epilepsy centers, children’s advocate commended
- Employee engagement survey hits high mark for 2025
- UMMC Hand Center earns accreditation as the first-ever Center of Excellence in hand surgery
- #2025UMMCGrad: Chris Glasgow embraces the life he almost lost
- Front and Center: Iesha Smith
- #2025UMMCGrad: Hang Nguyen
- Mississippi Loggers Association has towering record of support for Children’s of Mississippi
- Ceremony celebrates those who gave a gift like no other
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May
- #2025UMMCGrad: Experience leads to innovation for Liza Owens
- Faculty members, clinics are national-level exemplars
- UMMC opens dedicated burn unit to expand statewide care
- Endowed chair in obstetrics and gynecology honors Dr. James N. Martin Jr. and Dr. Gloria Howard Martin
- Base Pair expansion powers the promise of future researchers
- Pierce, Andries win UMMC School of Nursing alumni honors
- With TEACH Prize win, Katie Barber reaches ‘pinnacle’ of profession
- SHRP recognizes Alumnus of the Year, Early Career Achievement award winners
- Employee Appreciation Week offers daily goodies
- Front and Center: Heather Wise
- #2025UMMCGrad: PhD student focuses on the interconnectedness of the body
- Video: Cancer patient takes the field
- Project SEARCH a safe place to thrive for graduates
- Women’s leadership members collect honors; two departments recognized for patient care standards
- #2025UMMCGrad: Love of games, puzzles lead to student’s future career
- 2005: Mississippi physician leads American Medical Association
- UMMC celebrates the graduating class of 2025
- Photos: UMMC Commencement 2025
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June
- UMMC genetic counselors: New licensing law benefits patients, providers
- Phi Kappa Phi announces inductees; researchers published in prestigious journal
- That’s My Job: Research Recruiters
- Nursing at Children’s of Mississippi ‘dream come true’ for former patients Logan and Erin Dorsey
- UMMC makes Burn Center opening official with a ribbon-cutting ceremony
- Thanks to philanthropy, NICU families stay connected with AngelEye
- UMMC expands health care access with UMMC Madison
- Video: 2025 Gurney Races
- Front and Center: Traci Wilson
- Early detection, multidisciplinary care saves patients with life-threatening condition
- NICU’s team of specialists care for rising numbers of low birthweight babies
- Expecting better: Mississippi’s record on maternal health is a reversible tragedy
- Surgeon, public safety chief and peds resident earn acclaim
- Preeclampsia’s cause, treatments fuel UMMC research
- 1999: SHRP gets a new home
- UMMC’s STORK Program delivers lifesaving emergency obstetrics training
- UMMC battles barriers to training more OB-GYNs
- A grave reminder: Refurbished cemetery does honor to those remembered there
- UMMC’s maternal telehealth program supports patients throughout pregnancy
- Faculty members awarded honor named for medical school legend
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July
- Medical Center figures chosen for international, statewide roles
- 2024-2025 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
- UMMC Department of Surgery celebrates 70 years
- Support for UMMC’s mission hits record level in fiscal 2025
- Ribbon cut on renovations at UMMC School of Nursing in Oxford
- Photos: New School of Nursing reaches pinnacle
- MD-PhD program grows in numbers, but also in potential and staying power
- UMMC pediatric experts recommend vaccination against pertussis as cases rise
- Video: Meyers family celebrates quintuplets’ first birthday
- Front and Center: MacKenzie Maier
- Aru family endowment will support future UMMC medical students
- Faculty commended as exemplars in their fields
- That’s My Job: Admissions Counselors
- 2005: ‘Southern Remedy’ makes its debut
- Asylum Hill graves relinquish stories, surprises to field school students
- UMMC Biobank may reap dividends for improved health statewide
- Stroke care, young leader recognized
- Ceremony celebrates physicians whose work ‘shines a light everywhere’
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August
- Communications leader named to national post; PhD program boosted by grant
- Front and Center: Dr. Twila Rawson
- Children’s of Mississippi promotes back-to-school health in Greenville
- Mississippi couple’s health care journey prompts $1M donation to transform cancer outcomes
- Telehealth poised to expand in scope, benefit from federal initiative
- New medical students put on the coat with a ‘kind of deep magic’
- ‘Truly life-changing’: Bedford Falls Foundation – DAF’s $2M grant opens door to UMMC School of Nursing for students in need
- UMMC professor emeritus leads development of new hypertension guideline
- MIND Center research informs community understanding, treatment of brain disease
- Photos: Students get a touch of class as school year begins
- Immunotherapy research led by UMMC cancer center director offers patients new hope
- 1948: School of Nursing forerunner founded
- UMMC part of the solution to infant mortality public health emergency
- Photos and Video: Sports fun at Children’s of Mississippi
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September
- Physician commended twice for service; UMMC named top employer
- Hardin Foundation pledges $2.5M for “once-in-a-generation” UMMC cancer center expansion
- That’s My Job: Hospitalists
- Robotic surgery now available at UMMC Grenada
- Front and Center: Shanice Mays
- New walk-in pediatric orthopaedic clinic now open
- Research enterprise surpasses $100M for fiscal 2025
- Front and Center: Rebecca Turner
- Reorganized anatomy department marks 70 (plus) years
- Front and Center: Charlie Swearingen
- Photos: Babies with Books Read-a-thon
- Department of Pediatrics celebrates seven decades of education, care and research
- Mississippi’s only dental school celebrates 50 years
- Photos: Pro golfer Kevin Yu surprises patients
- SHRP faculty member merits acclaim, top scholars earn distinction
- UMMC expands research to address hearing and balance disorders
- A textbook case of excellence, Department of Physiology and Biophysics writes 70+ years of history
- Efforts in research, patient care saluted
- 2007: Lawmakers boost rural primary care
- Jackson Heart Study marks 25 years, looks to new tech for next phase
- Video: Sleep apnea patient breathes easy with implantable device
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October
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January
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2024
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January
- Student Benevolence Fund to help students in crisis stay on track
- UMMC’s excellence shines in 2023
- Historic Seven-Way Kidney Swap: A New Year, A New Start
- First responder, select students receive recognition
- Laughs 4 Life creates fun space for Children’s of Mississippi patients
- Med students seek a ‘specialty bond’ that cements career path
- Front and Center: Venessia Randle
- Flight attendant’s final pass down the aisle good for $1.8M for Manning Family fund
- Respiratory illnesses on the rise this winter
- UMMC stroke patient makes remarkable recovery
- Gene therapy offers hope for sickle cell patients
- Front and Center: ‘Community of UMMC’ close to heart of Dr. Samuel Dickinson
- Dobbs named endowed Chair for the Study of Health Disparities
- Front and Center: Thomas Moore
- UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute to seek national designation
- Hutto and Lampkin Honored in 2024 School of Dentistry Alumni Awards
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February
- UMMC faculty, staff garner recognitions
- School of Nursing opens food pantry
- Front and Center: Dr. Robin Benson Thompson
- 2024 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Champion Ava Clarke Edney celebrating differences
- Dental Mission Week brings big smiles to Mississippians
- UMMC Schools of Dentistry, Nursing team up to tackle HPV
- Video: Ladner quintuplets celebrate first birthday
- The asylum connection: Artist unravels his family’s secret history
- Photos: Supporters bring Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day to Children’s of Mississippi
- Faculty, student reap honors
- Hall receives SEC award
- A leap of faith: Mississippi Miracles Radiothon starts Feb. 29
- Screenings, service and the Scooba Scramble: Meet the Student Health Coalition
- Front and Center: Dr. Kerry Yancy
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March
- Dr. Tina Martin named UMMC School of Nursing dean
- Q2 grants and awards surpass $18.6 million
- Front and Center: Dr. Juvonda Hodge
- Patient Safety Week puts prevention in the spotlight
- Mississippi Miracles Radiothon raises $335,981 for state’s only children’s hospital
- Hester elected American Physiological Society president
- Expansion and curricular transformation on School of Nursing dean’s agenda
- Front and Center: Dr. Allison Strickland
- Photos: Patient Safety Week celebrates UMMC’s culture of quality care
- Brain studies examine role of hippocampus in autism, substance abuse
- UMMC faculty shine in national spotlight
- Laser therapy restores hope to patients with persistent brain tumors
- Match Day reveals residencies for UMMC medical students
- Milestones in UMMC History
- Persistent mortgage discrimination linked to breast cancer disparities, study shows
- Medical Center Matters: Introducing the newsletter formerly named eCV
- Children’s of Mississippi epilepsy center receives highest level of accreditation
- Beads of Courage tell Children’s Heart Center patients’ stories
- Front and Center: Dr. Pam Farris
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April
- UMMC cardiologist, dietitian earn early-career honors
- Front and Center: Kenya Jefferson
- PICU nurse manager Gordon Gartrell an AACN Circle of Excellence Award winner
- Photos: Easter celebrations bring smiles to Medical Center
- School of Dentistry pilots after-hours clinic
- SHRP recognizes Alumnus of the Year, Early Career Achievement award winners
- Faculty, students, pharmacist commended
- Front and Center: Susan Anand
- No shadow of a doubt: The eclipse can ruin your vision
- Dozens screened at See, Test and Treat event
- #2024UMMCGrad: ER doc masters population health
- UMMC faculty, staff garner national recognition
- Technological advances reshape rapidly evolving class settings at SHRP
- Front and Center: Hannah Lambert
- New program is a case of requested development
- #2024UMMCGrad: School of Nursing’s Carter, Haynes combine nursing, military service
- Milestones in UMMC History
- Listen and engage: Stray delivers ‘Last Lecture’
- Becker’s ranks UMMC among top 150 places to work in health care in U.S.
- Clinic, faculty member recognized nationally
- #2024UMMCGrad: SHRP grad tinkers with career change, contributes to health care improvements
- Ceremony celebrates body donors’ ‘remarkable gift’
- Genetic discovery uncovers answers to one patient’s lifelong health questions
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May
- Konkle-Parker completes decades of ‘care of vulnerable people’ at Adult Special Care Clinic
- #2024UMMCGrad: Estelle Blair balances medical school and motherhood – single, but not alone
- Women in health care, radiology experts earn honors
- ‘Unmatched’ mentor, exemplary educators celebrated
- UMMC seeks African American participants in world’s largest autism research study
- Photos: Mississippi State baseball a home run with young patients
- Front and Center: Carolyn Trudeau
- UMMC patient celebrates 50th anniversary of congenital heart repair
- SEARCH for jobs, acceptance ends in celebration for nine graduates of vital program
- Plaudits abound during National Nurses Week
- UMMC School of Nursing Alumni honors spotlight Mangum, Riddick
- School of Dentistry begins two-year research project to improve children’s oral health
- #2024UMMCGrad: Aaron Winters captures smiles with community outreach
- #2024UMMCGrad: Preston Ivy champions oral health at home and abroad
- Asylum Hill discoveries: They’re something personal
- Employee Appreciation Week offers menu of goodies
- Bower Foundation MSN graduates educating next generation of nurses
- Faculty in SOM, SHRP commended for career achievements
- #2024UMMCGrad: Nathan Campbell’s scientific training at UMMC began in high school
- UMMC first in state to offer CAR T therapy for persistent cancer
- UMMC celebrates 900-plus May 2024 graduates from six health sciences schools
- Eagle Scout project unites families at Children’s of Mississippi
- Milestones in UMMC History
- UMMC graduates urged to ‘look for the joy’ during the essential work ahead
- Photos: Some of the Class of 2024's best commencement moments are captured here
- Pathology: The unseen force behind patient diagnosis and treatment
- Front and Center: Dr. Karen Carney
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June
- UMMC School of Nursing’s traditional BSN track opens in Oxford
- Faculty member, student and video production grab national esteem
- UMMC Jabaley-Songcharoen Hand Center gives child a thumb
- Summer camp piques interest in dental careers for children across the state
- UMMC establishes multidisciplinary teaching campus in Ridgeland's Colony Park
- Dental student, pharmacy program recognized for excellence
- Front and Center: Harold Brewer
- Two Medical Center studies attract national notice
- Photos: Children’s hosts rally to get kids ready for school
- Children’s of Mississippi patient family advocates for rare disease research
- That’s My Job: Sterile Processing
- Milestones in UMMC History - June 24, 2024
- UMMC School of Nursing mobile clinic offers summer care for students
- Virtual reality makes MRIs easier at Children’s of Mississippi
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July
- Third quarter grants and awards surpass $42 million
- 2023-2024 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
- Trauma drug study aims to save lives following severe injuries
- How to stay safe this summer as record-breaking heat continues
- UMMC announces new location for ambulatory clinics in Ridgeland
- UMMC names endowment for renowned immunologist
- Photos: New residents learning the ropes
- Meyers family welcomes quintuplets at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Faculty member, pharmacists commended for accomplishments
- Meyers family welcomes quintuplets with care from UMMC collaborative team
- UMMC School of Dentistry launches 'Free Care Friday' for Mississippi kids
- Front and Center: Nechole Sullivan
- See, Test and Treat event in Holmes County offers free screening
- ‘Doctor Moms’: Physician coauthors children’s book about balancing motherhood and medicine
- 1969: New program enables UMMC to treat young cancer patients
- Stroke Center, pediatric researchers cited for achievements
- Front and Center: Dr. Charulochana Subramony
- Construction of Center for Medically Fragile Children underway
- Inspiring, innovative – Hall of Famers, distinguished alumni are celebrated
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August
- UMMC receives $1M in federal funds to combat syphilis in Mississippi
- UMMC researchers lead landmark inflammation study
- UMMC takes heart patient from lethal diagnosis back to athletic powerhouse
- Indomitable spirit, skilled care aids healing in Mississippi Burn Center patient
- Their ‘greatest journey’ begins: Class of 2028 dons ‘coat of compassion’
- More than a month old, Meyers babies are growing strong
- Photos: New students beginning classes at UMMC
- Medical Center, faculty, student and caregivers on national stage
- Resident is ‘Rising Star,’ Women in Medicine group chooses board
- UMMC launches free tele-mental health clinic for public university students
- Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders renovations add comfort to world-class care
- 1971: Medical Center takes a SHRP turn
- Front and Center: Dr. Harrison Hicks
- That’s My Job: Clinical Research
- Survivor University pilot program empowers cancer patients with holistic support, education
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September
- UMMC provides two decades of care to Mississippi Braves players
- UMMC Grenada nurse uses cancer journey to encourage patients
- Research enterprise reaches nearly $118M for fiscal 2024
- UMMC named state’s top health care employer
- ‘Changemakers’ Keeton, Thames to be lionized at inaugural gala
- Front and Center: Margaret Workman
- UMMC pediatric cardiologist livestreams surgery for an international audience
- Dr. John Hall celebrates 50 years of research, teaching at UMMC
- Executive director named to lead UMMC Office of Operational Excellence
- 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship winner Luke List swings by Children’s of Mississippi
- Photos: 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship winner visits Children’s of Mississippi
- UMMC’s first-ever Honors College welcomes inaugural class
- Rural Electrification: Physicians/students bolt for communities that shaped them
- Photos and Video: Children’s of Mississippi patients have football fun
- UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute’s lung cancer screening program secures $1.8 million grant
- UMMC surgeons reconstruct teen’s arm after life-threatening accident
- Nurse Practitioner, Children’s of Mississippi acclaimed for achievements
- Meyers quintuplets begin journey home after NICU care
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October
- That’s My Job: Storeroom Management and Replenishment teams
- Beefed-up security measures highlight busy month for UMMC PD
- Photos: Sanderson Farms Championship golfers, wives visit Children’s of Mississippi patients
- UMMC chosen to lead one of five national hubs for community-led health care research
- Passion to care, mentor guides career of new radiation oncology chair
- Front and Center: Alena Calderon
- Golden retriever Hollywood joins Children’s of Mississippi care team
- Families share their Children’s of Mississippi stories as 2025 Ambassadors
- Medical Center personnel acknowledged for excellence, expertise
- UMMC surgeon delivers life-changing care for breast cancer survivors with advanced reconstruction
- Faculty join select group, resident earns research honor
- Front & Center: Iley Anne Baldwin
- 1972: Bower’s advocacy improves access to life-saving dialysis
- Graduate School honors outstanding alumni, research
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November
- Rainbow Academy enhances learning opportunities for Children’s of Mississippi patients
- UMMC offers screenings to detect early stage lung cancer
- Researcher, radiology program recognized
- UMMC’s overall school enrollment continues to climb
- Cancer Center, nursing student leaders, operational excellence spotlighted
- Photos: Patients shine in holiday fashion show
- Bancroft Fund gives $1.5 million to create Croft Medical Surgical Unit
- That’s My Job: Office of Enrollment Management
- Top cancer researcher, Children’s of Mississippi honored for accomplishments
- Children’s of Mississippi plastic surgeons rebuild ear after injury
- Annual awards recognize faculty achievements in research
- ‘A story of challenges’: Chief Cyrus Ben shares Choctaws’ history
- Museum traveling exhibit making holiday stop at Children’s of Mississippi
- 2001: Graduate students get new home
- SGSHS announces new chair, award to honor physiology alumnus
- Front and Center: Jack Harkins
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December
- IVF program at UMMC celebrates 40 years of hope
- UMMC unveils expanded adult inpatient facilities
- Children’s of Mississippi Holiday Giving Drive is Dec. 18-20
- Hardy-Raju chair honors groundbreaking surgeon and his eminent mentor
- Photos: Holiday aglow at Children’s of Mississippi
- Mississippi’s first Sentio surgeries give teens 360 degrees of hearing
- History unboxed: Project collects, curates long-cloistered images
- Center for Maternal and Fetal Care hosts holiday reunion for former patients, children
- Nurse practitioner, physician lauded as HPV Clinical Champions
- Sanderson Farms Championship host organization donates $1M to benefit Children’s of Mississippi
- Photos: Holiday Happenings at Children’s of Mississippi
- 1996: UMMC lands flight transportation program
- That’s My Job: Child Life
- Cancer Center and Research Institute secures $1.4 million grant for prostate cancer research
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January
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2023
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January
- Medical Center earns national recognitions
- UMMC research, education, health care shine in 2022
- UMMC earns redesignation as Baby-Friendly Hospital
- New Volunteer Services leader aims to meet patient, staff needs
- C. auris fungal infection: what you need to know
- In good faith: Chaplains’ personal stories resonate
- UMMC expert: Football player’s cardiac arrest spotlights importance of CPR, AEDs, training
- UMMC selected as study site for new COPD treatment
- Whether with patients, families or fellow employees, Communicate with H.E.A.R.T.
