Xiaoshan "Judy" Z. Gordy, PhD
Director
Department:
SON-Instruction School Nursing
Email:
xgordy@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-4914
Education
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, PhD, Clinical Health Sciences | 2017 |
| Xi'an Jiaotong University, MA, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | 2006 |
| Anqing Normal University, BA, English Education | 2003 |
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Nursing | 08/2024 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Health Related Professions, Department of Health Sciences | 07/2019 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Director of Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Health Related Professions | 10/2022 - 08/2024 |
| Program Director of Master of Health Systems Administration Program & Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Leadership and Management Program, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Health Related Professions | 05/2022 - 08/2024 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Zhang Z, Gordy X.Z, Zhang L. Obesity Prevalence and Trend Among Mississippi High-School Students: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) 2001–2021 Obesities. 2025; 5(1):6. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5010006 | 2025 |
| Daniels JB, Wilcox KC, Colson ST, Brown MR, Devaul DP, Pannell WC, Gordy XZ Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress among Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistants in Mississippi: A Cross-Sectional Study Journal of Mississippi Medical Association (2024) 65 (1/2). | 2024 |
| DeVaul D, Reulet B, Daniels J, Zhu X, Wilkins R, & Gordy XZ Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress among Respiratory Therapists in Mississippi: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Respiration,2023; 3(4), 191-199 | 2023 |
| Miller J, Gordy XZ, Franklin E Education as a tool to combat HIV stigma Journal of Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 2024, 68(4). | 2023 |
| DeVaul D, Burrell A, Lyles K, Reulet B, Cole K, Reulet CA, Dear C, Gordy XZ Exploring Technological Challenges and Growth in Faculty Transition to Remote Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study Education Sciences,2023; 13(8):833. | 2023 |
| Lim CS, Robinson J, Hinton E, Gordy XZ, Gamble A, Compretta C, Holmes ME, Ravola M School-based obesity prevention programs in rural communities: a scoping review JBI Evidence Synthesis 20(12):p 2936-2985, December 2022. | 2022 |
| Gordy XZ; DeVaul D; Morton ME; Callahan KB; Burrell A; Schmitz TW; Reulet B The Impact of COVID-19 on Faculty Technological Knowledge Development at an Academic Medical Center Educ. Sci. 2022, 12, 643. | 2022 |
| Palokas M, Christian R, Hinton E, Duhe R, Thomas T, Torres E, Jordan C, Gordy XZ, Sharma M, Gomillia Barriers and facilitators to cancer clinical trial enrollment and participation among rural populati JBI Evid Synth. 2022 Jul 1;20(7):1827-1834. | 2022 |
| Torres ER, Williams PR, Kassahun-Yimer W, Gordy XZ Crossword Puzzles and Knowledge Retention Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 5(1). | 2022 |
| Gordy XZ, Bagwell, J, Jones, P, Ferrell, C, Kolbo J, Camp L, Zhang L Trends and Subgroup Comparisons in Overweight and Obesity Prevalence among Mississippi Public School Students, 2005-2019. Journal of Mississippi State Medical Association, 63(4). | 2022 |
| Marble KY, Briggs GR, Gordy XZ Improvements for the Prior Authorization Process for Elective Surgical Procedures at an Academic Medical Center Perspectives in Health Information Management, Volume 19 (1) | 2022 |
| Zhang L, Gordy XZ, Kolbo J, Johnson J Prevalence and subgroup comparisons of obesity and severe obesity among Mississippi public school students Preventive Medicine Reports, Volume 23. | 2021 |
| Gordy XZ, Sparkmon W, Imeri H, Notebaert A, Barnard M, Compretta C, Dehon E, Taylor J, Stray S, Sullivan D, Rockhold RW. Science Teaching Excites Medical Interest: A Qualitative Inquiry of Science Education during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Education Sciences 2021; 11(4):148. | 2021 |
| Gordy XZ, Carr E, Zhang L & Bailey J. A Multi-disciplinary Mixed-Methods Study of Group Dynamics in Active Learning Space Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 20(3) | 2020 |
