Faculty Directory

Chair

Birdie "Babbette" B. Lamarca, PhD
Chair
bblamarca@umc.edu
601-815-1430
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Professors

Gary "Reid" R. Bishop, PhD
Professor
grbishop@umc.edu
601-984-1600
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George W. Booz, PhD, FAHA
Professor
gbooz@umc.edu
601-984-4401
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Jian-xiong Chen, MD, FAHA
Professor
jchen3@umc.edu
601-984-1731
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Pier Paolo Claudio
Professor
pclaudio@umc.edu
601-984-1600
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Celso E. Gomezsanchez, MD
Professor
cgomez-sanchez@umc.edu
601-368-3844
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Elise P. Gomez-Sanchez, DVM, PhD
Professor
egomez-sanchez@umc.edu
601-984-1589
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Jane F. Reckelhoff, PhD
Director, Women's Health Research Center
Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor
Professor
jreckelhoff@umc.edu
601-984-1502
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Richard J. Roman, PhD
Professor
rroman@umc.edu
601-984-1602
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Damian G. Romero, PhD, FAHA
Professor
dromero@umc.edu
601-984-1523
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Jan M. Williams, PhD
Professor
jmwilliams5@umc.edu
601-984-1175
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Associate Professors

Denise C. Cornelius, PhD
Associate Professor
dcornelius@umc.edu
601-815-1551
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Sydney Murphy, PhD
smurphy@umc.edu
(601) 984-1206
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Kedra Wallace, PhD
kwallace2@umc.edu
(601) 984-5396
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Licy L. Yanes Cardozo, MD
Associate Professor
lyanes@umc.edu
601-984-5525
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Assistant Professors

Lorena M. Amaral, PhD
Assistant Professor
lmamaral@umc.edu
601-815-1401
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Sheila S. Belk
Assistant Professor
sbelk@umc.edu
601-984-1690
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Evangeline M. Deer, PhD
Assistant Professor
edeer@umc.edu
601-815-1447
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Kristin S. Edwards, PhD
Assistant Professor
kedwards1@umc.edu
601-815-3423
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Noha M. Elsayed, PhD
Assistant Professor
nelsayed@umc.edu
601-984-1500
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Samar Rezq, PhD
Assistant Professor
srezq@umc.edu
601-984-1500
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Heng Zeng, MD
Assistant Professor
hzeng@umc.edu
601-984-1611
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Instructors

Corbin A. Shields, PhD
Instructor
cashields@umc.edu
601-984-1697
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Venkata Ramana "Ramana" Vaka
Instructor
rvaka@umc.edu
601-984-1553
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Affiliated Faculty

• Gene Bidwell, PhD - Professor, Chief of Neurology Basic Science Research Division, Interim Associate Director of Basic Science Research
• Mazen Kurdi, PhD - Affiliate Assistant Professor
• Frank T. Spradley, PhD - Associate Professor, Director of Basic Science Research in Surgery
• Richard L. Summers, MD - Professor, Chair of Emergency Medicine