- Inaugural Run the Rainbow for Children’s 5K, 10K and Half Marathon is March 18
- Poison control calls climb for kids accidentally eating edibles
- Smith makes sure help’s on the way
- UMMC establishes the Mississippi Burn Center on Jackson campus
- Balance is best when it comes to fighting obesity in children, UMMC experts say
- The Mississippi Burn Center at UMMC: ‘We’re the natural place for this’
- Women’s heart health in February spotlight
- UMMC’s online MSN program rises to 33rd in the country in U.S. News & World Report list
- Food insecurity drives food choices, affects mental, physical wellness
- Whitlock, Boteler shine as School of Dentistry honorees
- Compretta juggles multiple grants, projects aimed at addressing health equity
- Sanderson Farms Championship host organization donates $1M to benefit Children’s of Mississippi
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February
- Smiles polished up for vets during Dental Mission Week
- Front and Center: Dr. Kathleen Yee and Dr. Audra Schaefer
- Burns can be complex – and more so with other traumatic injuries
- 2023 Champion Kingston Murriel’s care began before birth at Children’s of Mississippi
- O’Donnells make $1.5 million commitment to renovations of Children’s of Mississippi Batson Tower
- New cameras a first step toward next-level crime prevention at UMMC, police say
- ‘We know there aren’t enough doctors’: Forum addresses rural shortage
- State sees dramatic increase in congenital syphilis cases
- $1M gift from Friends of Children’s Hospital creates Evans Chair of Pediatric Neurology
- Pain management clinic new addition to Sanderson Tower
- Front and Center: Hanna Broome
- Ladner family welcomes quintuplets at UMMC
- Video and Photos: Mardi Gras at Children’s of Mississippi
- Front and Center: Tequila Bell
- Children’s of Mississippi patients, families share stories during Mississippi Miracles Radiothon
- Heart device adds years, improves quality of life
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March
- Students stirred to learn more about ‘the origin of everything’
- Employee engagement takes next steps with focus groups
- Educators ponder art, connect across schools during trip to museum
- Week of activities celebrates patient safety
- Mississippi Miracles Radiothon inspires over $400,000 in donations
- New study examines impact of race on chronic pain disparities
- Dental providers assess for oral health – and signs of sleep disorders
- Bienvenidos a Dia Hispano: Welcome to Hispanic Day
- Children’s developmental screenings rise at end of five-year UMMC-MSU collaboration
- Front and Center: Reagan Moak
- Tummy troubles and more are focus of Children’s of Mississippi gastroenterology clinic
- Front and Center: Dr. Elliot Varney
- Children’s of Mississippi home to ACPA-certified craniofacial care team
- Photo gallery: More than 870 ‘Run the Rainbow’ Saturday
- Women in law enforcement highlights conference at UMMC
- On Match Day, students remember those who helped get them there
- Graduate student REACHes back, pays it forward by teaching
- See, Test & Treat: Powerful preventative and educational tool to combat cancer
- ‘That’s what we do in Mississippi’: Medical Center responds to tornado
- Mobile field hospital deploys to storm-ravaged Rolling Fork
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April
- Front and Center: Kenya Woods
- Updated clinic providing compassionate care for HIV patients
- New center to study genetic origins of diseases, innovative treatment
- ‘Beacon for aspiring physicians’ earns top educator award
- UMMC fills neurology gap with first-time inpatient telehealth evaluations
- Pediatric cancer, blood treatments move temporarily to Wiser to make room for renovations
- SON Research Day studies influence patient care
- Robotic device helps straighten bone in pediatric first for Mississippi
- #UMMCGrad2023: ‘Dynamic duo’ in PT caps off busy semester with wedding in June
- UMMC designated as a Mississippi Burn Center by state Department of Health
- Donate Life Day celebrates gift of organ donation
- The invisible smile: As radio show host, Kency gives voice to her passion
- SHRP recognizes Alumnus of the Year, Early Career Achievement award winners
- #UMMCGrad2023 Maria Jones-Muhammad: Homegrown neuroscientist in training
- Lampkin becomes dental trailblazer
- Medical Center faculty, staff shine in their professions
- SOPH holds Inaugural Research Day
- UMMC Biobank, clinical pharmacy specialist receive kudos
- #UMMCGrad2023: School of Nursing graduate’s career to start in familiar place
- The Power of Praise: Matemavi delivers Last Lecture
- UMMC seeks participants for immunity supplement study
- Families, caregivers enjoy inaugural Plastic Surgery Family Fun Day
- 'Roll call of heroes' honors body donors at UMMC
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May
- One home, four to grow: Ladner babies thriving at UMMC
- UMMC awarded NIH funding to help improve newborn health outcomes
- Ceremony honors the gift that “speaks a thousand words”
- #UMMCGrad2023: Intersection of pharmacy, policy focus of School of Pharmacy graduate
- ‘You chose to stay at UMMC, and that speaks volumes’
- In their own words: ED caregivers explain why they stayed, what kept them strong, during pandemic
- Photos: Mississippi State baseball a hit with young patients
- A legacy of patience and humility: Endowed chair named for Rodney and Sara Meeks
- #UMMCGrad2023: She looked into her heart and saw a doctor’s life there
- UMMC fills OB-GYN care gap in Delta
- Free summer program gives students telemedicine access
- Nursing Alumna of Year serving ‘nation’s heroes’ as VA leader
- Mortality rates increasing in patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease
- UMMC PD helps carry the torch for Special Olympics
- #UMMCGrad2023: Patient care a passion for dental hygiene grad
- Teaching, quality improvement and research among new anesthesiology chair’s passions
- #UMMCGrad2023: Residency, then private practice in Casey Park’s future
- ‘Science mom,’ ‘superb mentor,’ Alexander secures ace educator award
- Medical Center employees lauded on state, national levels
- SEARCH for jobs, acceptance pays off with work after finishing growing program
- Friends of Children’s Hospital leader Sidney P. Allen remembered with child life fund
- #UMMCGrad2023: Late bloomer finds his way following three loves
- Study: Babies with opioid addiction go home earlier with family-focused approach
- Q3 grants and awards surpass $20.8 million
- UMMC celebrates 900-plus May 2023 graduates across six health sciences schools
- The proof is in the moms and newborns: STORK is saving lives
- Photos: Capturing memories of the Class of 2023
- Medical Center students, faculty shine on state, national levels
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June
- Mother’s dream of a nursing career inspires endowed nursing scholarship at UMMC
- JFC sees the need to care for patients with vision challenges
- Unique inpatient program captures patients’ seizures to speed diagnosis
- Medical Center’s cardiothoracic surgery nets honor
- Faculty, staff shine in professional organizations
- The Organ Trail: In the beginning, there was the lung
- Front and Center: Shannon Strong
- Summer school for these kids means lessons in dentistry
- UMMC researchers help map gut health in children
- School of Nursing preparing for June 28 groundbreaking, construction of new facility
- Front and Center: Marci Craft
- Medical Center achieves top designation for stroke care
- Front and Center: Vishal Balaji
- Simulation transformation: Virtual reality tool is classroom-ready
- Griggs recognized for decades of dental materials research
- 400 and counting: UMMC’s liver transplant program continues to shine
- Granger retires after 33 years at UMMC
- State, UMMC leaders break ground on new School of Nursing
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July
- Garner ready to pitch perfect programs as new SHRP dean
- Front and Center: Tommeka Mason
- MIND Center receives $1 million endowed professorship
- Front and Center: Corley Henderson
- Alert U upgrades at UMMC aimed at beefing up personal safety
- Dr. Rodney Rocconi: Ole Miss alumnus returns home to lead call to arms to improve cancer care
- Employee Engagement Survey results inspire change at UMMC
- Early supporter of Children’s cancer center makes $1M donation toward renovations
- GivePulse offers new way to grow volunteering at UMMC
- Front and Center: Trenda McGinnis
- Hearing aids slow cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss and risk for dementia
- Front and Center: Austin Toler
- MSU interns work with mentors to design biomedical solutions
- C Spire Foundation, Creekmore family donates $1 million to Children’s of Mississippi
- Researchers recruit study participants for treatment of long COVID
- Simulations with UMMC Police give nursing students experience in de-escalating conflict
- Double transplant patient “blessed” by historical organ transport service
- They ‘made our profession better’: Hall of Fame pays homage to distinguished physicians
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August
- 2022-2023 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
- Children’s of Mississippi patients calmed by VR voyages
- Dobbs serves on national committee making recommendations on health equity
- Asylum Hill Field School students seize opportunity ‘at a scale rarely seen’
- P&W Financial Group Announces a $2 Million Planned Donation
- Front and Center: Drashti Upadhyay
- Care for spina bifida patients close to home at Children’s of Mississippi
- Revolution evolution: Coming curriculum model breaks century-old mold
- Murphy takes the reins as dean of Graduate School
- Front and Center: Lauren Winters
- Newborn care at UMMC includes new lactation clinic
- Medical Center staff reap honors
- UMMC experts: take precautions during heat wave
- Lecturer Kirch champions openness, sharing, support when burnout and health care collide
- Patient battling puzzling disease has message for fellow sufferers
- BankPlus program adds up to more than $4M for Children’s of Mississippi
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September
- ‘Good things happen to good people’: Ladner rises to department chair
- Procedure makes food fun again for patients with rare esophageal condition
- Rising COVID-19 cases signal need for caution
- FREEDOM: Researchers study impact of food delivery, coaching, telemonitoring on diabetes
- Bidwell strives to be a servant leader for research mission
- Read-a-thon looks to boost development of babies in neonatal intensive care
- Study: A statin a day reduces cardiovascular disease in HIV patients
- Medical Center staff reap honors
- A gun, a dog, death and redemption – Matt Branch’s story has it all
- Making data work for all among top goals of new DIS hire
- UMMC School of Nursing adding traditional BSN to Ole Miss campus in 2024
- Medical Center staff reap state, national honors
- Photos: Sanderson Farms Championship winner swings by Children’s of Mississippi
- Front and Center: Benson Hill
- Flu shots in full swing
- Research enterprise surpasses $96M in funds
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October
- PICU wins Beacon Award for Excellence from American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- SOPH advances research agenda with ‘explosive growth’
- Take steps to stop RSV’s spread in wake of drug shortage
- UMMC neurosurgery care available at Hattiesburg Clinic
- Brain pacemaker for epilepsy: first-of-its-kind epilepsy surgery in Mississippi shows success
- Photos: Children’s of Mississippi patients get visit from rodeo royalty
- Photos: Halloween is all treats at UMMC
- Graduate School honors two distinguished alumni for first time
- OB-GYN integrates nurse-midwifery into maternal health care
- CHAMP for Moms addressing new mothers’ mental health challenges
- $5M hand surgery gift creating the Jabaley-Songcharoen Center, Songcharoen Chair at UMMC
- Partnership boosts early childhood development with books
- UMMC staff gain state, national honors
- Fall Severe Weather Preparedness Week signals time to stock up, check supplies
- UMMC faculty, programs in national spotlight
- Front and Center: David Barrett
- Audiology student relishes ‘full circle’ moment after childhood hearing loss
- Front and Center: Gabrielle “Gabi” Morris
- Photos: Sanderson Farms Championship a win for Children’s of Mississippi
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November
- Children’s of Mississippi Annual Holiday Giving Drive is Dec. 13-15
- Physician-scientist returns to UMMC pipeline
- Rich history, bright future: UMMC School of Nursing celebrates 75th anniversary
- For the record: National Archives spurs online medical history project
- The Marshall plan: A stronger partnership between community, academic allergists is new ACAAI president’s goal
- UMMC surgeons conduct the first single port robot-assisted surgeries in the state
- NIH grants account for more than half of all research funding at UMMC
- 2024 Run the Rainbow for Children’s adds marathon
- AAP honors Benton for outstanding service to maltreated children
- UMMC earns B ranking from Leapfrog
- UMMC PD puts Law on its side
- Front and Center: John Rushing and Martha Claire Thomas
- Go figure: Overall enrollment is up again
- Photos: Children’s of Mississippi shines on the runway
- Unprecedented UMMC Kidney Swap: A Lifesaving Exchange of Donors Gives Two Patients a Second Chance at Life
- UMMC Grenada earns an A hospital safety grade from Leapfrog
- Hogs for the Cause announces $1.5M gift for new oncology space at Children’s of Mississippi
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December
- A few ounces of prevention mean tons of safety in the kitchen, home this winter
- Weather doesn’t dampen Winter Wonderland
- MIND Center launches campaign to fund new centralized clinic
- Q1 grants and awards exceed $23 million
- Inaugural Cruse Lecture set for Dec. 7
- Photos: Holiday surprises brighten season for patients
- Burgeoning academy of top educators welcomes new round of honorees
- UMMC shines in national organizations
- UMMC garners regional, national recognition
- Top investigators recognized with Excellence in Research Awards
- Sanderson Farms Championship host organization donates $1M to benefit Children’s of Mississippi
- Front and Center: Makenzie Downs
- Smith to the nth degree: Pharm professor discovers the right chemistry at work, in life
- Photos: UMMC’s holiday season is happy and bright
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January
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2022
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January
- UMMC makes strides in 2021 despite pandemic
- UMMC students, faculty lauded for scholarship, research
- UMMC pediatric experts encourage masks, vaccinations for safe in-person learning
- Omicron and Delta variants: What do we know?
- Majority of children hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated
- Omicron surge creates unprecedented staff shortages as hospitalizations rise
- Q2 grants and awards bring $27 million to UMMC
- Front and Center: Elizabeth Wicks
- Carson takes helm at Jackson Heart Study
- Unvaccinated kids bear brunt of COVID-19, studies show
- 2022 Accelerated BSN enrollment ties 2021 record
- From COVID-19 variant to variant, critical care providers fight to save lives
- UMMC awarded $3M grant to address employee stress, burnout from COVID-19
- Century Club Charities breaks record with Children's donation
- Holt honored with Nurse Practitioner Award for Excellence
- 2022 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Champion: Nolee Jones of Pearl
- Front and Center: Keisha Prestwood
- Team care propels UMMC liver transplant program to national honor
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February
- For adults with sickle cell, new clinic relieves pain of neglect
- School of Dentistry alums shine in their community and profession
- ‘Care’ has double meaning during Dental Mission Week
- Front and Center: Driscoll DeVaul
- Front and Center: Juanyce Taylor
- Front and Center: Jasmine and Fred Kency
- Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival returns March 26 after COVID hiatus
- Front and Center: LaDonna Northington
- Road trip: UMMC schools unite to draw more students to health care careers
- Front and Center: Loretta Jackson-Williams
- Medical Center employees reap honors
- Jackson Free Clinic marks two decades of ‘wellness magic’
- Preparation is key to whether you will weather severe storm
- Front and Center: Jan Williams
- Front and Center: Candie Simmons
- Front and Center: Benita Spann
- Front and Center: Charles Patton
- COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects babies, research finds
- Front and Center: Da’Varius Jackson
- Patient safety topic of Children’s of Mississippi’s first hospital-wide stand-down
- $17.6M grant expanding UMMC telehealth to more Mississippi students
- ‘Life-changing’ scholarships awarded to future doctors committed to rural health care
- Front and Center: Denise Cornelius
- UMMC faculty, SON reap honors
- Front and Center: Mark Gilbert
- Front and Center: Kimberlee Daniels
- Front and Center: Alexcia Carr
- RECOVER explores Long COVID
- Front and Center: Miracle Buckley
- Front and Center: Kisa Harris
- Front and Center: Black Representation in Medicine
- Front and Center: Student National Dental Association
- Photos: Mardi Gras festivities bring bling to Children's of Mississippi
- Larger catheterization lab serving the smallest patients at Children’s of Mississippi
- Mississippi Miracles Radiothon, March 2-4, provides Children’s of Mississippi with equipment, extras
- Cherry drives nursing excellence through visionary leadership
- Front and Center: Mary Carr
- Front and Center: De’jai Nichols
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March
- AAP immediate past president: Bring strengths together to help families post-pandemic
- SOD students show prowess at annual Research Day
- UMMC could be removed from Blue Cross insurance network effective April 1
- Mississippi Miracles Radiothon raises $441,544 to ‘power Children’s of Mississippi’
- Blue vests are back: New and seasoned volunteers return, ready to serve
- Front and Center: Stacy Vance
- Practice patient safety every time, all the time
- UMMC launches state’s only genetic testing advancement
- An extraordinary admission: 50 years ago, Mississippi native perseveres to become medical school’s first Black graduate
- UMMC faculty, students gather kudos
- Front and Center: Dr. Osman Athar
- Children's urgent care offers extended hours close to home
- Norris honored with Meritorious Service Award for “invaluable” accreditation leadership
- Two-plus years later, UMMC remains leader in COVID-19 response
- Loved ones help medical students ‘re-center’ on mind-boggling Match Day
- How to answer children’s questions about war: UMMC experts weigh in
- Ricks lauded for service, passion for community health
- Preventative COVID-19 drug could help more Mississippians
- Rockhold earns SEC Faculty Achievement Award
- ‘Trusted colleague,’ ‘wise counsel’ retires from role in academic affairs
- April is Matching Month for Campaign for Children’s of Mississippi
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April
- State’s only academic medical center, and providers, dropped from BCBS network
- McElmurray reaps national health care executive honor
- Study finds higher COVID-19 death rates for American Indians
- Nursing Research Day symbol of increased nursing research at UMMC
- Front and Center: Dr. Tawana Tucker
- Is whole blood best for severely bleeding trauma victims? Study aims to find out
- Faculty, staff, SON collect honors
- Faculty satisfaction survey: UMMC shines in collegiality, diversity, governance
- SHRP recognizes Alumnus of the Year, Early Career Achievement
- #UMMCGrad2022: Disability brings understanding, School of Nursing graduate finds
- Q3 grants and awards top $22 million
- New Children’s of Mississippi concussion clinic offers follow-up care quickly
- #UMMCGrad2022: ‘Renaissance man’ trains talents on career in medicine
- Message to new SOD graduates: Patients, not you, wear the crown
- Left, right, repeat: UMMC celebrates National Walking Day
- Front and Center: Tiara Love
- Transplant, bone marrow, Children’s perioperative receive kudos
- Junior League of Jackson gives $500,000 for cancer center renovation
- #UMMCGrad2022: Double-doctor has heart for science, medicine, service
- Breathing new life into health care diversity: Choctaw students recruited at UMMC
- Photos: Universities team up to cheer on Children’s
- UMMC and UnitedHealthcare agree to new multi-year relationship
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May
- Front and Center: Lauren Burch
- Service commemorates ‘nobility, courage’ of ‘first and most important patients’
- #UMMCGrad2022: Road to SOD paved with hard work
- Students, faculty, staff shine in research, leadership
- Last Lecture 2022: A lucky guy finds his ikigai
- Enjoy Employee Appreciation Week – you deserve it!
- Experts weigh in on U.S. baby formula shortage
- Medical Center schools, faculty, staff shine
- Photos: World Hand Hygiene Day highlights importance of good hand habits
- UMMC nursing alumna to provide care in Ukraine
- #UMMCGrad2022: Former attorney leaves staff position to pursue love of science
- Innovative dental scan helps providers find root of problem
- Schoolhouse docs: Health policy fellows learn legislative process
- #UMMCGrad2022: Boosting patients’ health literacy goal of School of Pharmacy graduate
- Officers picked for pilot behavioral intervention program named Top Cops
- Brown catches 2022 Regions TEACH Prize
- For ‘heart babies,’ care from Children’s of Mississippi begins in the womb
- SON alums shine as change leaders, health care innovators
- UMMC employees - we appreciate you!
- ‘Life-changing’ MSN courses begin May 31 for UMMC Bower scholars
- Employee engagement survey launches today to measure satisfaction, create initiatives
- UMMCGrad2022: SOPH’s first PhD recipients shine
- SEARCH-ing for the perfect job – and landing it
- UMMC nurses, orthopaedic surgery resident reap honors
- SHRP Dean retires to accept dream job: full-time grandmother of six
- Front and Center: Kimberlee King
- UMMC celebrates 959 May 2022 graduates across six health sciences schools
- Formula supply expected to increase, UMMC experts say
- Photo Gallery: Graduates smile after reaching educational milestone
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June
- Front and Center: Karla Dukes
- Healthy habits help preserve brain health, despite genetics
- Custom-fitted 3D stent gives patients route to easier breathing
- Sanderson Tower’s Mississippi mosaic made from thousands of drawings
- Rarely used procedure promising tool for patients with abdominal cancer
- Photos: Philanthropists celebrate historic achievement
- Study aims to improve health for All of Us
- New assignment for last ‘Flying Quartet’ member: retirement
- Take precautions when temps are too hot to handle
- UMMC Police intervene, investigate for victimized patients
- Their markers didn’t last, but their stories will, says new Asylum Hill scholar
- Pullen Chair Collier ‘standing on the shoulders of a giant’ in fight against cancer
- Photos: Farmer’s Market a crowd pleaser
- Front and Center: Nakita Sherron
- Stroke program, students, faculty recognized
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July
- 2021-2022 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
- Study urges careful use of kidney calculations
- Employees, students explore benefits of mindfulness meditation, gratitude journaling
- UMMC’s landmark 3,000th transplant: Only child gives mom a kidney
- Photos: UMMC’s landmark 3,000th transplant
- Front and Center: Rubie Frazier
- Internship “opens eyes” of students to the disease that racked their families
- Batson Kids Clinic now offers COVID-19 vaccinations for children 6 months and older
- McCardle goes from pediatric patient to nurse colleague
- UMMC faculty members gather kudos
- COVID still lurks; keep your guard up
- ‘The best day of my life’: Rural-focused outreach captivates the future hope of health care
- Students find out if they’re SURE about research careers
- No Kidding: Laughs 4 Life raising funds for child life space at children’s hospital
- Medical Center faculty, staff reap recognitions
- Cervical or breast cancer? See, Test and Treat!