| King, M., Nittala, M., Gordy, X., Roberts, P., Lirette, S., Vengaloor Thomas, T. Vijayakumar, S Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations for General and Specific Populations in the Western Nations European Medical Journal | 2020 |
| Stray S., Gordy X., Sullivan D., Bender S., Cook C., McKone K, Stokes J, Rockhold R. Base Pair: 28 years of Sustained High School Biomedical Research Mentorship Driving Health Sciences Career Progression J STEM Outreach, 3(3) | 2020 |
| Vengaloor Thomas T, Gordy XZ, Lirette ST, Albert AA, Gordy DP, Vijayakumar S, & Vijayakumar V Lack of Racial Survival Differences in Metastatic Prostate Cancer in National Cancer Data Base (NCDB): A Different Finding Compared to Non-metastatic Disease Frontiers in Oncology, 10(1836). | 2020 |
| Herring, A., Kolbo, J., Choi, H., Gordy, X.Z., Harbaugh, B., Molaison, E., Hardin, L., Ismail, O. Breastfeeding History, Preschool Children's Sleep, and Obesity Compr Child Adolesc Nurs | 2020 |
| Vengaloor Thomas T, Packianathan S, Bhanat E, Albert A, Abraham A, Gordy XZ, Kanakamedala M, Mehta D, Vijayakumar S Oligometastatic head and neck cancer: Comprehensive review Comprehensive review. Head & Neck. 2020; 1– 8. | 2020 |
| Gordy XZ, Zhang L, Sullivan AL, Bailey JH & Carr EO Teaching and Learning in an Active Learning Classroom – A Mixed-Methods Empirical Cohort Study Journal of Dental Education, 83(3):342-50 | 2019 |
| Gordy DP, Gordy XZ, Lirette S, Vijayakumar S, Vijayakuma V Bone metastatic prostate cancer among African Americans: The survival equivalence paradox Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation 55(1): 109-115. | 2019 |
| Gordy XZ, Jones EM, Bailey JH. Technological Innovation or Educational Evolution? A Multi-disciplinary Qualitative Inquiry into Active Learning Classrooms. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 18(2). | 2018 |
| Gordy X.Z., Zhang L, Sullivan AL, Haynie L, Richards-Moore L, Bailey JH. A Multi-Disciplinary Empirical Investigation of Active Learning Classroom’s Effects on Student learning. Interdisciplinary Education and Psychology, 2(1):3. | 2018 |
Presentations
| Platform Presentations, The Perceptions of Faculty and Students Regarding Artificial Intelligence Usage in Education at an Academic Medical Center, 88th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting 2024, Hattiesburg, MS | 02/2024 |
| Platform Presentations, Population Health/Mental Health/Social Life Style and Stress, 88th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting 2024, Hattiesburg, MS | 02/2024 |
| Platform Presentations, A Mixed-Methods Study of Faculty Emergency Remote Teaching Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 39th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, New Orleans | 09/2023 |
| Poster Presentation, Overweight and obesity prevalence and trends among Mississippi public school students, 2005-2019, 2022 Mississippi Public Health Association (MPHA) conference, Flowood, MS | 04/2022 |
| Poster Presentation, Trends and subgroup comparisons in overweight and obesity prevalence among Mississippi public school students, 2005-2019, The Inaugural SON Research and Scholarship Day., Flowood, MS | 03/2022 |
| Platform Presentations, The Impact of 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic on Science Education – A Qualitative Inquiry into Science Teachers’ Experiences, NIH SciEd, Virtual | 05/2021 |
| Platform Presentations, A Match Made in STEM: Expanding K-12 Outreach through Collaborative Partnerships, NIH SciEd, Virtual | 05/2021 |
| Platform Presentations, The Lack of Racial Survival Differences in Metastatic Prostate Cancer in National Cancer Data Base (NCDB): A Paradox Compared to Non-metastatic Disease, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, Virtual | 10/2020 |
| Poster Presentation, Group Dynamics in Active Learning Classrooms., The 23rd Annual American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS), Las Vegas, NV | 02/2020 |
| Poster Presentation, Group Dynamics in Active Learning Classrooms., The 4th Annual Conference on Academic Research in Education (CARE), Las Vegas, NV | 02/2020 |
| Poster Presentation, A Multi-disciplinary Mixed-Methods Study of Group Dynamics in Active Learning Space, The 31st Symposium & Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine, New Orleans, LA | 11/2019 |
| Platform Presentations, Active Learning Classrooms – In the Eye of Learners, 35th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Hattiesburg, MS | 02/2019 |