- Front and Center: Rose Williams
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August
- UMMC experts explain rare bacterium discovered on Mississippi Gulf Coast
- Ever-inspiring and ‘never forgotten’: Physicians swell honor roll of Medical Center elite
- Center for Telehealth, School of Nursing team up for school-based telehealth training
- STORK training critical when lives of moms, babies in jeopardy
- When stocking UMMC’s shelves, Supply Chain shines
- Hanberry family ‘Giving Grace’ by matching gifts to Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
- Woodward’s influence on medical education grows, as does Mississippi’s
- Patient safety efforts improving, but journey continues
- Room to Grow: Children's expansion gives NICU babies space for therapy
- Police behavior response team brings added security, calming presence to hospital
- Education, information at fingertips for children’s hospital families thanks to MyChart Bedside
- Feeling tense? Try a re-frame of mind
- Columbus connection, need for neurologists result in Gilbert-Willis Chair at UMMC
- For patients and trainees alike, rural dermatology clinic has their back
- Children’s Heart Center one of select few to access newly approved heart valve
- Photos: UMMC students one step closer to health sciences careers
- See, Test and Treat provides free cancer screenings for 60 women
- Note to former NFL players: Don’t “pass” on regular health checks
- UMMC faculty members receive kudos
- Dr. Phyllis Bishop awarded Parker Chair of Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Children’s of Mississippi seeing rise in RSV cases
- Front and Center: Shannon Farmer
- UMMC research dollars on upward trend
- A study in wax: SOD first-years get early lessons
- Public statement - City of Jackson water impact on UMMC
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September
- UMMC honors police, security, emergency responders with ‘Blessing of the Badges’
- Lorna Kernizan joins Children’s of Mississippi as COO
- ‘Endless possibilities’: In academic affairs, Rodgers revels in new role
- Front and Center: Lauren Thames
- Photos: UMMC honors police, security, emergency responders with ‘Blessing of the Badges’
- UMMC listed among best employers in Mississippi
- UMMC faculty lauded for achievements
- Duszak: Ride the radiology technology wave to advance patient care
- POTU: Lourene Davis
- Sam Burns Children's of MS visit
- Give it a shot: Flu vaccines make fall appearance
- UMMC Wellness: Eating Healthy
- Photos: Pro golfer Sam Burns visits Children’s of Mississippi
- Education research: That’s their department
- Friday football injury? UMMC clinic offers swift care
- Nursing white coat ceremony clinical education rite of passage
- Dobbs takes helm of Population Health, determined to make a healthier state
- Front and Center: Najhawan Billingsley
- Children’s, faculty, students shine
- When considering OTC hearing aids, be an informed consumer
- School of Nursing tops Mississippi rankings by U.S. News & World Report
- “Lung Cancer Hero” credits team for national award
- UMMC Responds to Need, Will Offer Burn Care
- PGA golfer, Children’s of Mississippi patient bond on the Sanderson Farms Championship fairway
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October
- Front and Center: Scott Berry
- Progress mounts on Asylum Hill
- Dr. Leigh Holley protecting public through Accelerated BSN program
- Employee Engagement Survey results are in
- Granger strives to strengthen pipeline of research talent, research infrastructure
- $3M gift creates Morris Center for Cleft and Craniofacial Research and Innovation
- ‘He saw something in me’: NP shifts to MD in the making
- Violence research focus of $7.5M grants to School of Nursing
- Consult provider, don’t panic about lump in breast
- Trading punches with Parkinson's: Retired surgeon writes a new legacy with fists and pen
- UMMC faculty, staff gather accolades
- SOD pilot program a culture change for patient needs
- New pediatric neurologists hail from Oak Grove, School of Medicine Class of 2015
- Phase 1 cancer trials offer UMMC patients critical treatment options
- Detect lung cancer early with proactive screening
- Medical Center wellness programs lauded with Joy in Medicine award
- IORT surgery: Eliminate cancer, spare healthy tissue
- UMMC faculty, staff reap kudos
- Photos: UMMC’s Halloween celebrations
- Grant to boost statewide treatment for drug, alcohol addictions
- Edney speaks on access to care, infant mortality in lecture
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November
- Significant renovations coming for Children’s of Mississippi’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
- UMMC staff earn kudos
- Serial numbers: Enrollment pattern is unbroken, thanks to another bounce
- UMMC Wellness: Attitude of Gratitude
- Dr. Kim Hoover: Graduate Studies Distinguished Alumna of the Year
- UMMC nursing leaders collaborate for excellence in care, nursing education
- College World Series-winning Ole Miss baseball team a hit with Children’s of Mississippi patients
- Screen time: Health checks meant for those ‘who need it the most’
- New pediatric neurologists hail from Oak Grove, School of Medicine Class of 2015
- SPRINT participants fail to sustain long-term reductions in high blood pressure post study
- Medical Center faculty honored by state, national organizations
- School of Nursing partners with Mississippi State for dual-degree program
- Leading with Love: Psychologist finds kids at the heart of her calling
- Photos: Thanksgiving Parade brings smiles to Children’s of Mississippi patients
- ‘An amazing day’: Pre-Med students flock to UMMC event at JSU
- Mindful eating based on awareness of what your body needs
- LaMarca transforms pharmacology department through teambuilding, collaboration
- Holiday giving week at Children’s of Mississippi is Dec. 12-16 at Sanderson Tower
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December
- Project ADAM provides Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and Blind with lifesaving training
- New living space at UMMC Grenada a boon to medical students on rotation
- School of Nursing among 10 best for men, according to American Association for Men in Nursing
- Dental hygiene at UMMC turns 50
- Q1 awards and grants reach nearly $30 million
- Photos: Winter Wonderland enchants Children’s of Mississippi patients
- ‘Pioneering’ breast cancer research yields more dollars in race for treatment, solutions
- Photos: Friends of Children’s Hospital events light tree, delight patients
- Excellence Awards honors top researchers’ successful funding
- UMMC, BCBSMS Reach Agreement
- AAMC award nominations now open through Jan. 13
- Resilience in Stressful Events helps avert caregiver burnout, stress
- UMMC programs, Medical Center faculty members shine
- When accreditation’s on the line, Judy Flynt leads the charge
- Medical students turn Santa’s helpers for Children’s Safe Center
- Photos: Happy Holidays at The U
- Celebrating its 30th anniversary, BMT at UMMC is nationally recognized
- Leader of clinical improvement journey retires, but the trip’s not over
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January
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2021
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January
- Pandemic brings perseverance, praise-worthy patient care
- Scholars program uncovers mystery behind MLS profession
- Award lets researchers escalate war on ‘disease that whispers’
- Coggins' gift bolsters Children's cancer, blood disorders renovation
- Meet two new (robot) staffers in UMMC's COVID-19 testing lab
- Indianola mother, baby now home after long COVID-19 battle
- Century Club Charities breaks record with Children's donation
- Even during pandemic, UMMC Research hits record heights
- UMMC's largest Accelerated BSN class answers nursing's call
- MIND Center, Alzheimer's MS: 'new chapter' in dementia fight
- Federal award allows UMMC to reach more telehealth patients
- Study: Diabetes, COVID-19 combo riskier for Blacks, Hispanics
- Front and Center: Tara Madison
- AACN honors D.N.P. director; Former ob-gyn prof leads school
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February
- DIS scheduling system champions COVID-19 vaccines
- Dental care can be critical for kids with complex conditions
- Black pastors, docs strive to dispel COVID-19 vaccine doubts
- Veterans served their country; now, UMMC's SOD serves them
- Front and Center: Doug Craft
- Growing Excitement: Campaign for Children's of Mississippi grows toward $100 million goal
- UMMC's congenital heart warriors spring from all ages, sizes
- UP's Merit Health Madison presence real 'win-win' for patients
- COVID-19-linked brain disorder compels victim to tell his story
- 20th MS Miracles Radiothon to safely broadcast March 3-5
- New heart, new life: Transplant saves man from death's edge
- Jackson Free Clinic dental services now have more 'teeth'
- Front and Center: Vani Vijayakumar
- UMMC gets Huntington's designation; chef earns culinary kudo
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March
- UMMC study: COVID-19 more prevalent in children than thought
- The seasonal flu was all but MIA this season. Here’s why
- Chain reaction: Living donors speed up transplant process
- Make no mistake, culture of safety means zero patient harm
- MS Miracles Radiothon airs inspiration, tops last year’s total
- Experts solve MIS-C mysteries through clinical care, research
- Second chance at life: Surgeons rebuild cancer patient’s jaw
- No ‘Idol’ boast – medical student wins Golden Ticket to Hollywood
- Fulbright scholar chooses UMMC Microbiology for fellowship
- Match Day 2021 ends medical students’ ‘nerve-racking’ wait
- Homeless patient care focus of UMMC students' lesson
- Facial reanimation surgery offers something to smile about
- Front and Center: Hieu Vuong
- ASRT honors MRI program; SOD students earn research prizes
- Nelson Order reveals TEACH finalists; Gov. fetes CAY leader
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April
- Allison Foundation gift nurtures nurses, patients' resilience
- Dentures crafted by SOD students something to smile about
- Front and Center: Melody Longino
- Horne reaps kudos for classroom ingenuity, problem-solving
- Twice as Bright doubles April gifts to Children's campaign
- Viral reflections: Alumni unravel pandemic's impact on them
- JFC gives vulnerable patients shot at COVID-19 vaccine
- Front and Center: Amanda McCullough
- Bower Foundation grant funds UMMC-trained nurse educators
- Groceries aren’t only 'shot in the arm' offered by EversCare
- Bennett’s ‘Last Lecture’ gives final word on caring physician
- Medical visionary Dr. Blair E. Batson: Pioneer advances Mississippi pediatric care in 20th Century
- GWIMS honors supporters; grad student earns fellowship
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May
- UMMC Grenada cancer services offer options closer to home
- New grant makes real IMPACT on state's rural primary care
- Leaders in philanthropy: Concern for children’s health care at heart of couple’s giving
- Haven't received the COVID-19 vaccine? Here’s why you should
- Hip hip hooray! Employee Appreciation Week salutes workers
- #UMMCGrad2021: Asthma, COPD research in AstraZeneca fellowship ahead for pharmacy graduate
- #UMMCGrad2021: SOD grad has new assignment: Treating patients in the Navy
- ACOG taps ob-gyn chair to lead national women’s health org
- ICU recovery clinic speeds patients’ physical, emotional healing
- Front and Center: Sonia Simpson
- UMMC experts: COVID-19 shots good for children 12 and older
- Interns SEARCH-ing for jobs learn new skills at UMMC
- #UMMCGrad2021: Biostatistics student on Quest for excellence
- #UMMCGrad2021: Critical care at heart for SON graduate
- Ceremony honors teaching 'powerhouse,' UMMC educators
- Memorial honors those who gifted their bodies to science
- #UMMCGrad2021: SOM grad’s heart for children shaped by faces of pain
- #UMMCGrad2021: Record-keeper to tassel-turner: Registrar secures DHA in hand
- Gynecological teaching associates key part of medical ed
- #UMMCGrad2021: Innovation abounds for SGSHS graduate
- The Power of Play: ‘Work of childhood’ key to coping, care
- UMMC graduates persevere despite pandemic-driven disruptions
- Professor of medicine, trauma services director, professor emeritus earn accolades
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June
- Endocrinology director, pharm tech, IM residents garner awards
- Diversity Champions' projects spur institutional change
- Iron Kids blends fitness, food and fun to build healthy habits
- Front and Center: Dr. Savannah Duckworth
- Girl Scouts sew up Bronze Awards with NICU quilting project
- SON Alum of the Year: Nurses called to meet challenges of tomorrow
- Scan-tastic: Pediatric imaging at Children’s of Mississippi makes CTs and MRIs child-friendly
- From visitor to student to faculty, SHRP alum comes full circle
- UP physician practice at UMMC gains new leadership
- Millions in state funds buoy quest to honor former asylum patients
- UMMC's TAVR procedure prowess gets national accolade
- Distinguished faculty earn title named for medical school savior
- Creative works in Sanderson tower offer inspiration, comfort
- Sky’s the limit for SHRP’s first OTD graduates
- Front and Center: Dashunda Bunton Bailey
- SOD development funds honor faculty, community dentists
- UMMC scientists are seq-ing variants to fight COVID-19
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July
- CHPE head aces certification; dermatology chair garners humanitarian award
- Final component makes Workday count for UMMC students
- Peds prof emeritus, ob-gyn fellow earn distinctions
- Hurricane on the horizon? MCES, AirCare stand ready
- SON associate dean receives academic leadership laurels
- Children’s campaign gets boost from $1M The First gift
- UMMC accelerates drive for diversity in health care careers
- Cold platelets vs. room temp – which stops blood loss better?
- New dean’s experience, expectations to shape SOD's future
- Q&A: Dr. Anderson Collier
- COVID-19 vaccination policy puts patients, families' safety first
- SOD honors alums for dedication, passion for teaching
- Experts debunk misinformation about vaccine, pregnancy
- Phronesis Award recognizes SOM assoc. dean's faculty support
- UMMC experts now offer neonatal intensive care at NMMC
- Pediatric Research Day showcases work of PReCEP scholars
- Nasal antiviral response could determine COVID-19 severity
- UPSTART symposium shines spotlight on student research
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August
- AHA council pays tribute to biology chair’s HTN research excellence
- MSU's CWS trophy takes Children's of Mississippi victory lap
- During pandemic, UMMC pediatric specialists also fight RSV
- Pregnancy and COVID-19: ‘It doesn’t have to be this way’
- Unvaccinated Mississippians driving hospitals, front-line caregivers to breaking point
- Blood tests may show dementia risk decades before symptoms appear
- Minimally invasive procedure repairs brain aneurysms at high risk of bursting
- Lanier clinic, School of Nursing win 2021 Governor’s Awards
- National physiological society honors UMMC physiology prof
- Field hospital for COVID-19 patients comes as UMMC sets records for virus numbers
- Field hospital set to ease strain amid record-breaking COVID-19 surge
- ‘It’s unrelenting’: Rising pediatric COVID-19 cases stress full children’s hospital
- Delta resurgence reignites COVID-19 research
- ED patient crush logjams health system
- The Battle of the Surge: Photographic Story of UMMC and the Rise of COVID-19
- Seven schools and six ways from Sunday: Students, faculty brazen out COVID surge
- UMMC to start monoclonal antibody clinic Tuesday
- Samaritan’s Purse sets up COVID-19 field hospital at UMMC
- Samaritan’s Purse COVID-19 field hospital to open Wednesday
- More COVID-related pediatric hospitalizations to come, UMMC experts warn
- Jackson Heart Study begins Exam 4
- How monoclonal antibodies fight COVID-19
- Mississippians living with HIV gain transplant options close to home
- Ivermectin cures parasites in cows, not COVID-19 in humans
- People of the U: Jay Ferchaud
- Children’s of Mississippi treatment for clubfoot starts before birth
- UMMC’s April-June grants, awards surpass $35 million
- Monitoring diabetes patients remotely key to better disease management
- UMMC employees lauded with Spero Awards
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September
- Telehealth connects families, ICU patients in Samaritan’s Purse field hospital
- Hours extended for monoclonal antibodies treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19
- UMMC's Wiser Hospital, Stroke Center garner recognition
- Medical leader Dr. Ian Hoppe named Surgeon-in-chief at Children’s of Mississippi
- They’ve been framed: Medical students expose artistic side
- Front and Center: Paul Sabbatini
- Koller recognized with women’s surgery honor
- Paradis continues trailblazing career as first female UMMC police chief, executive director of public safety
- Brodell tapped to lead American Dermatological Association
- Front and Center: Shukundala "Connie" Champion
- Jackson Heart Study announces new director
- Bowing out of bias: Project aims to foster trust in doctors
- Children’s of Mississippi team removes tumor hidden in Gulfport child’s heart
- Diabetes drug shows promise as heart failure treatment
- School of Nursing graduate Patricia Dyre Kimble gives back by planning $1M gift
- UMMC research breaks funding record
- Psychiatry can match drugs to DNA for made-to-measure treatments
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October
- It’s been 50 years since the Medical Center’s Broadway debut
- eCV Readership Survey: Last chance to let your voice be heard
- UMMC faculty, staff earn kudos
- Children’s of Mississippi launches clinic for MIS-C patients
- Applications to schools amount to a ‘small miracle’
- UMMC brings medical services to JSU athletes in new partnership
- Alumni donors bring much-needed perks to SOD
- More pediatricians, more specialized care: Children’s of Mississippi, UMMC working to make the special care pediatricians provide more accessible
- State’s only nationally certified team collaborates for children’s cleft care
- UMMC Grenada takes COVID-19 vaccine on the road
- Faculty members, grad student tapped for honors
- People of the U: Tammy Vujanovic
- The First Year: Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower to celebrate milestone this fall
- UMMC 2 You telehealth urgent care available to all state residents
- UMMC earns ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence honors
- UMMC faculty, academic departments get kudos
- Research awards mark faculty, staff funding achievements
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November
- SGSHS honors two alumni at Research Day
- AACN honors UMMC School of Nursing for school-based clinic partnerships
- Photos: Halloween happenings sweet at Children’s of Mississippi
- 1st Quarter Grants and Awards top $31 million
- As students’ stresses grow, counseling center services have grown with them
- Sanderson Tower celebrates first birthday
- ACT Center, CCRI help patients tackle tobacco
- Mentor’s lessons resonate with first Chen Chair holder
- Children’s of Mississippi’s palliative care program a bronze winner in national competition
- UMMC COVID vaccination appointments now available for children 5 to 11
- It’s official: 70 percent of eligible Mississippians screened for colorectal cancer by 2020
- New Children’s of Mississippi heart surgery leader brings care closer to home
- The size is right: Campus enrollment climbs
- COVID-19 vaccination offers kids extra layer of protection, pediatricians say
- Medical Center employees, students get kudos
- Former CMN Champion starts college, musical career
- Thanks to thirteen: Medical Center icons enshrined for breadth of accomplishments
- UMMC students work together to ‘save world’ in escape room exercise
- Experts: Gratefulness is possible, even in a pandemic
- Photos: Children’s of Mississippi heralds holidays with Thanksgiving Parade
- University Heart offers cardiology screenings at Grants Ferry
- New study highlights success of remote patient monitoring
- UMMC Police charts new course with series of “firsts”
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December
- The MIND Center pairs with Santé South for 2022 festival
- UMMC faculty, staff earn kudos
- Photos: Children’s of Mississippi turns into Winter Wonderland
- Holiday wish lists make Children’s of Mississippi giving easy
- Front and Center: Dr. Ben Lambert
- Q&A: Children’s Heart Center
- Omicron’s “surprises” spur scientific interest
- Photos: BankPlus Presents Light A Light brightens season at Sanderson Tower
- Vaccine, booster still best defenses to both Delta and Omicron variants
- Respiratory therapists breathe new life into competitive market
- ‘Leaving our comfort zone’: JFC goes on the road
- Center brings together education, research, clinical care to fight addictions
- Photos: Holiday season bright at UMMC
- Pediatric mental health care need rises, UMMC researcher finds
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2020
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January
- Medical scribe program strives to deliver the write fit
- People of the U: Patrick O'Brien
- Front and Center: Ophelia Spencer
- In 2020, learn to be happy for years to come
- Front and Center: Dr. Saurabh Bhardwaj
- Taking care of yourself? That can be messy for millennials
- If obstructive sleep apnea makes rest elusive, a new device can help
- Sanderson Farms Championship host breaks record with $1.3M gift to help Children’s Hospital
- New Ph.D. in research program resonates with radiologists
- State’s 2020 CMNH Champion keeps the beat with a mended heart
- AirCare embarks on collaborative program with new aviation partner
- Front and Center: Shauna-Kay Spencer
- Patient’s mysterious neurological disease no match for UMMC specialist
- Front and Center: Jenny Herron
- Managing your weight: UMMC program offers individualized approach
- Biobank builds up new leadership, research efforts
- After 42 years, Imogene Clark still loyal dental school patient
- New UMMC Grenada, Holmes County CEO focuses on quality health care
- At 5, Tupelo pediatric specialty clinic shows steady growth
- People of the U: Jim Miller
- UMMC salutes Barksdales for diversity, inclusion contributions
- SOD faculty, student make HEADWAE; UMMC neurologist, neurosurgeon earn 'hero' distinction, two neurology faculty garner editorial positions
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February
- National, local publications honor CMO, transplant surgery faculty; IHL lists psychiatry faculty among diversity honorees
- Nursing alum receives national award for diabetic peds work
- Eye care providers can often spot the unexpected during routine exams
- SOD faculty, students' weeklong mission: Offer free care to more than 1,000
- Front and Center: Caroline Compretta
- Mississippi museum brings the arts to adult cancer patients at UMMC
- Keeton Chair represents professional pinnacle for pediatric urology chief
- Photos: 340 JPS students receive free dental care during Give Kids a Smile
- 2020 Dental Alumna of the Year passionate about dentistry, community
- AARP report: Heart health can lead to brain health
- Front and Center: James White
- SOPH executive in residence shares population health expertise
- M.D./Ph.D. students promote representation with physician scientist event
- Front and Center: Mary Geneva Lindsey
- Task force targets opioid crisis with information barrage
- With state-of-the-art anesthesia machine, everyone’s sleeping better
- COVID-19: UMMC experts explain what you need to know about novel coronavirus
- Winter illness 101: fever can be key to diagnosis
- New adult hospitals CEO continuing UMMC journey to excellence
- People of the U: Lacie Matherne
- School of Medicine makes good on PROMISE to foster more diversity
- Clinical trial partnership unique to state gives Huntington’s patients hope
- Front and Center: Jose Lucar Lloveras
- COVID-19: Risk in Mississippi low, but experts predict rise in U.S. cases
- Pillars Awards recognize diversity leaders; MBJ fetes Children's CEO
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March
- eCV adopts temporary weekly publishing schedule
- Breaking story: For orthopaedic surgery chair, it all falls into place
- Children’s of Mississippi patients take to airwaves during radiothon
- At last, Jazmyn Shaw is on home ground
- Mississippi Thrive!: Most young children need developmental health care
- UMMC nurses reflect on nursing's rank as most trusted profession
- COVID-19 infection prevention: Employee questions answered
- Front and Center: Michelle Crawford
- UMMC leaders, infectious disease experts answer COVID-19 questions
- In ob-gyn chair’s life and career, it’s always something – worthwhile
- Photos: MS Miracles Radiothon raises $441,057 one donation at a time
- New name reflects ongoing mission for pediatric hem-onc center
- Front and Center: Etoile Patrick
- As reported COVID-19 cases increase, UMMC stands ready for action
- UMMC leaders detail preparations for care of COVID-19 patients
- Medical Center experts offer advice on dealing with COVID-19 stressors
- Telehealth app, drive-through collection to speed up COVID-19 testing
- Photos: Pictures tell story of COVID-19's impact
- COVID-19 and pregnancy: What you should know
- Front and Center: Leah Ross
- MSDH, UMMC organize mobile testing sites for one day only
- UMMC begins in-house testing for COVID-19
- UMMC, MSDH to open one-day drive-through COVID-19 testing sites
- Community donors bolster Medical Center during COVID-19 response
- UMMC students volunteer for ‘army’ fighting novel coronavirus
- UMMC, MSDH to open one-day drive-through COVID-19 testing sites in Lauderdale, Adams, Pearl River and Tippah counties
- National pathologist organization selects M3 for committee service
- Ophthalmology faculty wins 'southern' distinction; MAS honors SOD presentations; dentistry students garner research awards
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April
- UMMC pandemic expert: Social distancing now will save lives, lessen COVID-19 spread
- UMMC experts offer coping tips for children, parents
- UMMC calls on community members to help protect health care heroes
- Telehealth virtual 'house call' for UMMC patients during pandemic
- Emotions come home to roost as Mississippians shelter in place
- Medical Center deploys UMMC Reserves to aid in COVID-19 battle
- UMMC builds ventilators for COVID-19 pandemic response
- Cities in Smith, Webster and Tunica counties set for one-day mobile COVID-19 testing
- Mobile field clinic established for patients with non-emergency respiratory illness
- Stay home to keep children with medical conditions healthy, experts say
- Photos: One mission, one family - UMMC takes on COVID-19
- Telehealth technology 'linchpin' of Medical Center’s COVID-19 response
- Are random acts of kindness part of your story?
- Statewide COVID-19 testing proves instrumental to 'flattening the curve'
- Front and Center: Nathalie Jones
- UMMC begins COVID-19 clinical trials
- Field clinic for respiratory illness opens to public, provider referrals
- Self-care crucial while caring for loved ones with dementia
- Regions matches donations to UMMC COVID-19 relief up to $50K
- In midst of pandemic, UMMC continues taking care of patients
- Those at higher COVID-19 complication risk should note these tips
- Infectious diseases, prevention team keeps COVID-19 on the run
- SEC Faculty Achievement Award recognizes Jones' accomplishments
- Life during COVID-19: It's your story to tell
- Medical Center teams' focus: Staying connected while apart
- Health systems leader earns national CEO distinction; Evers, GWIMS Awards honor educators, admins, faculty clinicians
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May
- #UMMCGrad2020: Health Sciences duo proud to be UMMC’s first C2C grads
- Medical Center credits students’ COVID-19 response – in due course
- Leading the charge: Jones, Wilson help steer COVID-19 command team
- New facility improves emergency response, communication
- COVID-19 isolation good for public health, worrisome for mental health
- COVID-19 impacts black communities more heavily, study shows
- Humanism chapter receives reward for its golden touch
- #UMMCGrad2020: Bailey relies on family, fortitude to prevail
- VIDEO: Honoring UMMC's health care heroes, today and always
- #UMMCGrad2020: UMMC employee graduates with long-awaited degree
- Pilot project becomes mental health CHAMP during pandemic
- Health System keeps ship steady despite COVID-19's uncharted waters
- #UMMCGrad2020: New SOPH grad to tackle social health disparities
- #UMMCGrad2020: Pharmacy grads Fizer, Washington got start at Murrah
- #UMMCGrad2020: SGSHS graduate motivates herself, others
- Obstacles can't keep UMMC's Class of 2020 from crossing the finish line
- #UMMCGrad2020: SOD grad, leader, advocate steps up during crisis
- Biomedical Materials Science chair earns top educator honor
- UMMC tests 15,000 for COVID-19, expands testing to other groups
- Heart failure admissions plummet – is the pandemic to blame?
- Robinson to lead CCRI clinical trials program
- UMMC ophthalmology faculty named Young Optometrist of the Year; Grad school trio selected for scholars program
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June
- These heart rhythm experts don’t miss a beat
- As COVID-19 numbers grow, so does creative patient placement
- SON's evidence-based practice group achieves international affiliation
- Front and Center: Kaleigh Reynolds
- SOD grant to help remove dental barriers to life-saving care
- Nursing students benefit from Mississippi Board of Nursing scholarships
- FCC grant gives boost to Center for Telehealth's COVID-19 care
- Front and Center: Caroline Murray
- Clinical trial tests plasma as possible COVID-19 treatment
- Tick, tick, tick – time is short when these arachnids attack
- Most cancer drug trials need better design, study shows
- Bancroft Fund gifts $1 million to create Bird Discharge Lobby
- UMMC places Oxford SON students in Jackson amid pandemic
- Front and Center: Corinne Sampson and Alyssa Bradford
- OCH Regional Medical Center, UMMC open OCH Cardiology with University Heart
- Caring for COVID-19 patients: Teamwork, time make difference
- Front and Center: Katie Smith
- University Dentists resumes practice with safety in mind
- Antibodies and COVID-19: What you should know
- AirCare, Anderson Regional Medical Center enhance affiliation
- Cardiothoracic surgery staff earn Air Force distinction; ACEP honors emergency med chair's research
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July
- Patient goes from NICU to pageant winner
- Front and Center: Richard Waite
- Skin Cancer Center offers expert care for common cancers
- Stemming COVID-19: ‘What we are doing now is not working’
- Children's experts: Don’t miss peds visits during pandemic
- As Mississippians with HIV age, their health risks increase
- Front and Center: Val McClora
- COVID-19-burdened UMMC braces for tacked-on crises
- Caring for COVID-19-positive moms a labor of love
- SON's school-based clinics expand behavioral health care
- Front and Center: Kim Horn
- From STEM to stern, research lab is all-female, all-diverse, all the time
- Procedure to ease prostate obstruction improves patients’ quality of life
- World-class surgical care helps Hunter Lindsay grasp his potential
- Front and Center: Casey Spell
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August
- Agreement paves way for BCBS MS patients’ AirCare coverage
- Few positives mean good news for antibody study
- Pandemic sparks classroom flexibility, staff creativity for fall semester
- Praise be: Matemavi’s journey fired with passion, purpose
- Breathe easier over one less barrier to lung cancer screening
- Trustmark contributes $500K for new pediatric expansion
- Front and Center: Caleb Zumbro
- Children’s of Mississippi: Safety you can rely on
- For sickest patients with COVID, struggle for recovery begins with emergency care
- Kids are special. Children’s hospitals are, too.
- Critical care expertise, experience define the 'C' in ICU
- New Interventional Radiology Suite offers state-of-the-art care
- Epic’s Healthy Planet helps caregivers fill patient care gaps
- Dermatology faculty garners MGMA nod; organ transplant staff earn MORA awards
- SON faculty; transplant, EversCare staff garner distinctions
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September
- Front and Center: Kayla Taylor
- Children’s of Mississippi names expansion after Sandersons
- Front and Center: Dan Coleman
- New telehealth chief uses expertise to address health issues
- Research enterprise reaches new grant, award heights
- Patient has energy to play, thanks to Ebeid's world-class skills
- Masks foil lipreading for those with hearing loss; you can help
- Front and Center: Lucy Varela-Quintero
- Written in stone: UMMC to commemorate pandemic experience
- Hearing never sounded so good for Jackson preteen
- Jackson Heart Study marks 20 years with virtual conference
- Community Bank gift boosts CAY’s ASD program
- People of the U: Josh Warren
- This year's tournament may be different, but Sanderson Farms Championship’s mission remains unchanged
- When seconds count, AirCare brings blood to critically ill patients
- UMMC receives $1.6 million for COVID-19 community study
- Newsletter features orthopaedic surgery researchers; AACN calls SON leaders to assembly
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October
- Father-son duo update world’s most important physiology book
- Inhale, then exhale: New lung procedure makes it all possible
- Hero Awards augment annual research excellence honors
- Front and Center: Rosalind Williams
- Ribbon to be cut tomorrow on Sanderson Tower
- UMMC begins NIH study on COVID-19, community engagement
- CODA study examines appendicitis treatment options
- Ribbon cut on Kathy And Joe Sanderson Tower at Children’s Of Mississippi
- Sanderson Tower readies for November ‘Go Live’
- Therapists restore movement, quality of life to patients with COVID-19
- Eat, pray, love: McMullan’s life, career 'crash course' in sharing
- Regions Bank makes $225k donation to Sanderson Tower
- Jackson Free Clinic patients 'get the picture' with ultrasounds
- Medical Center’s 1,000th hospitalized patient with COVID-19 safely discharged home
- SHRP diagnostic sciences chair wins ASRT term; CCRI volunteer receives honor; SON prof earns presidential distinction
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November
- New office 'ultimate resource' for UMMC policy management
- UMMC staff support HCQ COVID-19 ineffectiveness findings
- Rural renewal: Small-town medicine delivers for Indianola doc
- Xavier’s heart, hands mended by Children’s of Mississippi
- Patient care begins today in Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower
- Photos: Halloween events are treats for Children’s patients
- Private pediatric intensive care rooms open at Sanderson Tower
- Front and Center: Miranda Magee
- Private neonatal intensive care rooms open in Sanderson Tower
- A wish come true: Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower opens
- Consummate 'nurse's nurse' reflects on her retirement
- Meredith Aldridge named new leader of Medical Center’s Office of Development
- Children’s of Mississippi holiday toy drives go virtual this year
- Front and Center: Laron Trigg
- Justice Dept. grants $6M to confront opioid abuse, save lives
- Is your home COVID-19 ready? If you're unsure, use these tips
- New dementia caregiver course meets growing need
- Madison teen athlete's new team huddles at UMMC
- Spotlight shines on UMMC nurses; audiologist earns national board post
- Vice chancellor receives presidential honor; assistant vc captures research award
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December
- Doubly perfect: NIH bestows highest marks to UMMC Research
- Stealth VoIP conversion enhances employee productivity
- UMMC offers Greenville-area newborns best quality NICU care
- Think the rules on COVID-19 keep changing? Here's why
- UMMC's top nurse leader sets stellar patient care example
- Pediatric CBD drug trial at UMMC gets two-year extension
- Center for Telehealth lends expertise to cybersecurity manual
- UMMC receives COVID-19 vaccine
- UMMC begins vaccinating frontline employees for COVID-19
- UMMC-led study: Children should avoid gatherings, not school
- EversCare fights increased food insecurity during pandemic
- Photos: UMMC staff partake in safe holiday celebrations
- Vaccinations raise hopes, brighten smiles of UMMC employees
- With new name, public school venerates Shirleys' memory
- Good oral hygiene can factor in successful surgical outcomes
- Web of Science gives Medicine chair highly cited distinction; MLS student earns national scholarship
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2019
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January
- Hattiesburg Clinic, UMMC announce collaboration to boost quality care
- Population Health invites UMMC Family to play BINGO
- Five years of health care progress: UMMC Grenada looks to the future
- People of the U: Gary Reeves
- Thriving after heart transplant, tragic fire, Gabbi Smith turns 1
- Asylum Hill grant boosts mission to record descendants’ stories
- Batson legacy lives on in UMMC, statewide pediatric advancements
- Jackson Heart, tobacco study link smoking, peripheral artery disease
- Refurbished newspaper machines get new lives as Children's little libraries
- Sanderson Farms Championship host sets record with $1.25 M gift to Friends of Children’s Hospital
- Student-led food drive diverts surplus to soup kitchen
- Emergency campus blood drive to allow UMMC community to give back
- UMMC growing its robotic surgery program and necessary expertise
- SOD to offer free week of care during Dental Mission Week
- The best things in life – liver transplants included - are worth the wait
- SOD first to offer anesthesia training to hygiene students
- CMNH selects ‘amazing’ Aubrey Armstrong Mississippi's Champion
- UMMC Opioid Task Force gives providers tools to manage pain
- Nation’s top dentist addresses students at his alma mater
- Wiser nurse earns Good Catch; Dermatology makes SKINPACT
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February
- MS Miracles Radiothon to broadcast from new location: Student Union
- Community, training centers add to Jackson Heart Study's mission
- Stem cell donation is start of Staursky’s overall plan
- Video: ENT students, staff give back to Mississippi Food Network
- SPRINT study shows lowering BP may help memory, cognition
- Video: SOD provides care for hundreds of JPS elementary students
- EversCare food pantry partnership helps feed patients in need
- People of the U: Alana Bowman, Dr. Jason Griggs
- A movable feast: Librarian returns artifacts found during lunchtime rambles
- UMMC change managers inspire consistent delivery, excellent care
- As flu spikes in state, experts offer advice on treatment, prevention
- SOD alumni board names former MDA president Alumnus of the Year
- School of Nursing moving, growing in Oxford
- SOD serves more than 1,000 during third Dental Mission Week
- More accessible research partnerships lead to greater medical progress
- SHRP Alumnus of Year uses D.H.A. skills to lead Children’s of Mississippi
- Sharing the pain: Students from four disciplines simulate patient care
- UMMC-Anderson collaboration brings specialty peds care closer to Meridian-area patients
- IHL names SGSHS student affairs head top diversity educator
- SON students, VA nurses form unique partnership
- Murmur of the heart: Editor’s zeal pumps life into student journal
- Three decades a UMMC anesthesiologist, Brunson takes on new role
- Periodontics chair, D3 student, SON earn awards
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March
- Watch the virtual event at noon on Thursday, September 24.
- Talent Development Series helps UMMC employees Prepare for Success
- Maihle joins UMMC Cancer Institute
- A 'culture of care:' Pediatrician translates lessons from family to clinic
- Mississippi Miracles Radiothon tops $500K for third consecutive year
- Video: 4N staff promote washing hands every time
- SGSHS REACHes elementary students for science education
- After battling infections, Grenada boy 'back in the game'
- Run-and-gun mentor: In academic medicine, Brodell runs full-court press
- Jeopardy! competitor, UMMC experts lend perspective to host's diagnosis
- Non-invasive procedure averts open heart surgery for mitral valve issue
- Emotional toll of patient suicides strikes those who treat them, too
- Video: Med students meet their Match on one of 'best days of the year’
- Be-HIP focuses on mental health services for high-risk infants, preschoolers
- New collaboration will give first responders technology tools to save lives
- SON recognized for outstanding work in medically underserved Delta school district
- UMMC researcher’s pioneering work gives rise to new severe depression drug
- You Be the Chemist: SOD hosts middle school chemistry competition
- Touching base daily by telehealth helps BMT patients recover more quickly
- Hope Lodge goal: Patients more focused on their cancer fight
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April
- Children’s Heart growth, leadership attract second pediatric heart surgeon
- Adult congenital heart program receives coveted national accolade
- Photos: UMMC celebrates Public Health Week
- Medical school dream no longer haunts ground-breaking student
- SON, NIH team up to reduce cervical cancer in Mississippi
- Population Health lecture addresses sickness, wellness in U.S.
- Integrative Health gives quality of life to patients with chronic diseases
- When seconds count, 'Stop the Bleed' can save a life
- Base Pair earns community engagement kudos from Ole Miss
- In grief, despite tragedy, families generously give gift of life
- Patients, families' committee service helps shape care, experience at UMMC
- DOM, Barksdale Lecturer: Data-driven medicine speeds progress
- UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute boasts new name, strong goals
- Alon Bee to honor wife’s memory with naming of private NICU room
- UMMC renames room for beloved SOM educator, father figure
- Giving TWOsday doubles campaign donations through April 30
- Service commemorates body donors' gifts to students, future patients
- 100-Day Workout gives voice – and action – to employee suggestions
- SOPH academic life study, website fight faculty burnout
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May
- Video: Healing Arts offer much-needed emotional, visual medicine
- Say it with food and fun: UMMC appreciates its employees
- ER tragedy poses life lesson for professor – and parent
- New CNO brings hospital expansion experience to Children’s of Mississippi
- New patient floor helps meet UMMC’s capacity needs
- Graduate Medical Education's goal? Building residency relationships
- Physiologist claims UMMC's top educator honor
- Photos: Gurney racers gun for Golden Stethoscope
- #UMMCGrad19: SGSHS student says 'yes' to selfless excellence
- #UMMCGrad19: Powell's resume includes CNN, GMA, ABC – and now, M.D.