| Platform Presentations, A Multi-disciplinary Mixed-Methods Cohort Study Exploring the Impact of Active Learning Classrooms on Teaching and Learning, A Multi-disciplinary Mixed-Methods Cohort Study Exploring the Impact of Active Learning Classrooms on Teaching and Learning, New York City | 08/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Teaching and Learning in an Active Learning Classroom, 23rd Annual School of Health Related Professions Research Day, Jackson, MS | 04/2018 |
| Platform Presentations, Teaching and Learning in an Active Learning Classroom – A Mixed-Methods Case Study, 34th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Charlotte, NC | 03/2018 |
| Platform Presentations, Active Learning Classrooms – Successes and Challenges, Creating Futures through Technology 2018, Biloxi, MS | 02/2018 |
| Platform Presentations, A Multi-disciplinary Qualitative Inquiry into Active Learning Classrooms., 30th Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Las Vegas, NV | 02/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring the Impact of Active Learning Classrooms on Teaching and learning., 22nd Annual School of Health Related Professions Research Day, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 04/2017 |
| Platform Presentations, Active Learning Classrooms – Technological Innovation or Educational Evolution?, 33rd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Gulfport, MS | 03/2017 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, John D. Bower School of Population Health | 2022 |
| Scholastic Award, John D. Bower School of Population Health | 2022 |
| Teacher of the Year, School of Health Related Professions | 2022 |
| 2022 Class of the Nelson Order, UMMC | 2022 |
| Finalist for the 2022 Regions TEACH Prize, UMMC | 2022 |
| 2021 EDUCAUSE Scholar, EDUCAUSE | 2021 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Alpha Eta Society, Member | 2015 - Present |
| Phi Kappa Phi, Member | 2013 - Present |
Committee Service
| MEDICAL CENTER-CENTERS AND INSTITUTES, Chair | 2024 - Present |
| SOPH - Program Review Committee, Member | 2023 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-CENTERS AND INSTITUTES, Member | 2022 - 2024 |
| Technology Development Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Best Practices Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS-ADMISSIONS, Chair | 2022 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-CENTERS AND INSTITUTES, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Instructional Design Committee, Member | 2020 - Present |
| UMMC Health Information Management Advisory Committee, Member | 2020 - Present |
| UMMC Health Informatics Advisory Committee, Member | 2020 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS-RESEARCH AFFAIRS, Chair | 2019 - Present |
| School of Health Related Professions - Policies and Procedures, Member | 2019 - Present |
| School of Health Related Professions - Technology Development, Member | 2019 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS-ADMISSIONS, Member | 2019 - 2022 |
Community Service
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mississippi, Volunteer | 06/2021 - Present |
| American Heart Association Heart Walk, Team Coach | 10/2019 - 11/2019 |
| St. Paul Catholic Church, Volunteer | 2015 - Present |
Other Service
| Open Education Studies, Reviewer, Journal Article | 05/2024 - Present |
| “Online Teaching”, ANAT 743 – Pedagogy, Graduate Program in Clinical Anatomy, Guest Lecturer | 04/2024 - 04/2024 |
| American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting, Health Administration, Reviewer, Conference Paper | 04/2024 - 05/2024 |
| Healthcare, Reviewer, Journal Article | 03/2024 - Present |
| Nursing Reports, Reviewer, Journal Article | 03/2024 - Present |
| 88th Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Poster judge | 02/2024 - 02/2024 |
| Applied Environmental Education and Communication, Reviewer, Journal Article | 2024 - Present |
| Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) Speed Mentoring Meet & Greet for Promotion and Tenure, Mentor | 12/2023 - 12/2023 |
| Societies, Reviewer, Journal Article | 12/2023 - Present |
| Plos One, Reviewer, Journal Article | 12/2023 - Present |
| “Publishing Educational Research”, ANAT 722 Topics in Contemporary Anatomy, Graduate Program in Clinical Anatomy, Guest Lecturer | 11/2023 - 11/2023 |