- Digital first: Online certificate programs expand graduate opportunities
- #UMMCGrad19: Nigeria-born SON graduate hopes to open pediatric clinic in home country
- #UMMCGrad19: MHS Program bolsters flight nurse’s career opportunities
- Gold Humanism celebrates 'other half' of being a doctor
- UMMC's patient safety efforts take big leap forward
- 10 years and counting: AirCare2 celebrates anniversary in east-central Mississippi
- #UMMCGrad19: From cafeteria worker to dentist, Alper Coban stands out for work ethic and research experience
- Project SEARCH grads ready to work at UMMC, in community
- New study at UMMC to explore disease risk factors in rural South
- #UMMCGrad19: Pharmacy class president to PGY1, Elizabeth Hearn continues growth at UMMC
- #UMMCGrad19: First SOPH grads dig into data
- UMMC confers 853 degrees in health sciences professions
- Illness keeps rad sciences student from Commencement, not graduation
- Study seeks to understand RURAL residents' health challenges
- #UMMCGrad19: Graduates to touch lives through healing arts
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June
- Retiring facilities executive accentuates the positive during 47-year career
- New award celebrates UMMC employees’ excellence
- New chaplain position helps SOM students develop holistic care approach
- Visual management boards give frontline staff care solutions forum
- ‘Before her time:’ Former interim CEO leaves lasting impact on UMMC
- Photos: Colorful sigs make patients, providers part of peds expansion
- Capital Ortho to serve as UMMC resident training facility
- Maternal Fetal Medicine brings care team together for mothers, babies
- First tooth controls where and when the rest come in
- School of Dentistry opens state-of-the-art technology center for students
- Descendants of asylum patients to share stories at archival event
- CHAMPS, UMMC to launch new breastfeeding education modules
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July
- Registrar redux: Westerfield reminiscently passes gavel
- Enterprise resource conversion represents dawn of new Workday
- UMMC pediatric expansion grows to full seven-story height
- Residents, welcome to your new life – beginning today
- In unique collaboration, UMMC physicians to offer services at Merit Health Madison facility
- State’s only pediatric headache specialist eases young patients' pain
- UMMC’s antimicrobial stewardship program receives national kudos
- Support group offers solace, guidance to Alzheimer’s caregivers
- Taking up residents: Projects pursue greater doctor relevance, well-being
- HRSA bolsters Telehealth's mission: research, innovation, quality care
- Think your hearing is just fine? Consider these study results
- Spine surgeon’s life cycles through patient care, administrative duties, retirement
- Six-month cannabidiol drug trial at UMMC gets one-year extension
- Photos: Football players kick off fun for Children’s of Mississippi patients
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August
- SHRP gift: Former nursing coordinator's family gives ergonomic donation
- New initiative aims to educate providers about human trafficking
- People of the U: Dr. Frank Han
- Video: Science is a SURE thing at UMMC
- U.S. News lists UMMC's cancer program among tops in nation
- Miss Mississippi pairs organ donation platform with UMMC transplant program visit
- Well-being focus nets UMMC Healthiest Workplaces kudos
- New division to expand genetic testing as a health care force
- Anatomy of change: Pull-schedule session starts peds tower transition
- Office of Clinical Trials coordinates, optimizes research process
- Leaders cut ribbon on Center for Advancement of Youth's new home
- Video: Organ donation platform brings Miss Mississippi to UMMC
- Lab coats symbolize pride, professionalism in SGSHS
- Two studies link blood pressure, brain health
- Doctors perform medical 'first' during facial tumor surgery
- Video: Patient pups are best of friends in times of need
- New 'Ride with MIND' car tag supports Alzheimer’s awareness, research
- Stefanek joins CCRI
- More leading lights brighten Medical Alumni Chapter’s Hall of Fame
- UMMC to expand HIV research
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September
- National telehealth accreditation affirms quality of UMMC's patient care
- Patents, trademarks display UMMC’s innovation
- New CRTU ushers in unprecedented clinical research for Mississippi
- Patients living with HIV receive “Helping HAND” to conquer addictions
- Robotic device gives surgeons more flexibility to treat head, neck cancers
- Family Medicine tries new responsible opioid prescribing tools
- Photos: UMMC dedicates 'Franny’s Hour' as time to heal
- Population health management graduates apply skills to practice
- Barksdales’ gifts help students keep ‘the main thing the main thing’
- Grant funding boosts HIV care access throughout Southeast
- Photos: Putts, pups and Sir Saint - SFC brings fun from the fairway
- Small, large lesion pairing accelerates cognitive decline
- Postdocs drive research, training at UMMC
- Hilal joins CCRI hematology team
- UMMC surgeons take on new roles
- SOM graduate is orthopaedic surgery trailblazer
- Little hearts, many experts: Children’s Heart Center grows to meet needs
- Sanderson Farms first: SON staffs first aid tent
- ‘My Favorite Doctor:’ Nine-year-old loves going to the dentist
- What do we know about vaping? Not enough.
- Benson Charitable Foundation makes $1M gift to Children’s Of Mississippi
- Better experience at Merit Health Madison key for UMMC surgery patients
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October
- Children’s of Mississippi expansion to include state-of-the-art surgical suites
- Dynamic new intranet site to offer information portal to all things UMMC
- Medicine still mending from Jim Crow era
- Hepatitis C provider education ECHOes throughout Mississippi
- Deadline to apply for free dental care Nov. 1
- New SON dean's goal: Prepare school for huge shift in nursing education
- From author’s dental pain comes promise of healing
- UMMC opens primary care clinic for LGBTQ patients
- School of Nursing in Oxford celebrates new home, expanded class size
- ‘Colobundle’ of care keeps surgical site infections at bay
- Front and Center: Michelle Chambers
- Front and Center: Parminder Vig
- Front and Center: Tyler Sullivan
- Experts plan to call the shots this flu season
- Breast cancer screenings can save lives
- In a tale of two departments, former classmates reunite as chairs
- UMMC, C Spire collaborate on new health app
- $1M Child Life endowment serves as memorial for Friends chair
- Front and Center: Myrtle Tate
- Front and Center: Cynthia Collins
- Research excellence awards mark faculty, staff achievements
- JHS findings link one-third of heart disease, stroke cases to HTN
- It’s frightening how Halloween costume contact lenses can infect, damage eyes
- Southwest Health System, UMMC announce health care affiliation
- A kidney transplant wait can take years - but just months with a live donor
- Photos: Halloween harvest happenings at Children’s of Mississippi
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November
- UMMC Grenada opens outpatient cancer care clinic, infusion services
- People of the U: Courtney Smith
- Emerging leaders represent health equity program's true legacy
- During milestone year, UMMC's DAISY Awards extend recognition scope
- Respiratory therapists PHIL vital role as medical professionals
- Distinguished alumna recounts mentors' roles at SGSHS Research Day
- Front and Center: James Purvis
- After accident, Ole Miss senior back in school, thanks to SON students
- SOPH moves into new home, affirms commitment to healthier state
- Front and Center: Mary E. Thompson
- From tragedy, life: Organ donors give ultimate gift
- Cancer programs add cardio-oncology services for patients at risk
- Northington brings nursing experience to national leadership role
- Front and Center: Srinivasan Vijayakumar
- Children’s lobby mural to be mosaic of individual masterpieces
- Barriers to breastfeeding subject of three-year NICU study at UMMC
- If work events leave caregivers traumatized, help is on the way
- Front and Center: Kristy Boyd
- Women’s basketball visits score wins with children’s hospital patients
- Inventors, innovations recognized during inaugural event
- Woodward gets nod for national role in academic medicine
- UMMC experts agree: Gratefulness, good health go hand in hand
- AirCare's innovative model helps caregivers cope with 'compassion fatigue'
- Dedication, compassion, purpose drive UMMC's Volunteers of the Year
- Front and Center: Anna Jordan Butts
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December
- People of the U: Santa Claus
- CMNH selects Mississippi’s Children's Miracle Champion for national role
- Front and Center: Jacqueline Williams
- Photos: Holiday gingerbread houses help usher in Christmas season
- Photos: First Lady, Children's of MS patient set season aglow
- Nursing boom: Accelerated B.S.N. enrollment to increase 133 percent
- Efforts to increase colorectal cancer screening in MS yield positive results
- Front and Center: Katelyn Armstrong
- Half match, whole hope: state’s first pediatric haploidentical transplant patient free from sickle cell
- UMMC breaks ground on state’s first children's skilled nursing facility
- Dentistry alumnus to sponsor school’s effort to treat children during Give Kids a Smile
- Photos: Holiday sweater competition runs gamut from festive to tacky
- Front and Center: Justin Brown
- Front and Center: Lillie Bledsoe
- UMMC, CCRI provide custom wigs, makeovers to cancer patients
- Child travels from Cambodia to undergo complex plastic surgery
- As holidays approach, de-stress by 'keeping it real'
- UMMC scientist's research may help future Moon, Mars missions
- Photos: Bryants, Clauses wrap up holiday with surprise Children's visit
- Collaborations, national recognitions highlight UMMC's 2019 events
- Front and Center: Bailey Stanford
- Growth, improved services highlight CCRI year
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2018
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January
- Supply chain flexibility reaps financial benefits
- UMMC's top stories from 2017
- U-turn at the lectern
- People of the U: Dr. Thomas Helling
- The Summit of success: Moore rises to department chair
- Even in city’s water crisis, UMMC patients come first
- Save a life; donate blood during campus drive Jan. 17
- 'A healthier Mississippi' goal of new residency program
- ASB shows love to Campus Police, security, staff
- Cancer survivor urges others to get breast, cervical cancer screenings
- For NSICU, DAISY Award represents team effort
- Newest transplant surgeons women with a mission
- Pillars event honors leaders in diversity efforts
- Century Club Charities sets record with gift to Friends of Children's Hospital
- Transplant team player: Seawright shines on national level
- Video: Century Club Charities sets record with gift to Friends of Children's Hospital
- Newsman anchored in attitude, not cancer
- New UMMC clinic enhances access to free HIV testing
- Alex Mullen's memory, again, holds all the cards
- Taking tech transfer to the next level
- Photos: Free screenings offer chance to catch, halt cancer
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February
- People of the U: Clint McHann
- Otolaryngology team's protocol earns national award
- UMMC to manage Gulfport's Memorial Hospital NICU
- Video: Fields rises to top as CMN Champion
- Fields rises to top as Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Champion
- Genomics core an invaluable resource for Mississippi scientists
- UMMC Epic Connect links Medical Center, Health Department
- Photos: Record number of patients receive free dental care
- SOD Board selects ADA Delegate Dental Alumnus of the Year
- Video: Smiles abound during Dental Mission Week
- Faculty member bears witness, scars from voting rights crusades
- Symposium empowers teens to live healthy lives
- UMMC physicians creating opioid use alternatives model
- Revised bus routes, parking 'zones' streamline morning commute
- New pathology chair values lessons learned from medicine, law, family
- Town hall to connect heart researchers, public
- Revamped menu, mindful choices give cafeteria patrons healthy options
- Novel procedure restores ability to eat, quality of life
- UMMC and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announce affiliation agreement
- Fuqua's passion for nursing inspires endowed scholarship gift
- Payne appointed to national certification committee
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March
- SOM alum shines as military battlefield surgeon
- New library nook for mothers only
- Mississippi Miracles Radiothon raising funds, awareness for Children's
- Sun-setting Lawson: UMMC to embark on new enterprise
- Video: 2018 Mississippi Miracles Radiothon
- Use of electronic records at UMMC to get smarter, faster, more Epic
- Guild’s skeet shoot targets transplant patient needs
- UMMC experts weigh in on popular common sense eating plan
- Nursing alum champions high-reliability health care
- QM certification solidifies commitment to online excellence
- Jim Hill students help classmates, community stay healthy
- Only acceptable measure: zero patient harm
- Child's prayer leads to $1.5M Children's of Mississippi expansion gift
- Ole Miss softball team's visit a 'home run' with Batson patients
- New access center improves patients' scheduling experiences
- Asylum Hill Project: 'What a great story this is'
- Photos: Match Day 2018
- Bryant helps realize dream of building that now bears his name
- 133 on a match: Medical students discover their next destinations
- Memorial Hospital, UMMC announce pediatric collaboration
- UMMC researcher asks colleagues to heed screening call
- UMMC medical education building formally named in honor of Gov. Phil Bryant
- Medicine gains ‘Grade A mentor, human being’ as new department chair
- SON staff, students vote with dollars to determine who'll go 'Over the Edge'
- New innovation center HITs ground running
- South side challenge: Children's expansion leads to short-term navigation hassles
- Real-time interpreters break down patients’ language barriers
- Reckelhoff earns SEC Faculty Achievement Award
- Video: Donation of little cars big boost for Batson patients
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April
- New HR chief listening, learning, looking for positive change
- Have a 'berry' good time at UMMC's Farmer's Market
- Mandatory active shooter training to instruct how to avoid, deny, defend
- Photos: UMMC hits the pavement for National Walking Day
- Children's of MS economic impact nears $349M
- Dual-campus Research Day fosters collaborative science
- State’s youngest heart recipient 'looking better and better' one year later
- Population health expert to talk Mississippi moon shots, diabetes
- Board names Delta physical therapist SHRP Alumnus of the Year
- Medicine chair urges DOM researchers to support clinical trials
- Photos: Ballet troupe's Batson visit is en pointe
- Students, staff can 'scrub in' on Amnesty Day
- Oral cancer patient fights to earn 'Survivor' title
- New treatment collaborative pinpoints pre-diabetics early
- Heartfelt reunion: Organ recipient, donor's daughter finally meet
- Photos: Annual Legacy Lap celebrates donors, donor families
- At 90, UMMC's 100th TAVR patient is 'on the go'
- Ridgeland firefighter, 5K race support Alzheimer's awareness
- Children's expertise now closer to home for south Mississippi families
- A touch of class: Far-reaching conference instructs the instructors
- Photos: Fundraisers go 'Over The Edge' for Friends
- Frontline team effort spurs improved patient safety scores
- Removing hurdles: With common goals, institutions agree to be ‘friends’
- Children’s of Mississippi cochlear implant patient among youngest in world
- Lifestyle management, chronic diseases go hand in hand
- Hands-on learning with Discovery U
- Photos: SHRP Research Day
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May
- New fracture clinic helps patients avoid one break leading to another
- New process shortens time to breast reconstruction
- Life-altering condition gives dentist insight into empathy
- Professor emeritus establishes endowment to advance metals research
- Food, fun and friendly competitions await UMMC family during tribute week
- New CEO joins team at UMMC Grenada, UMMC Holmes County
- Telehealth leader named nursing Alumnus of the Year
- He didn’t know if he could teach. Look at him now
- Smooth Operators claim checkered flag at 2018 Gurney Races
- Annual nursing salute calls out best of the best
- 3D printed models save time, money in operating room
- Friendship brought Harmon's career back to where it started
- #UMMCGrad18: SHRP graduate overcomes rare genetic disorder to earn PT degree
- Forum a HIT for UMMC's innovation efforts
- #UMMCGrad18: For future ophthalmologist, the big picture is clear
- Surgeon General: Agency cooperation, use of opioid-reversal drug can stem epidemic
- #UMMCGrad18: Adventure beckons School of Nursing graduate
- #UMMCGrad18: As technician, pharmacy graduate learns profession first
- CI leader participates in cancer discussion at Vatican
- #UMMCGrad18: Pharmacology graduate values science, service
- Stroke study researches clot-buster recipients
- #UMMCGrad18: Dental student defies language barrier to become scholar
- UMMC confers 930 degrees in health sciences professions
- UMMC employee donates stem cells to perhaps save a life
- Video: UMMC's 2018 Commencement confers 930 degrees
- Class of 2018 is family friendly
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June
- Seconds, minutes, days, weeks: Timely trauma care saves Madison man
- Colorectal cancer experts embrace ACS call for earlier screening
- UMMC cardiologist supports scientists’ findings to increase life expectancy
- Safety, quality central to Joint Commission chief's visit
- North Mississippi golf tournament drives $100K gift to Children's
- Create action plan to de-escalate thoughts of suicide
- 'Dr. Rick' signs off 'Southern Remedy' after 13-year run
- UMMC focuses on higher quality, increased efficiency at lower cost
- MIND Center to detail Alzheimer’s research; salute patients, caregivers
- Video: Miss Mississippi hopefuls sing, paint with Batson patients
- Inaugural Pediatric Research Day spotlights potential advances in care
- How much patient harm is acceptable? Zero, safety leaders say
- Minimally invasive heart surgery helps 3-year-old to heal
- Dental school's longest serving employee to retire
- OCH Regional Medical Center, UMMC announce affiliation
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July
- Gross anatomy course brings D.O.T.s, D.P.T.s together
- Video: Miss Mississippi 2018 visits Children's Hospital
- Employees can make their voices heard in annual engagement survey
- Newest affiliation brings UMMC's resources to Oktibbeha County
- Campaign: Be more than an electronic health record users - beEpic!
- People of the U: William Salaun
- Cyndi Lauper headlines concert to support MIND Center
- Children's Cancer Center sees growth, anticipates changes
- Brunson’s newest role: Ensuring state’s physicians keep patients safe
- AirCare, blood clotting drug save man from death by donkey bite
- Forging students into physicians: The residency reality
- New chair of pediatric dentistry settles into southern hospitality
- Mississippi State coach, players cheer on Batson patients
- UMMC's new Grenada, Holmes Co. leader aims to enhance patient experience
- Batson clinical quality results rank among best children’s hospitals
- Researchers gather to explore solutions to Delta health disparities
- Video: Saddle up! SHRP students' activities bolster horse trail therapy
- UMMC Grenada offers first-time inpatient substance abuse detox program
- Nursing faculty focus on bringing best practices to bedside
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August
- Sim Center drills residents, others, on values of communication
- Mohs surgery leaves few signs of melanoma
- Spero Awards reflect UMMC, UMMC Grenada's transplant excellence
- Young adults with disabilities SEARCH for just the right job at UMMC
- New Emergency Services home to enhance disaster response
- Morton physician, community stalwart continues service at 91
- It's a new day for emergency services, preparedness in Mississippi
- Photos: Medical school in a day
- Clinical trial explores physical therapy for sports-related concussion, leg injury prevention
- If it’s fall in Mississippi, it’s the season for sports-related injuries
- Dr. Laura Arnold treats young hematology, oncology patients at alma mater
- Spine surgeon leads international musculoskeletal foundation
- Video: All's fair during student welcome
- 'Fingerprints' lead to $1M Children's expansion campaign donation
- Procedure eases complications related to fluid around lungs
- As good as it gets: Hall of Fame Alumni Award immortalizes storied careers
- More physician residencies mean more access for state's rural patients
- New system helps lead Rowland users on electronic path to 'Discovery'
- Researchers seq-ing for answers in the genome
- Photos: Sanderson Farms Championship winner tees up at Batson
- Lacking concussion system, Mississippi athletes in contact sports at risk
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September
- NHLBI renews landmark Jackson Heart Study for six more years
- Freshman Early Entry relieves stress for nursing hopefuls
- UMMC's supply chain lifeblood flows from 20,000-square-foot pump
- UMMC PT in the pros: Sports resident delivers care at Saints camp
- Family medicine difference makers' lives bridge barriers of distance, time
- People of the U: JoJo Dodd and Joe Pongetti
- New degree helps clinicians master population health management
- When is an antibiotic the right medicine? New team giving advice
- A class apart: Medical school breaks admissions record
- STEMI receiving center ensures swift care for heart attack patients
- Pediatric Fast Track to pair right level of care with each patient
- ICU tower shifts to team-building, quality, safety culture
- Women gain more acceptance as medical students, physicians
- American Cancer Society honors Ruckdeschel with St. George Award
- Graduate School showcase aims to recruit future scientists
- New chief of pediatric cardiology: Children’s of Mississippi ‘total package’
- Newest JPS school-based clinic helps keep grade-schoolers well
- At brink of 20th anniversary, community matters to Jackson Heart Study
- Morgan joins lung, GI cancer teams
- The Guytons: Offspring remember life with legendary parents
- Early heart surgery relieves pressure for little drummer girl
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October
- Lauper shows “True Colors” during concert supporting MIND Center
- Grad school names clinical pharmacist Alumnus of the Year
- Photos: Sanderson Farms brings tournament highlights to Batson
- Annual awards ceremony recognizes research achievements
- Donation helps SHRP shrink state's histotechnologist shortage
- Video: Sanderson Farms Championship, UMMC make winning combination
- Patient and parent, Welch knows value of Children’s Hospital
- Care team communication breakdowns aren’t healthy, happy
- Employees speak in annual engagement survey
- Medical Center among ELP research, patent leaders
- AAMC survey measures advances from UMMC faculty's Standpoint
- Ambulance gift allows Lanier students to learn medical transport skills
- New specialists add to record PICU care team numbers
- Video: Lanier students get hands-on transport training in AMR ambulance
- HAWK walk: Traffic signal helps pedestrians navigate State Street
- Allaying pain, affirming life: Palliative care team meets patients in their 'sacred place'
- Video: Ole Miss band spells out support for Batson
- Addiction psychiatrist expanding treatment for opioid use disorder
- Children's of Mississippi expansion progressing each day
- Opioid task force seeks solutions to prescribing concerns
- Clinical trial explores managing hypertension from home
- Mental health access hotline gets $2.3M HRSA grant
- School works to fill Mississippi's dental gap
- UMMC experts: Raising recommended HPV vaccine age range could save lives
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November
- Medical Center's disaster relief efforts reach beyond Mississippi
- Photos: Test-laden med students lighten mood with Hawaiian shirt contest
- Dr. Blair E. Batson, first pediatrics chair at UMMC, dies at age 98
- Limits on e-cigarette sales to teens aid nicotine addiction battle
- Entergy's $500K donation helps power Children’s campaign
- Dos, don'ts of Children's holiday giving
- Toys and more on Children’s of Mississippi holiday wish list
- #WomenWhoCurie highlights female radiation oncologists
- School of Dentistry dean receives career honor; ascends to board presidency
- Heroes in life, death: Organ donors give ultimate gift
- Wellness at UMMC needs a champion - and it could be you
- Photos: School of Nursing celebrates 70th anniversary with tours, alumni panel
- Anatomy of a survey: As ‘Grey’s’ turns 15, medicos dissect TV shows
- Increasing capacity central to UMMC's ongoing construction plans
- Clinical trial for marijuana-derived drug under way at UMMC
- Clinical trial for marijuana-derived epilepsy drug underway
- Microbiology meeting embraces more disciplines, young scientists
- ‘The shoulders of those who came before us:’ SON turns 70
- Sickle cell, health crisis couldn’t stop ‘Miracle Kid’
- A “beRi” good project wins Hackathon prize
- People of the U: Tim Lewis
- Flashing is good for your health – fit flashing, that is!
- Volunteer Services selects future physician, nurse for annual honor
- Photos: No tricks, all treats at Children’s Halloween celebration
- Ruckdeschel named to Lung Roundtable
- Gibert joins UMMC Cancer Institute
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December
- Firsts, records dot UMMC’s 2018 top stories list
- Sepsis study’s design “future” of clinical trials
- Carr driven to take dental hygiene chair post
- New program teaches kids to stop, think before making risky decisions
- Rural opioid disorder patients benefit from in-person, telehealth visit combo
- New committee’s goal: Improve cancer care through communication
- Primary defection: Young adults choose convenience over commitment
- Video: Children with Down syndrome make strides with PT faculty's grant
- Photos: Hoopsters, Santa help brighten season at Children's Hospital
- Two frames of mind: State Hall of Fame dedicates Guyton, Hardy portraits
- Medical Center does deep dive into data
- Surgery offers new outlook for children facing head, face deformities
- Poise in the wilderness: Students scout out rescue, life-saving skills
- Hoover calls SON dean role ‘greatest privilege of my life’
- Averting HIV infection can depend on how well MSMs PrEP
- Video: Children's Hospital holiday season starts with Light-A-Light
- Mobile clinic provides much-needed, convenient care for young and old
- Heart-liver transplant one for UMMC history books
- One year after groundbreaking, UMMC pediatric expansion structure rises
- School of Population Health dispenses research expertise for charity medication network
- Parental guidance required to keep holidays safe for children
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2017
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January
- New SHRP faculty digs big data
- UMMC earns human research accreditation
- New guidelines call for more non-opioid pain relievers
- Prognosis good for Gov. William Winter following fall, head injury
- Sanderson Farms Championship donation to Friends of Children's Hospital sets record
- Ruckdeschel brings problem-solving skills to state’s cancer puzzle
- No getting ‘round it: Employee voices need to be heard
- Ruckdeschel takes lead role in UMMC’s cancer fight
- Specialty care closer to coast families thanks to Children's of Mississippi
- New neonatal ambulance commissioned for life-saving work
- Federal grant fuels first responder training
- Pediatrician’s healing touch transcends miles to war-torn Syrian homeland
- Dental students follow in families' footsteps for 'Best Job'
- UMMC, partners unite to screen women for cancer
- UMMC makes the most of research money
- New health risk assessment further gauges employee wellness interests
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February
- Higher cervical cancer death rates equal bigger need for screening, HPV vaccines
- Volunteers help Scouts be 'Always Prepared'
- Career fair ignites opportunities for nursing students
- ‘Little Hats’ raise awareness of big cause: healthy hearts
- UMMC gastro, endoscopy services to get new off-campus home
- NFL selects Manning as Man of the Year co-winner
- Dental Mission Week participants care for state’s underserved
- Sickle cell trait could alter diabetes test results
- These RNs have nursing careers as doctors
- Mentors aid in career advancement, networking opportunities
- Researcher’s goal: Find the best chemo for each patient
- 2003 SOD graduate named Dental Alumnus of the Year
- Increased testing, awareness make ground in HIV infection battle
- Value Analysis promotes culture of savings, efficiency
- Facebook group debuts just for People of the U
- Students sink teeth into dental research
- End to cancer treatment rings true for Yazoo City native
- It's 'all hands on deck' at the UM School of Dentistry for Give Kids A Smile
- Dental Hygiene move promotes interprofessional education
- New heart surgery leader put gloves on right after Batson arrival
- Does an 'app' a day keep the medical textbook away? Not yet
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March
- Coffee, conversation connect international community
- School of Nursing earns Governor's Award for JPS partnership
- Home visits help babies transition from NICU
- Group wants Mississippians to #GetScreened4Dak
- People of the U: Adam Dungey
- Students self-prescribe healing language in Spanish, French
- Improved family time among CAY interaction therapy goals
- Dr. Sasser goes to Washington
- Epic’s vital sign capture saves caregiver time
- Thankful Triplett siblings make $1 million gift to children's campaign
- UMMC financial action plan addresses revenue shortfall
- People of the U: Camille Richards
- Game, set, Match Day: big finish for med students’ hopes
- Researcher’s goal: Putting an end to diabetes epidemic
- Texas surgeon breaks silence on racial disparities
- Whack a hacker before they sink your security
- Bailey is SHRP pick for alumna of the year
- UMMC philanthropist among Children’s of Mississippi campaign supporters
- Learning through play part of Doctors’ Day celebration
- SNDA Impressions Program courts prospective dental students
- Advanced nursing programs meet provider shortage head-on
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April
- AirCare trio is cornerstone of UMMC’s medical air transport
- WHO: more drugs, fewer superbugs
- New study: More Americans are giving up on losing weight
- School of Nursing faculty named alumna of the year
- Emotional health, not just physical fitness, necessary for wellness
- Cancer diagnosis creates challenge for expectant mother
- Dermatologist, native son returns to rural roots
- Learn resiliency to handle life’s stresses
- People of the U: Carrie Dean
- Rare procedure splits donor liver between two women
- Legacy Lap honors those who gave gift of life
- M.D. brings health care perspective to CIO/CMIO roles
- Grenada's The Viper Room safe zone for solving problems, conflict
- Respect, compassion key to religion in workplace
- Study: healthy heart now, healthy brain later
- Cancer screening deemed life-changing for Brandon woman
- Electrical device eases gastroparesis symptoms
- Jackson Heart Study names Sims chief science officer
- School of Nursing faculty named alumna of the year
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May
- Learn more about UMMC with monthly CONSULT
- '100-day Workout' puts employee input into action
- Ingram shares life lessons during Last Lecture
- UNACARE Mobile Clinic to take health care directly to Midtown patients
- Longtime Grenada nurse reflects on lifetime of nursing
- UMMC evaluates options to memorialize asylum patients buried on campus
- Code You: chaplains, colleagues help UMMC's healers find healing
- Med school latecomer defies doubters, wins TEACH Prize
- Great patient experience requires patient-centered care
- Interpreter-patient relationship translates into trust
- #UMMCGrad17: Lockhart’s patients can expect compassionate care with a smile
- #UMMCGrad17: Sollis goes from cheerleader to leader in School of Pharmacy
- EversCare seeks root causes of illness in children
- #UMMCGrad17: DeRussy takes M.D./Ph.D. path to pathology
- At Batson Hospital’s 20th anniversary, Children’s of Mississippi reaching to future with construction
- #UMMCGrad17: Milan overcomes odds through determination
- Burnout chatter kindles task force action
- #UMMCGrad17: Moore adopts full-court press towards peds career
- #UMMCGrad17: Gray brothers carry on family tradition
- UMMC confers record number of degrees five years running
- Junior League shows support with $400,000 gift to Children's of Mississippi campaign
- National shortage spurs new histotechnology program in SHRP
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June
- Tools of the trade help mid-career women faculty advance
- UMMC surgeons share transplant insight with rural students for international stage
- ARIC celebrates 30 years of community, research
- State-of-the-art-ambulances-boost-UMMC-Grenada’s-fleet
- Federal grant to support Belzoni after-hours clinic
- Farm-fresh fruits and veggies on sale Thursday
- Psychologist, neurologist offer state’s only multidisciplinary Tourette’s clinic
- Woodward wields national influence as accreditation chief
- Doobie Brothers to play concert benefitting MIND Center
- Rayner's 'wonderful life' inspires $1M scholarship
- Surgery uses body's own fat to reconstruct cancer survivor's breasts
- GWIMS honors women faculty achievements with new awards
- UMMC staff receive service recognition
- NIH taps neurobiology chair for study section post; pathology residents cop research honors
- UMMC Recognition 6/26
- Retiree ceremony, visiting lectures top upcoming events list
- Nursing professor, instructor join UMMC faculty
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July
- Opinion survey puts faculty in poll position
- People of the U: Miles Backstrom
- Video: Miss Mississippi gets creative in first visit with Batson patients
- Promotion and tenure
- People of the U: Dr. LaToya Mason Bolden
- New redesign streamlines navigation, combines umc.edu, ummchealth.com
- Surveys seek frank feedback from employees on workplace, safety
- Madison teen puts coloring books, local artist’s work, into patients’ hands
- Fitch-Swiney gift establishes Schools of Medicine, Nursing scholarship
- Decades go by, yet child hunger and poverty endure in the Delta
- Perinatal center to boost basic, clinical research
- UMMC’s sophisticated lab identifies most baffling opioids, street drugs
- Health care provider visit just clicks away with UMMC telehealth benefit
- Video: Bulldogs, Eagles team up to cheer on Batson patients
- Math, medicine converge with HumMod
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August
- Front and Center: Dr. LaToya Mason Bolden
- UMMC Telehealth to offer mental health services to McComb district students
- Creation of ’55 medical school due to spine-tingling courage
- Dedication of new medical school building bodes well for health care's future
- Video: Medical school's legacy is a roadmap to a healthier Mississippi
- Dermatology residency partnership addresses rural specialty needs
- ‘Stubborn,’ ‘grateful,’ ‘humbled:’ Six medical school alumni lionized
- Photos: A new year in building a healthier Mississippi
- Elkins to head UMMC hematology-oncology division
- Trauma training helps rural providers save lives
- Junior League of Jackson’s efforts for UMMC span decades
- Portraits unveiled for two big-picture leaders
- Mena, expert panel champion first-ever MSM care standard
- UMMC adopts education innovation with digital credentialing
- Perfect score has UMMC covered
- ASB welcomes first president from the School of Nursing
- Future UMMC campus growth? There's a plan for that
- Enchanted evening boosts Children’s campaign target
- UMMC Community Care Clinic improves health care access in Belzoni area
- Belzoni after-hours clinic fills gap in health care access
- UMMC patients joining effort to aid health research
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September
- Children’s of Mississippi Hattiesburg clinic brings specialty care closer to home
- Discovery awaits with record research funding
- Cancer Institute researcher, lab receive international recognition
- With all 'D.O.' respect, osteopathy navigates medicine’s mainstream
- Occupational therapy program transitions to doctorate
- UMMC joins national All of Us precision medicine study
- Pancreas-kidney transplant ends years of suffering for Delta resident
- Monthly parenting talks to be served up with dinner, child care
- Clinical research advances with UMMC, Mayo Clinic agreement
- Doobie Brothers fans ‘Listen to the Music’ for MIND Center
- Tradition of strong Friends leadership continues with new board chair
- Pipeline, enrichment program plants seeds of clout
- People of the U: Anita Vanderford and Paige Robinson
- Hope Lodge to help patients focus less on details, more on beating cancer
- UMMC, MSU $10.5M grant collaboration takes aim at early childhood health
- Clinical Investigation program trains doctors for research
- Cross threshold, wash hands to protect patients, caregivers
- Photos: Mississippi Children's Museum Day blast off at Batson
- UMMC part of national research aimed at eliminating child hunger
- AAMC diversity leader champions inclusion excellence
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October
- Baby-friendly status signals optimal mother-newborn care
- Study: Single clinic visit can help thwart HIV infection spread
- Occupational therapy students 'rock' NICU volunteer program
- Growing up with care at UMMC means smooth transition to adult clinics
- UMMC earns national Telehealth Center of Excellence designation
- Triathlon study cautions racers of risks
- Employment engagement survey: You spoke, and you were heard
- Video: Lanier Lady Bulldogs score with UMMC assist
- How tenuous is tenure? Takers, non-takers weigh in
- AirCare expansion lands at Greenwood base
- Nursing student strives for inclusive health
- Bone marrow recipient encourages registry donors
- Critzes' gift, professorships honor Millers' legacy of care
- People of the U: Deepti Patki
- 'Kid Captains,' MSU, Ole Miss prove winning combination
- Video: The sound of Alzheimer's Stories
- Biomedical Sciences program experiences rapid growth
- Mass casualty exercise tests emergency, MED-COM readiness
- Continuing education director no new recruit
- Photos: Sanderson Farms Championship celebrities swing by Batson
- UMMC gives visiting students clinical experiences key to their training
- Video: Pumpkins serve as M1s' next patients
- SGSHS Research Day highlights trainees, Distinguished Alumnus
- Sanderson Farms Championship scores for Children’s of Mississippi
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November
- De Delva selected to lead Cancer Institute’s Thoracic team
- Gamma Knife offers noninvasive care for brain tumors
- Grant seeks to shore up dental faculty numbers
- UMMC's first Norwood Procedure patient happy, healthy
- Streamlined process makes SHRP P&T more transparent
- Caregivers provide crucial, intimate element of medical care
- Population health: big data, big solutions
- Accreditation visit 'Joint' patient safety effort
- Screening, early detection make lung cancer ‘highly curable’
- New UMMC research building to promote 'discovery to recovery'
- Video: New UMMC research building promotes 'discovery to recovery'
- Awards recognize faculty achievements in research
- From the ER to the lab, Summers' career adds up
- UM to debut Flagship Constellations Friday
- For UMMC’s top volunteers, it’s all about relationships
- Alcohol assessment treatment averts severe drinking problems
- Junior League of Jackson commitment to Children's Campaign reaches $1M
- Reason for thanks: $1M Junior League commitment to Children’s Campaign
- Stars align for Flagship Constellations
- Neurobiology chair elected AAAS Fellow
- Tang named CI director of clinical and translational research
- In face of tragedy, Louisville family chooses organ donation
- Video: Friends decks halls in Batson, Wiser hospitals
- Clinical service lines: multiple specialists, one clinic visit
- Mississippi native Taylor named pediatrics chair
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December
- Groundbreaking kicks off construction of $180M pediatrics tower at UMMC
- Hospital patients at risk when ill friends, family pay visit
- Video: Excitement, confetti fill air during groundbreaking festivities
- Photos: Smiling faces, music herald start of construction
- Employees coming to work sick put patients in jeopardy
- Video: Children’s of Mississippi growth, in our own words
- New guidelines: lower blood pressure for better health
- Photos: BankPlus Light A Light shines in new location
- O'Donnell's $1M gift to benefit new PICU cardiac wing
- Wigs help women leap one of cancer’s obstacles
- Photos: Winter Storm Benji transforms UMMC campus
- UMMC one step closer to high reliability in patient care
- Name of admired ophthalmologist McCaa lives on with endowment
- After denture course makeover, patients are all smiles
- Video: MDWFP officers bring gifts, Santa aboard airboat to Batson
- Surprising finding distinguishes med student’s research project
- UMMC, Anderson Regional affiliation to enhance health care services in E. Miss.
- Novel treatment could protect, rescue damaged kidneys
- Housing search a breeze with new website
- Former patient and Eagle Scout hopeful helps allay MRI fears
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2016
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January
- UMMC’s first baby of New Year is pretty in pink
- Tech advancement, steady leadership trademarks of Reeves' tenure
- Top UMMC stories in 2015
- UMMC emergency caregivers well prepared to handle mass-casualty shooting events
- BMT Bucks help patients earn their way to health
- People of the U: Christine Hayden
- Mayo Clinic president, CEO gives preview of tomorrow’s health care
- People of the U: Chip Thomason
- Vitiligo treatments help patients get through rough patch
- Mayo Clinic’s leader shares building blocks for future of medicine
- Sanderson Farms Championship raises record amount for Children's, again
- Veteran physician-scientist named leader of renowned Jackson Heart Study
- Cancer diagnoses strengthen father-son connection
- Foreign dignitaries given 'grand tour of health care' at UMMC
- New kidney, new life for SOD graduate
- DHA: practical, applicable skills for busy administrators
- Don’t fall for a phishing scam
- New procedure to gauge fertility less painful, more accurate
- UMMC Holmes County refurbishments an investment in patients, community
- Orthodontist parlays small town opportunities into big-time practice
- Urgent Care Center new option for ob-gyn patients’ emergency needs
- Vitamin, virility drug could treat preeclampsia
- Parade name changes, commitment to Children's Hospital stays the same
- During February, celebrate heart health with those you love
- Fox-trot the night away at A Roaring ‘20s Affluent Affair
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February
- Pictures of (mental) health framed in art therapy
- Zika virus concern for pregnant women, but not for others
- Vigilance, awareness key to campus safety
- UMMC health experts entertain, inform daily on Southern Remedy
- New office to track service learning, community outreach
- Researchers put heads together, study brain changes in depression
- UMMC’s culture of caring, commitment clinches Best Place to Work win
- New treatments could save the spinal cord after injury
- Corinth native comes home to lead UMMC Grenada, UMMC Holmes County
- Psychiatry’s new research office brings medical students, residents to mind
- JPS students take a field trip to see the dentist
- SGSHS students place second in statewide IHL competition
- Brian Wilson brings California Sound to Jackson benefit concert for MIND Center
- Physician moms find solace, support from their own Facebook group
- SHRP’s Taylor recognized for diversity efforts
- Meeting of the minds: UMMC goes to Mississippi Academy of Sciences
- Nurses needed to fulfill calling at Medical Center
- Pediatric trainees, legislators share information during AAP Capitol Day
- Radiothon to tell Children's Hospital stories, encourage donations
- UMMC hears hospital patients' voices through survey
- 'Affluent Affair' is roaring '20s success
- Parents’ endowment keeps compassionate doctor’s work alive
- Clinical trial turns up the heat on uterine fibroids
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March
- Dermatology residents 'knock out' plans for patient harm prevention
- LED conversion enlightens UMMC campus
- State health officer, UMMC alum reaps prominent AMA award
- Synergy Science: Intercampus collaboration strengthens discovery enterprise
- VC named head of medical school-accrediting body
- Research Day brings together campuses, ideas
- Radiothon broadcasts #WeAreFamily message, nets more than $440K
- Earning an M.D. is their M.O.