| “Survey Design”, ANAT 722 Topics in Contemporary Anatomy, Graduate Program in Clinical Anatomy, Guest lecturer | 11/2023 - 11/2023 |
| Applied Biosciences, Reviewer, Journal Article | 11/2023 - Present |
| Journal of Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Editor of Special Edition - Education | 10/2023 - Present |
| Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, Reviewer, Journal Article | 10/2023 - Present |
| Health Education Journal, Reviewer, Journal Article | 07/2023 - Present |
| SHRP Faculty Mentoring Program, Program Organizer | 06/2023 - Present |
| EDUCAUSE 2023 Annual Conference, Reviewer, Conference Paper | 05/2023 - 05/2023 |
| American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting, the Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health program, Reviewer, Conference Paper | 04/2023 - 05/2023 |
| Social Sciences, Reviewer, Journal Article | 04/2023 - Present |
| EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting, Reviewer, Conference Paper | 03/2023 - 03/2023 |
| Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Co-Vice Chair | 02/2023 - 03/2024 |
| 87th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Poster judge | 02/2023 - 02/2023 |
| Alzheimer’s State Plan Research Alliance, Member | 12/2022 - Present |
| Science Education Session 39th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Co-Chair | 09/2022 - 09/2023 |
| Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care, Reviewer, Journal Article | 07/2022 - Present |
| Journal of Science Education and Technology, Reviewer, Journal Article | 07/2022 - Present |
| Behavioral Sciences, Reviewer, Journal Article | 06/2022 - Present |
| EDUCAUSE 2022 Annual Conference, Reviewer, Conference Paper | 05/2022 - 05/2022 |
| EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting, Reviewer, Conference Paper | 05/2022 - 05/2022 |
| BMC Medical Education, Reviewer, Journal Article | 05/2022 - Present |
| Journal of Health and Environmental Research, Editorial Review Board Member | 02/2022 - Present |
| SHRP Research Writing Group, Program Organizer | 08/2021 - Present |
| The Educational and Developmental Psychologist, Reviewer, Journal Article | 08/2021 - Present |
| EDUCAUSE 2021 Annual Conference, Reviewer, Conference Paper | 05/2021 - 05/2021 |
| Education Sciences, Reviewer, Journal Article | 05/2021 - Present |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Reviewer, Journal Article | 05/2021 - Present |
| Sustainability, Reviewer, Journal Article | 05/2021 - Present |
| 37th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Co-Chair | 12/2020 - 12/2021 |
| Journal of STEM Outreach, Reviewer, Journal Article | 10/2020 - Present |
| EDUCAUSE 2020 Annual Conference, Reviewer, Conference Paper | 05/2020 - 05/2020 |
| SHRP Annual Research Day, Program Organizer | 12/2019 - Present |
| 31st Symposium & Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine, Poster judge | 11/2019 - 11/2019 |
| 2019 Mississippi IDeA conference, Poster judge | 08/2019 - 08/2019 |
| UMMC Professional Development courses, Reviewer | 08/2019 - Present |
| 35th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Oral presentation judge | 02/2019 - 02/2019 |
| 83rd Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Poster judge | 02/2019 - 02/2019 |
| Big IDEAs for Improving the Lives of Mississippians, 2018 Mississippi IDeA conference, Poster judge | 07/2018 - 07/2018 |
Teaching Experience
| HS326, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Human Resources | Fall 2020 |
| HS420, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Leadership Development | Spring 2020 |
| MHSA 653, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Research for Health Professionals | Summer |
| BHSA 401, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Global Health | Summer |
| BHSA 311, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Intro to Research | Spring |
| HS455, SHRP, Course, Grader, Capstone Seminar | Spring |
| BHSA 300, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Survey of Health Care Delivery | Summer |
| BHSA 330, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Intro to Stats | Fall |
| MHSA 612, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Data Analysis and Outcomes Assessment | Spring |
| HI 337, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Healthcare Statistics | Summer |