- Electronic health records exchange win-win for UMMC, Medicaid patients
- Day care screenings only a click away with telehealth project
- People of the U: Jeff Neal
- CMO Henderson’s quality quest leads to national honor
- Colorectal screening takes big inflatable turn
- Match Day summons moments of inspiration, insight that led students here
- Risky business: UMMC, Jackson Heart Study test CVD models
- Bucket brigade sweeps city to haul in Batson donations
- Gibbons: funding the future makes disease history
- UMMC surgeons' goal: limb salvage, not amputation
- Exercise helps agencies coordinate thunderous response to WMD threats
- Acid reflux procedure eases years of pain
- People of the U: Dr. Lishia Lee and Dr. Josie Bidwell
- ‘Capacity alert’ plan coordinates best use of hospital beds
- Gov. Bryant, UMMC mark highpoint in School of Medicine construction
- OT assists students in the occupation of learning
- Granger garners SEC faculty award
- New technology makes it harder for cancer to hide
- Clinical trials result in more, better cancer therapies
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April
- UMMC expands AirCare helicopter service with northern Mississippi base
- Front and Center: Dr. Satya Packianathan
- Zippity Doo Dah Weekend raises funds, fights cancer
- SHRP Alumnus of the Year's passion: good oral health
- Story of mended heart calls attention to March of Dimes event
- First father, then son: Heart transplants give family second chances
- Sherard Shaw Foundation gives inaugural gift to Children’s Cancer Center
- Vitter champions inter-campus teamwork in inaugural meeting with faculty
- School of Dentistry's future decisively positive with Felton at helm
- SON alum Bidwell honored for focus on healthy living, engagement
- Winning ways help elevate Jordan Morgan to Champion status
- Legacy Lap unites transplant recipients, donor families
- Cultivating leaders: Beech chosen ACE Fellow
- Friends' Over the Edge goes over the top
- Donor families, transplant patients share legacies of life
- One patent, many applications
- Medical Center denizens enlarge, enrich blogosphere
- Front and Center: Dr. John Speca
- UMMC to create new School of Population Health
- In a medical emergency, hospitals urge, dial 911 to avoid Saturday stadium traffic snarl
- Expanded UMMC-MSU partnership tackles health disparities
- $100M Children’s of Mississippi campaign starts with $10M Sanderson gift
- Norman Nelson, longest-serving vice chancellor, dies at 86
- Going above, beyond and to the landfill for patient care
- Neuroscience Institute: Mind on the brain
- Observance honors students’ 'first patients'
- UMMC employees step out for National Walking Day
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May
- Brian Wilson plays to ‘Shut Down’ Alzheimer’s
- Advocacy a priority for dentistry Alumnus of the Year
- National observances salute nurses and all Medical Center employees
- Jones’ 'Last Lecture': put patients, compassion first
- New heights for UMMC research come with 'topping out'
- Alumna returns 37 years later to bestow gift for future nurses
- Day at the Derby unites transplant community, recipients
- Behavioral health gets interprofessional at clinical skills assessment center
- When man’s heart stops, pediatric emergency team is adult-friendly
- Alumna turned assistant professor brings home TEACH Prize
- COMPAREing stories, conquering fibroids
- New pediatric neurophysiology lab offers child-centered care
- AirCare 3 increases critical care access for north Mississippi
- Patients receiving promising melanoma therapy closer to home
- #UMMCGrad16: 'Can’t Block This' grad from success
- #UMMCGrad16: Lyles, Clifton to be vocal pharmacy advocates
- #UMMCGrad16: Nursing graduate moves forward with a purpose
- #UMMCGrad16: PT graduate bridges culture, generation gap
- Taking account of population health
- Tackling sports injuries quickly key to recovery, UMMC experts tell coaches
- Cancer patient gets Dream vacation
- Clinic provides swift pain relief for sickle cell patients
- #UMMCGrad16: Med school grad’s heritage, achievements food for thought
- #UMMCGrad16: Third time’s the charm for SOD graduate
- UMMC confers record number of degrees four years running
- Advocacy a priority for dentistry Alumnus of the Year
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June
- Commencement marks end of era for cytotechnology program
- Make no mistake, error prevention deadline approaches
- New neonatal suite, simulation area give babies best possible start
- American Heart Association infant CPR kits a gift of life
- ‘Mississippi Baby’ case offers clues in battle against HIV
- Tan not worth melanoma, survivor says
- The Gift of a Generous Heart: Clinton native’s estate benefits Children’s Hospital
- Don’t fall prey to slips and trips
- Pre-Mat should issue spoiler alert for new dental, medical students
- The renal cost of tobacco
- #AskTheHIVDoc campaign taps Mena’s STD expertise
- FIXing genes: a first at UMMC
- New pediatric clinic: Simple solution to coordinate complex cases
- People of the U: Nate Hughes
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July
- New addiction training collaboration benefits patients, psych residents
- Summer program serves up food for thought
- UMMC among "Most Wired" health-care facilities
- "Queen of GME" reduces hours, but not commitment
- Survey seeks employee feedback on workplace engagement, culture of safety
- DIS nurses get technical about health care
- UMMC telemental and behavioral health programs among nation’s best
- UMMC to pay penalty related to laptop disappearance
- UMMC neurologists harvest low-intensity electric field to fight brain cancer
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August
- From Mississippi Medicine: Blistering rates of physician burnout ignite search for answers
- Research finding: Over-the-water rope tree swings fraught with danger
- Walmart gift makes it Christmas in July at Batson
- Patient makes UMMC history as oldest TAVR recipient
- Prostate screening guideline change overlooks one population's needs
- SOD alumna, high school classmates tell desegregation story
- Friends of Children's Hospital pledges $20 million to capital campaign
- Argentina 'door to Olympics' for UMMC couple
- Entering medical students urged to wear their hearts on their coats
- SPARK ignites autism research
- Big problem, bigger award: NIH funds UMMC obesity research
- Prominent physicians feted for their ‘passion,’ ‘spirit’
- UMMC’s ‘veteran’ scholars reveal institutional secrets for incoming students
- From alphabet to algebra, lessons come to Batson patients
- Mission work is medicine for Zika fears
- CMN Champion’s big rig ride revs up excitement for Walmart drive
- Gift of friendship, gift of life
- Enchanted Evening gala celebrates state, raises funds for Children’s Hospital
- Patients benefit from GI testing technology enhancements
- New wellness center empowers students to take care of mind, body
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September
- Dale’s goal: Cure childhood cancers
- Group meeting provides heartfelt support
- Eli, Abby Manning pledge $1M to Children's of Mississippi's 'Growing' capital campaign
- Mike Espy, Edelman lecturer: U.S. food policy is not health policy
- Front and Center: Robyn MacSorley
- RESULTS-driven students unite against poverty
- UMMC enrollment strong as campus construction surges
- Friday football injury clinic a game-changer
- LGBTQ rights champion describes victories, defeats, to Gay-Straight Alliance
- Student on mend despite six-month coma, mystery disease
- People of the U: Clint Sistrunk
- New FASD diagnosis guidelines key to early intervention
- UMMC Grenada imaging center eases mammography fears
- Newest school on UMMC campus named for longtime supporter
- $1.9M NIH grant to fund research in children's health at UMMC
- $2M grant to fund 'first hands' communication, medical skills training
- Fellowship's focus: long-term health-care quality
- Prediction tool helps control pressure injuries
- CF journey traveled one bead at a time
- For some, transplant best liver cancer therapy
- Student talks telehealth, nursing in the DPRK
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October
- Front and Center: Nate Davis
- UMMC telehealth enters next chapter of remote patient monitoring
- Better images, less radiation: Children’s of Mississippi adds EOS
- Breast reconstruction technique offers tummy tuck, too
- Trauma first target for Neuroscience Institute
- Championship spectators to get warm Children’s of Mississippi welcome
- Short minutes spent on survey could equal long-term progress
- On the midway, pick your poison and plan your portions
- Engineering the future of medicine
- New program places dental students in rural communities
- Being nice, knowledgeable key to giving patients a good experience
- AAP president: Pediatric screenings help alleviate poverty
- Image-ine that: Married radiologists begin careers at UMMC Grenada
- IDEAS, clinical trials come to MIND Center
- Medical student makes pledge to new profession, new country
- Handmade, heartfelt: Groups stitch with love for Batson patients
- VAD program expansion saving more lives
- Adult hospitals CEO's goal: Make a difference for those we serve
- Comedy, pro golfers, hospital visits all part of championship week
- Psychiatry program harbors homeless, uninsured
- Patient-athlete among those greeting Sanderson Farms Championship fans
- M.D./Ph.D. program trains physician-scientists of tomorrow
- Scholarship commemorates 'great surgeon, dear friend'
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November
- New chief builds framework for diversity, inclusion
- Unique surgery gives Mississippi man second chance
- Cochlear implant enhances adult patient's quality of life
- SGSHS distinguished alum shows public health passion
- Record numbers earn 2016 Excellence in Research Awards
- 100-Day Workout fixes issues weighing down health system
- IMPLICIT training to boost healthy births by reaching moms before pregnancy
- OpenNotes promotes transparency in medical records
- Practice makes pitch perfect
- Hospitalist’s devotion to patients key to national accolade
- Jackson Heart Study dives into genetics of disease
- Flipping out for STEMI
- Gifts of life stretch definition of "family" at UMMC’s Wall of Heroes
- Merry Miracles radiothon to broadcast from Batson Dec. 1
- Front and Center: Jackie Robinson
- Dentistry, dental hygiene students create smiles in Belize
- UMMC, MIND Center announce $10 million Ford Foundation gift
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December
- Champion of rural health promotes farming fresh veggies, fruits
- Down to a science: Base Pair turns 25
- Thigpen leaves immeasurable impact on cancer patients, research
- Dental community remembers couples lost in crash
- UMMC scientists, leaders praise 21st Century Cures Act
- UMMC experts hold court on health during Medical Monday
- Nursing students lend artistic hand to scout's project
- Gift of life: Transplants in 2016 at record high
- Employee focus groups to ponder meaning of respect
- Sex, drugs and brains: probing the origins of addiction
- UMMC access to Medicaid patient health records enhances care
- MDWFP officers, Santa wrap up Christmas for Batson
- Three generations forge family tradition in medicine
- Palliative care has new champion for adults facing serious illness
- Top UMMC Stories of 2016
- People of the U: John Clark Packer
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2015
- News Articles
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January
- Top UMMC stories in 2014
- Fit-ting for all: Courthouse agreement ushers in medically related wellness
- 2015 brings New Year, new baby
- Tournament hits a hole in $1M for Mississippi's children
- Growing UMMC’s current, future leaders
- Research as a career? Teens try it on for size
- Physician, family discuss Helena White’s ‘remarkable’ recovery
- 2020 Vision: New strategic plan emphasizes mission integration, individual performance
- MLK’s legacy honored as exemplar for care givers
- Elton John AIDS Foundation renews grant with UMMC physician
- Tupelo pediatric clinic offers subspecialty care near home
- Two finalists named for vice chancellor post
- Canvas, yes; Blackboard, no: Software switch looms
- Faculty network gives postdoctoral fellows needed support
- Community screening program spreads gospel of healthy habits
- Students stage surprise for ‘surrogate mom’
- Nursing alum's real estate gift secures endowment, seals legacy
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February
- Dr. Charles O’Mara: Relationship-builder on, off campus
- Low-dose CT screen better pinpoints lung cancer
- Researchers prove rodent brains can be rewired to treat autism-like symptoms
- VC finalists give vision for Medical Center
- Boot-scootin’ on a new leg: Patients travel far for prosthetic expertise
- All aboard! Gladys Knight to play Jackson concert to benefit MIND Center
- Bidding Adieu to Taste of the U
- UMMC dons red for heart disease awareness
- UMMC, researcher awarded U.S. patent for eye treatment
- Give Kids A Smile puts grins on JPS students’ faces
- American Physiological Society elects 9th president with UMMC ties
- Mississippi native chosen to lead Medical Center
- Not ready for retirement? Here's how to get on track
- Patient falls: First predict, then prevent
- Brunson tapped for IHL diversity educator award
- Planned Jackson technology center to include new home for UMMC telehealth
- Hospital expansion will 'transform' health care for Mississippi's children
- Taste milestone marked by miracles, healing
- Not ready for retirement? Here's how to get on track
- Woodward, in driver’s seat, plans to step on the gas
- Endowed psychiatry fund supports lectureship, residents
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March
- Class Act: Standardized patients sharpen students’ clinical skills
- Health-care company invests in Jackson to fight HIV epidemic
- Turning up the volume: Patient numbers reaching all-time highs
- What a Night(ingale) – UMMC nurses achieve statewide stardom
- Patient safety: It’s a family affair
- Uniform connections: Military ranks high in these staffers’ lives
- 50 or older? Get screened and join the 70X2020 Initiative
- SHRP: One for all, all for one
- UMMC physician honored for visionary work with women
- Today's dental students, tomorrow's policy makers
- Array of specialty care, all under one roof
- Clinics tackle children's growing problem
- Hip digs to be a hop from UMMC, Fondren shopping scene
- On Match Day, suspense reigns as med students reveal residency fates
- MIND Center has fantastic Knight!
- Sequel to Marston Symposium set, registration announced
- Take a break to donate during next week's blood drive
- UM, UMMC schools engage elementary students at Delta career fair
- UMMC, Millsaps volunteers give students a piece of their minds
- BankPlus check card raises $627,195 for Friends of Children's Hospital
- Interprofessional learning focus of ASB sessions
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April
- Friends of Children's Hospital celebrates 25 years of giving
- Research Day shines light on UMMC faculty, students
- SRT nurses poised to provide world-class care for catastrophe victims
- Veterinarian takes leadership role in laboratory animal care group
- Numerous “spice” overdoses put health officials on high alert
- ‘CRITTers’ initiative bridges breach between town and gown
- New law addresses HIV exposure uncertainty
- Senator gets a glimpse at life-saving telecommunications
- More patients treated at UMMC for ‘spice’ overdose
- New CMO: A leader in patient quality outcomes
- The day the residents resigned still resonates at Medical Center
- UM, UMMC Research Day showcases best of scientific studies
- Health-care innovator Joyce Caracci squeezes most from life, careers
- Medical students are happy to 'Be The Match'
- No falling down on the job: Patient care team garners safety award
- Study finds gene affecting thinking skills
- CSI: UMMC - Toxicologists ID'ing over-spiced drug compounds
- Organ donation leaves lasting legacy
- Hughes’ gift to MIND Center may help ‘save the next generation’
- To care for whole patient, look at whole picture
- Listeria bacteria? It’s bigger than Blue Bell
- Center focuses on overlooked population
- Researcher: Hyperactive movements help ADHD children learn
- Batson Children’s Hospital patient surprised by former Ole Miss quarterback
- Fifty livers in two years: UMMC transplant program thriving
- UMMC grad returns to give distinguished lecture
- Newborn screening for heart defects becomes mandatory
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May
- TeleMIND brings specialty health care to rural clinic
- Braves game, food trucks, employee meal highlight Hospital Week
- Mother’s milk remains key to child’s future health
- To test, or not to test?
- New peds chair celebrates honoree, recipient’s dedication to children
- Family learns to live with food allergy
- Medical Center's preeminent TEACHer earns singular honor
- Celebrating UMMC’s 15 years with Holmes County
- #UMMCGrad15: SOP's Gross sisters
- #UMMCGrad15: Steele stays SHRP
- #UMMCGrad15: SOM quintet is pitch perfect
- Heart-health study highlights risks for African-Americans
- #UMMCGrad15: From drug rep to D.M.D.
- #UMMCGrad15: Grad researcher nets catfish study
- #UMMCGrad15: SON grad gives props to Plum
- UMMC clinicians, researchers tackle preeclampsia
- When it comes to skin cancer, prevention is key
- Class of 2015’s new focus: A healthier Mississippi
- #UMMCGrad15: SOP's Gross sisters
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June
- Dan Jones will join UMMC to help lead obesity research efforts
- Front and Center: Dean "Miranda" James
- UMMC Holmes County receives needed update
- Hop on the quarterly blood drive's Road to Life
- Snagging a real fixer-upper
- Reluctance to see doctor among key men’s health issues
- Thanks to Chen, patients see the light
- UMMC honors distinguished faculty
- Front and Center: Alexander Soloveichik
- Research, relationships road to reducing health disparities
- Predicting a patient’s health path
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July
- Bang from fireworks just as dangerous as potential for burns, experts say
- For students of psychiatry, it’s drive time
- Hearing today can be gone tomorrow
- Front and Center: Troy Bunn
- Five-year milestone at UMMC Grants Ferry
- SHRP's online programs show Quality Matters
- Typically disregarded brain lesions may warn of heightened stroke risk
- Front and Center: Marcus Blanton
- Teacher's pets: Dogs help therapists mend bodies, hearts
- Integrative medicine: body, mind and soul
- Front and Center: Dr. Larry Creswell
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August
- Collaborative brings state's clinicians together for mothers, babies
- Specialty headache care gives patients hope
- Lessons in leadership
- UMMC clinics are patients’ home base for care
- Hearin grants help UMMC keep ‘best, brightest’ SOD, SHRP scholars
- New mental health clinic extends care, compassion to LGBT community
- Front and Center: Alex Mullen
- Giving patient safety a voice
- Medical Center celebrates distinguished alum, Hall of Famers
- Research yields possible new cancer therapy
- Female surgeons making a cut on the bias
- Mosley tells Alzheimer’s conference what we know, what we need to know
- New teeth, new jawbone – all in a day
- Mann of the hour revives Department of Preventive Medicine
- Front and Center: Kelli Irby
- Rooming-in option keeps baby by mom’s side
- ‘Country girl,’ city doctor
- ‘Golden Grads’ marvel at alma mater’s evolution
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September
- New grant to create one-stop shops for mental and physical health needs
- Crowder shapes vision for ophthalmology
- Suzan Thames surprised by tribute from Friends
- A decade after the devastation, UMMC’s response still resonates
- Ketogenic diet can bring success when epilepsy medications fail
- Schwartz Center honors Boyte for compassionate care
- Front and Center: Keith Armstrong
- Blood pressure: How low should you go?
- Hand hygiene: every time, all the time!
- Children’s Palliative Care Team brings home international award
- Adolescent medicine experts ease teen transition to adulthood
- Edelman lecturer explains nation’s deeper pockets, shorter lives
- UMMC researcher: CT texture may improve melanoma survival predictions
- UMMC Holmes County wound care program thriving
- White House AIDS czar crusades for universal prevention, care
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October
- Jackson-Williams guides new/old Office of Medical Education
- Junior League mamas keep on rockin’ in the NICU
- Revised, streamlined announcements address risks, decrease confusion
- Campaign helps employees contribute to UMMC's missions
- Just when is it time for an antibiotic?
- SurviveMiss aims to help young breast cancer survivors thrive
- Mass-casualty drill tests mettle of emergency responders
- Centers’ focus shifting to medically integrated wellness, fitness
- Teen clinic promotes healthy choices, healthy futures
- Clinical Intranet gives providers another tool to deliver quality care
- Front and Center: Dr. Fred Rushton
- Heart is center of 'family' reunion
- Addressing frailty enhances transplant success
- Quality care, quality performance means better outcomes
- School of Dentistry search down to two
- New physical therapy program helps improve breast cancer patients’ outcomes
- Students and post-docs in spotlight at Grad School Research Day
- Unlocking the secrets of sepsis
- Rural communities benefiting from UMMC clinics
- Students teach students the importance of hand hygiene
- Vitter pledges his support for UMMC, medical research
- Cruse, Lewis, Corbett retire after a combined 100-plus years of service
- Saving a life in nonclinical areas now within reach
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November
- First-time hospital collaboration puts patients ahead of competition
- Not just donors, but families, make gift of life possible
- Former first twin visits, reads to Batson patients
- Front-line caregivers keep patients safe
- State’s reduction in preterm births garners national March of Dimes award
- Faculty, staff recognized for research excellence
- Physiology still matters, says Mayo Clinic’s Joyner
- UMMC family to get first crack at Meridian apartments
- Promise of 3-D printing looms – in duplicate
- Don’t let the flu shot deadline fly by
- Ringing the bell: a celebration of life, family and beating cancer
- SOD dean candidate's focus: collaborative leadership, dentistry's future
- Departure lounge new amenity for discharged patients
- Extra staff, efficiency make for shorter ED waits
- Heart for service + love of people = volunteers of the year
- Frankie sticks with the job – for 50 years
- Pursuing the goal of zero harm
- Dean candidate outlines strategy for moving SOD forward
- Boyte named Schwartz Center National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year
- Delta doctor is champion of rural health care
- JPS students entertain a career in health care
- SPRINT leads to new blood pressure guidelines
- Future of alumni relations written in the STARS
- People of the U: Dr. Mark Reed
- Researchers, molecules team up to fight kidney disease
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December
- Electronic cigarettes: harmless hobby or gateway drug?