| HI 605, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Applied Healthcare Stats | Fall |
| HI 338, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Intro to Research | Spring |
| HI 419, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Intro to Biostatistics | Fall |
| HI337, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Healthcare statistics | Summer |
| HI605, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Applied Health Care Statistics | Fall |
| MHSA 652, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Program Development (Capstone 1) | Fall |
| MHSA 699, SHRP, Course, Lecturer, Integrated Health Care Leadership (Capstone 2) | Spring |
| PHN 720, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Methods and Analysis I | Spring |
Directed Student Learning
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Respiratory-Driven Protocols on Patients’ Outcomes in the Medical Intensive Care Unit of an Academic Medical Center | 2023 - 2024 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, An Analysis of Student and Faculty Perceptions of Course Evaluations at the University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2023 - 2024 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Enhancing the Occupational Safety of Construction Site Workers through Safety and Health Training | 2023 - 2024 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Professional Quality of Life Among Home Healthcare Workers at VitalCaring Group Gulfport | 2023 - 2024 |
| Peer Coder, An Exploration of the Quality of Life and Wellness Among Faculty at One Academic Medical Center in the Southeast | 2023 - 2023 |
| Peer Coder, An Exploration of the Sense of Belonging Among Medical Students at One Academic Medical Center in the Southeastern United States | 2023 - 2023 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, A comparison of student support initiatives by offices or departments leading campus diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts at academic medical centers | 2022 - 2023 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, The Quality of Life Among Family Caregivers Providing Care for Individuals with Cognitive Impairment Disorders in Mississippi Using BRFSS Data | 2022 - 2023 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Timely Referrals for Arteriovenous Dialysis Access Creation | 2022 - 2023 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Implementation of Robotic Liquid Handlers for COVID-19 Testing | 2021 - 2022 |
| Peer coder, Perceptions of Hospital Leaders Regarding the Transition to a New Pediatric Health Care Facility | 2020 - 2021 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, The Improvement of the Hand Hygiene Process by Eliminating Known Monitors | 2020 - 2021 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Member, Increasing Compliance in Stereotactic Breast Biopsies Advised: | 2019 - 2020 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Member, Health Concerns Associated with Xylene Exposure in Histology: protocol for a systematic review Advised: | 2019 - 2020 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Reducing Occupational Radiation Exposure by Encouraging the Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Advised: | 2019 - 2020 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Improvements for the Prior Authorization Process for Elective Surgical Procedures at an Academic Medical Center Advised: | 2019 - 2020 |
| Dissertation Defense Committee Member, Experiences and Perceptions of Implementing Digital Classrooms at an Academic Medical Center Advised: | 2019 - 2020 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, An Investigation of Dental Students’ Ergonomic Practices at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Advised: | 2019 - 2020 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Member, ICARE Reporting: Addressing Barriers to Improve Communication & Impact Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care at UMMC Advised: | 2018 - 2019 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Improving Radiology Reports Turnaround Times Advised: | 2018 - 2019 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Member, Capturing Quality Assessments: The Impact of Staff and Community Education on Child Behavior Checklist Assessment Completion Advised: | 2018 - 2019 |