- Felton chosen to be new dean of School of Dentistry
- Study examines weight-loss surgery's potential effects on offspring
- Grenada, Biloxi transplant clinics enhance access to care
- People of the U: Miriam Shufelt
- Recruitment day confronts drop in black male medical students
- ED, rehab services updates give UMMC Holmes County patients a boost
- Vitter: UM, UMMC collaboration promotes growth, success
- Up in Farms Food Hub brings farm to table
- New endowment to attract, retain dental hygiene students
- Front and Center: Dr. Mitzi Norris
- UMMC education offerings grow by a few degrees
- Memory serves M2 Alex Mullen, new world mental athlete champion
- Elderly often haunted by ghosts of holidays past and present
- UMMC security guard Mattie Amos remembered with gifts for babies
- Batson Children’s Hospital to tighten security in 2016
- Santa, Gov. Bryant, entourage of elves bring Christmas to Batson patients
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2014
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February
- Putt to lead UMMC's hospitals in Grenada, Lexington
- Warm blanket, new heart for Port Gibson woman
- Give Kids A Smile Day 2014
- UMMC Grenada welcomed into medical center family during ceremony
- Odds of four: "incalculable"
- Medical Center's Taste of the U party to support patient needs with food, fun and costumes
- Statement on Mr. Walter Williams
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March
- UMMC cardiologist leads only heart program of its kind in Mississippi
- One year later, Mississippi baby remains free of HIV
- HIV specialist Gay pleased Mississippi Baby case raised physician awareness
- More than 38 Groups Benefit from SON Students’ 3,200 Hours of Service
- NMMC, Batson Children's Hospital Collaboration Brings Pediatric Subspecialist to Tupelo
- Jackson Prep seniors donate Pounding the Pavement race proceeds for cancer research at UMMC
- Subaru “Shares the Love” with Friends of Children's Hospital
- UMMC med students learn their future on residency Match Day
- Emergency Medicine Report Card scores Mississippi as best in Southeast
- USDA, ARC select UMMC for telehealth grant to serve Appalachian counties
- New SHRP program looks to increase minority interest
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April
- Pinwheels, virtual and visual, promote child abuse prevention
- UMMC to offer free oral cancer screenings April 23
- Grad school to bring fun science to kids during Discovery U DAY at Mississippi Children's Museum
- With Homerun Project, it’s a brand-new ballgame for science teachers
- Groundbreaking partnership to transform Children's Behavioral Health
- As Fugate quadruplets grow, three enjoying first bottles
- Groundbreaking partnership transforms children's behavioral and mental health
- New procedure at UMMC a boon for lung cancer detection
- IHL approves affiliation between UMMC, Methodist Rehabilitation
- Morning Update, Louisville MS storm response
- Dr. John Hall named SEC Professor of the Year
- Existing leukemia drug brings new hope for fighting aggressive breast cancer
- Just for women: Heart clinic a place for support, understanding
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May
- Stroke Awareness Month event on Tuesday to help educate public on signs, symptoms, prevention
- Emergency teams aid in tornadoes' aftermath
- New procedure at UMMC repairs heart without opening children’s chests
- Jackson Surgeon named to Leadership Position
- Two Fugate Quads Go Home Today
- Technology, tenacity key on dance floor and in life, says UMMC prosthetics expert
- Regions Bank recognizes UMMC neuroscientist with second annual TEACH prize
- Private development to bring apartments, offices, retail to UMMC property on Lakeland Drive
- Brother's courage inspires UMMC senior dentistry student
- UMMC students help local elementary children ‘discover’ nursing
- Friends of Children's Hospital receives $50,000 donation from 1st Franklin Financial
- Revitalized bariatric surgery program already notching success stories
- At UMMC's 58th annual commencement largest class ever receives degrees
- In largest commencement ever, UMMC confers 846 degrees to health-care and science professionals
- UMMC dentist's reaction to staged burglary to be broadcast nationally
- Veg out for health at farmer's markets, UMMC experts say
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June
- UMMC senior leader announces transition plans
- Statement on the availability of cannabidiol oil
- Pump gives heart failure patients quality of life, hope for future
- Myrlie Evers-Williams lends name to UMMC institute bolstering health equality
- Voluntary HIV testing at Hinds County Jail part of UMMC's prevention strategy
- HPV immunization given to preteens provides best cancer protection
- AirCare's critical care paramedics to offer advanced life-saving care
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July
- UMMC leads the way in palliative care with newly accredited fellowship
- Youth leader bikes to support Batson Hospital
- UMMC promotions and tenure
- Children’s Safety Program says new report underscores importance of buckling up
- Top nursing officer named for UMMC adult hospitals
- Statement on “Mississippi Baby” from Dr. Hannah Gay, professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
- UMMC among "most wired" health-care facilities
- Cure for prostate cancer focus of HBCU students’ research
- Mannings embrace partnership with UMMC to tackle health challenges in Mississippi
- Children’s hospital patient Grant Wilcher announced as BankPlus’ Orlando dream giveaway winner
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August
- UMMC stands ready to care for victims of Ebola and other communicable diseases
- Friends of Children's Hospital plans for BankPlus presents, Enchanted Evening
- Celebrity chef Cat Cora, eight select Jackson-area chefs to participate in culinary event to benefit nursing scholarships at UMMC
- UMMC Cancer Symposium shares major advances in prevention, treatment
- ALS explained: UMMC experts put patients' quality of life first
- Will Rogers Institute, Variety Children's Charity award $25,000 to UMMC's NICU
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October
- Mayo Clinic, University of Mississippi Medical Center expand relationship with formal collaboration agreement
- $1M donation lifts UMMC's MIND Center above fund-raising goal
- Ebola ruled out in patient at UMMC
- UMMC's ACT Center helps patients kick tobacco, make homes smoke-free
- Introducing (drum roll, please) eCV!
- Despite cutbacks, discovery enterprise nearly doubles last year’s funding
- Top nursing officer named at Batson Children’s Hospital
- UMMC staff receive service recognition
- Guest presentations highlight UMMC calendar
- Diabetic no more: Patient gets state's first isolated pancreas transplant
- Waist size tops BMI as obesity measure, experts say
- New 'ears' for hearing-impaired son give Brandon family a jump-start
- Colorectal cancer prevention earns UMMC accolades
- Ebola at UMMC: risk low, readiness high
- Stories of Hope: Breast cancer patients share their journeys
- Campus Police makeover makes UMMC's finest stand out
- For April Mann, new alumni director, UMMC feels more like home
- 2014 Volunteers of the Year put focus on UMMC patients, families
- Dzielak is Graduate School top alumnus
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November
- Out of the Darkness, into the light of suicide awareness
- Under new management: University Physicians
- Critical-care designation sets AirCare paramedics apart
- Flattening the flu bug: Shot campaign meeting goals
- Liver allocation proposal could weaken UMMC transplant program
- Looking after grieving family a priority for PICU staff
- Batson Children’s Day signals new partnership with Jackson
- UMMC’s new head chaplain directs comfort, caring
- Contact lens care matters – better safe than sorry
- More funding needed to ‘turn the tide’ of Alzheimer’s, leader says
- Vacant UMMC rehab facility to be repurposed as Ebola unit
- The missing link: Research weighs obesity for dementia risks
- Rare pediatric heart procedure debuts at UMMC
- UMMC Delta-based health educator is Rural Health Champion
- Alzheimer’s care offered via UMMC’s telehealth program
- Be grateful for your blessings – and your health will thank you
- Researchers uncover clues to memory performance in international genetic study
- Statement from Dr. James E. Keeton, UMMC vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine on the passing of Dr. Aaron Shirley:
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December
- Art donation is one for the books
- Cancer-drug delivery patent could lead to shorter chemotherapy treatments
- Dr. Aaron Shirley: Champion of health care and social justice
- Diabetes Telehealth Network sees early success in Mississippi
- Cutting-edge heart valve repair keeps patients active
- Governor, FCC Commissioner commend UMMC, partners on telehealth
- Recovering from flu: Slow down, watch for danger signs
- SON service surpasses $200K milestone in less than one year
- UMMC, BankPlus partnership brings telehealth to workplace
- Blood drive seeks to reverse alarming trend at UMMC
- Researchers recognized for ‘excellence’ in procuring support
- New partnership provides powerful model for neuroscience innovation in Mississippi
- REACHing Mississippi’s future scientists
- Dr. Hayden Perkins: ‘He’s an inspiration’
- Cancer patients, families get new Hope
- Graduate School leaders look to future
- Black physicians’ struggle: They ‘risked life and limb’
- Serving up service for the holidays
- Chief financial officer to lead UMMC's hospitals, health system
- Courthouse fitness centers to bolster UMMC's vision of a healthier future
- New CI lab looks for ‘core’ of disease development
- Psychiatry and Human Behavior under new leadership
- BankPlus CEO a fan of Corporate Telehealth
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2013
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January
- Gov. Phil Bryant, UM Chancellor Dan Jones break ground for new school of medicine building
- BankPlus and Nickelodeon star present check to Friends of Children's Hospital
- UMMC telecasts live heart-repair procedures to international conference
- Members Exchange Credit Union donates to Children's Hospital
- February
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March
- Researchers describe first 'functional HIV cure' in an infant
- The Band Perry to perform benefit concert for The MIND Center
- Insurance company presents $23,000 to Friends of Children's Hospital
- UMMC Transplant team completes first liver case in 22 years
- UMMC Administration notifies patients of breach of protected health and personal information
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April
- Mississippi native returns home to take over rural physicians scholarship program
- 66 graves uncovered at UMMC linked to asylum
- Woodward appointed to national school accrediting body
- UMMC Pediatrician Hannah Gay named to Time Magazine's Time 100
- Free oral cancer screening det for Monday, Tuesday
- UMMC to host annual meeting of Society of Black Academic Surgeons
- Children's Hospital Heart Surgery Program celebrates milestone 1,000 procedure
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May
- The Band Perry Concert raises funds, awareness for Alzheimer's research at UMMC's Mind Center
- Mississippi's First-Ever Medical-Legal Partnership to empower people living with HIV/AIDS
- UMMC a big part of Mission of Mercy 2013
- Local students among record number of graduates at UMMC's 57th Commencement
- Neuroscientist researcher and educator recognized with UMMC's first Regions Bank TEACH Prize
- June
- July
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August
- With agreement signed, UMMC patients with Blue Cross Insurance remain in network
- Newly appointed chair of medicine at UMMC brings depth of experience
- UMMC Graduate School's summer-research programs link local undergraduates with lab science
- UMMC taps new CEO for adult hospitals
- UMMC to enter lease agreement for Grenada Lake Medical Center
- Mississippi's physician workforce director brings 'Passion, Vision' to new role
- Statement on Aug. 21 Data Breach
- September
- October
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November
- Dr. Aaron Shirley to receive national medical school award for diversity efforts
- Dodge-Khatami joins UMMC Children's Heart Center
- Mullen Family Foundation presents $25,000 check to Friends of Children's Hospital
- UMMC establishes planned giving program
- After 15 years, Jackson Heart Study leader to step away
- New collaboration expanding research in world-renowned heart studies
- December
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2012
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January
- UMMC reducing staffing by 115 employees
- Glen Campbell to perform benefit concert for the MIND Center
- Dr. A. Wallace Conerly, former Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at UMMC, dies
- Medical Center's annual fundraiser event promises to be largest ever
- UMHC head, neck cancer surgeons use robotic surgery to treat tumors
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February
- Remembrance provides support for pregnancy loss, early infant death
- Clay joins UMHC as chief of plastic surgery
- Preparations to begin for improvements to UMMC campus
- UMMC medical team provides multidisciplinary approach to sleep apnea
- Quon named UMMC's School of Dentistry alumnus of the year
- School of Pharmacy debuts new education facility at UMMC
- Eleventh annual radiothon benefits Children's Hospital
- March
- April
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May
- Update On Pearl Police Officers Shooting
- Batson Hospital names 2012 Children's Miracle Network "Champion"
- Major donation by health management associates to aid Jackson Free Clinic
- Update on Terry High School student Kaddarius Bullie
- Self-harm study of Miss. youth finds highest rate in African-American males
- New Research tower to boost biomedical study at UMMC, private startups
- Reeves appointed School of Dentistry Dean
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June
- Jones elected to leadership position in emergency medicine society
- UMMC Stroke Center receives recognition for stroke care
- UMMC Faculty, Students Selected to Participate in First GE National Medical Fellowships
- Rodriguez Joins UMMC Faculty in Pediatric Allergy, Immunology
- Chen joins UMMC Faculty in Stroke, Neurocritical Care
- Free HIV screening event offers chance to 'Take the test, take control'
- Mississippi Marrow Donor Program Seeks Perfect Match for Patients
- Stem-cell clinical trial at UMMC tests new therapy for stroke
- Scotus ruling statement from the UMMC Vice Chancellor Dr. James Keeton
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July
- UMMC names Lehman Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences Chair
- UMMC appoints new Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair
- UMMC Names new Chief for the Division of Dermatology
- Brandon resident elected to National Board of Medical Honor Society
- School of Medicine earns accreditation for eight years
- UMMC Physician and Researcher with Jackson Heart Study Receives U.S. Presidential Career Award
- Study Enrolls Children, Grandchildren of Jackson Heart Study Participants for Obesity Research
- UMMC Recognized in Three Specialties in U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Report
- UMMC Epilepsy Center Director Seeks to Educate Public About Largely Misunderstood Disorder
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August
- UMMC Names New Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology
- UMMC Assistant Professor Elected to National Register Board
- Ole Miss Undergrads Gain Biomedical Research Experience in Summer Program at UMMC
- Marshall receives first endowed chair in allergy, immunology at UMMC
- Friends of Children's Hospital pledges $2 million to new Children's Heart Center
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September
- Contract with UMMC for local portion of National Children's Study to end, research to continue
- UMMC Aims to Raise Awareness on Alzheimer's Action Day
- UMMC study in children considers how temperament can influence anxiety disorders
- UMMC Student Enrichment Program Partners with City of Jackson
- Clinical trial reveals pterostilbene lowers blood pressure in adults
- October
- November
- December
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2011
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- January
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February
- University neurosciences-stroke care earns AHA bronze award
- UMMC's original aircare crew celebrates 15 years of service
- More than 1,000 students to receive dental exams for Give Kids a Smile Day
- Hope on the horizon panel to discuss latest Alzheimer's research
- UMMC sports medicine physician inducted into academy
- Children's Hospital names new chief nursing officer
- UMMC teams with Magnolia Speech School to boost language development
- March
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April
- UMMC professor, grad school dean, takes helm at American Physiological Society
- Natchez native joins UMMC's congenital heart surgery team
- Spine surgeon joins University of Mississippi Health Care
- UMMC'S Wiser Hospital offers free childbirth classes
- University Physicians offers seminar on hypertension
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May
- University Physicians-Grants Ferry hosts free health fair
- UMMC physician named president of 53,000-member group
- MIGMH awarded $2.1 million, multi-year federal grant for STD/HIV regional educational center
- University Sports Medicine, Medicomp sponsor "challenge and combine" for high school players
- Anti-cancer drug discovery partnership formed
- University Physicians offers June heart screenings in honor of fathers
- UMMC part of study finding sickle cell treatment safe for young children
- More than 600 receive degrees at UMMC's 55th commencement
- UMMC, community colleges join forces to boost baccalaureate degrees
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June
- Holmes county hospital awarded accreditation from The Joint Commission
- Barr tabbed to lead pediatrics department at UMMC
- Mississippi charity horse show gives $35,000 donation to Children's Hospital
- UMHC offers Cardiac MR for children with congenital heart defects
- UMMC residency helps first-year nurses manage frontline trials by fire
- UMMC responds to filing by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- Ridgway joins University of Mississippi Medical Center
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July
- Jones joins University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Behavioral treatment for migraines a cost-effective alternative to meds, study finds
- Awareness, cost, availability of care, all hurdles to colon cancer treatment in Mississippi
- UMMC neurology chair elected to academic association
- UMHC ranks nationally in three specialties in U.S. News' Best Hospital Report
- UMMC School of Nursing wins $450,000 grant to provide health-care services to delta schools
- Genetic map, including 5,000 Mississippians, to aid study of diseases, human evolution
- Jaw-extension procedure resolves toddler's obstructed breathing
- University Women's care offers one-day childbirth class
- Children's Hospital introduces Adopt-A-Floor program
- August
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September
- University of Mississippi Medical Center welcomes IVF specialist
- Bone cancer specialist joins UMMC
- With donation from Warren Foundation, UMMC researchers better equipped to study cancer
- UMMC graduate elected to the board of National Family Physicians Group
- UMHC administrator named a 2011 'Up and Comer' in national health-care magazine
- UMMC performs first pediatric heart transplant in eight years
- UMHC receives national recognition for leadership in supplier diversity
- Mississippi Hospital Association honors UMMC employee
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October
- Research, sponsored projects funding at UMMC hits $85 million all-time high
- UMHC cancer surgeon earns certification in breast ultrasound
- Mississippi, Alabama telecommunications group donates to Batson Children's Hospital
- In developing rats, antidepressants exposure linked to brain, behavioral abnormalities
- November
- December
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2010
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January
- UMMC patients can check appointment status on toll-free line
- Stringer, Robbins named finalists for UMMC vice chancellor
- UMMC responds to city water crisis, continues patient care
- UMMC to hold groundbreaking for School of Pharmacy
- Waterline breaks close off-campus clinics, hospital operations continue unaffected
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February
- Comcast foundation awards grant to Friends of Children's Hospital for the Reach out and Read program
- SouthGroup sponsors 5k run/walk for friends of Children's hospital
- Chancellor Taps Veteran Faculty for Leadership Roles at Medical Center
- Elementary students to receive free check-up for Give Kids a Smile Day
- Huckabay joins UMMC surgery faculty
- Mississippi's First Lady supports Congenital Heart Awareness Week
- Keeton Accepts Appointment As New Vice Chancellor at UMMC
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March
- Ninth annual radiothon benefits children's hospital
- UMMC physiology professor's research leads national award, lectureship
- UMMC physician receives AMA Foundation Leadership Award
- UMMC receives perfect property audit score from state
- Medical students get matched for residencies
- University transplant guild to hold fund-raising event
- State-of-the-art robotic surgery offers glimpse at UMMC's future
- April
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May
- Clinton resident imparts dignity, respect in UMMC body donor program
- Medical student from Pontotoc receives award for merit, character
- More than 600 receive degrees at UMMC's 54th commencement
- Gibson named chief business development officer of UMHC
- University Sports Medicine hosts coaches conference
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June
- deShazo to step down as chair of the Department of Medicine
- UMMC among nation's best at providing physicians to rural areas
- University Physicians-Women's Specialty Care opens in Flowood
- UHHS Executive Receives Health Care Management Recognition
- UMMC to collaborate on mall clinics with Community Health Center
- Hospital operations continue unaffected by water main break
- UMMC doc helps asthmatics stay out of ER
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July
- UMMC, Mayo Clinic sign agreement to increase translational research and training
- Brain training reverses rats' age-related cognitive decline
- UMMC to take leading role in new $26 million study of Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline
- University of Mississippi Medical Center leads Alzheimer's fight with major new research center
- UMMC doc offers public forum for asthmatics
- Miss Mississippi, Miss Outstanding Teen Mississippi visit Children's Hospital
- August
- September
- October
- November
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December
- School of Nursing receives $1.1M grant to expand partnership with Hinds Community College
- UMMC to play critical role in new effort to improve treatment for wounded service members, civilians
- UMMC achieves new status as accredited chest pain center
- UMMC's annual 'Taste of the U' fund-raising event Feb. 19
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2009
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September
- Helicopter crash victim's family asks for prayers
- Pediatric surgery faculty welcomes Liechty
- Longtime 'L and D' nurse manager to retire after 40 years at UMMC
- New Chair heralds neuroscience growth
- Junior League rocks as years roll
- Concierge service lightens personal load for patients, staff
- Jackson student earns full-tuition scholarship to UMMC
- Jackson native receives full-tuition scholarship to UMMC
- Madison students earn full-tuition scholarships to UMMC
- Benton native receives full-tuition scholarship to UMMC
- UMMC physician gets national award
- Rankin County students earn full-tuition scholarships to UMMC
- UNACARE clinic celebrates 10 years in midtown Jackson
- Noted thoracic surgeon joins UMMC
- Internal medicine specialist joins UMMC faculty
- Kidney specialist joins UMMC faculty
- Children's Hospital competing to win gameroom makeover
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October
- Dentistry faculty, residents bring bright smiles to local kids
- Catfish anti-viral immunity study receives $370,000 federal grant
- UMHC's Radiation Oncology hosts breast cancer awareness event
- Butterfield introduces Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Act along with over 30 co-sponsors
- Batson one of three Children's Miracle Network hospitals to win gameroom makeover
- Minority businesses fete Powe, UMMC
- UMMC hosts first board meeting for new MIND Center
- November
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December
- University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones comments on Dr. Ed Thompson
- Helling aims to elevate UMHC's general surgery profile
- Cleland named to UHHS medical post
- CDC confirms presence of amoeba in transplant donor, recipient
- Statement regarding former employee Jennifer Carter
- Tallulah toddler becomes 100th child to receive cochlear implants at UMMC