About Academic Affairs

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About Academic Affairs

Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Verner S. Holmes Learning Resource Center, U170
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 984-5009
AcademicAffairs@umc.edu

Our administrators

Scott M. Rodgers, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Chief Academic Officer
Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior
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Natalie W. Gaughf, PhD, ABPP
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Professor, Family Medicine
Professor, Population Health Science
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Our staff and unit leaders

Bettie Butler, MSL
Director, Business Operations (Academic Affairs)
bbutler@umc.edu
(601) 984-1202

Emily P. Cole, DHA
Senior Director, Enrollment Management
Registrar
epcole@umc.edu
(601) 984-1080

Tabora E. Cook
Senior Director, Mississippi Rural Scholarship Programs
tcook1@umc.edu
(601) 815-9026

Chad Daniels, MA, MS
Director, Business Operations (Student Union)
cdaniels2@umc.edu
(601) 815-5923

Ralph H. Didlake, MD, FACS
Professor, Medicine
Professor, Population Health Science
Professor, Surgery
rdidlake@umc.edu
(601) 815-4951
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Penni S. Foster, PhD
Director, Academic Affiliations
Director, Academic Engagement
Director, UMMC Honors College
Professor, Family Medicine
PSFoster@umc.edu
(601) 815-5064

Yulonda T. Hutton, BA
Academic Affairs Administrator
yhutton@umc.edu
(601) 984-2813

Lida G. Key, MA
Director, Museum of Medical History
Assistant Professor, Academic Information Services
lbgibson@umc.edu
(601) 984-6790
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Elizabeth Hinton McMurphy, EdD, MSIS, AHIP
Director, Rowland Medical Library
Associate Professor, Academic Information Services
ehinton@umc.edu
(601) 984-1239
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Risa S. Moriarity, MD
Associate Chief Faculty Affairs Officer
Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Emergency Medicine
rmoriarity@umc.edu
(601) 815-4158
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Jonathan J.D. Nutt, EdD
Director, Student Services
jnutt@umc.edu
(601) 815-5900

Vickie Skinner, DHA
Senior Director, Continuing Health Professional Education
Assistant Professor, Health Administration
vskinner@umc.edu
(601) 815-5141
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Patrick O. Smith, PhD
Chief Faculty Affairs Officer
Professor, Family Medicine
posmith@umc.edu
(601) 984-5003
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Chelsea P. Stephens, EdD, RT(R)(N)(ARRT), CNMT
Senior Director, Academic Compliance, Effectiveness, and Research
Associate Professor, Radiologic Sciences
clpalmer@umc.edu
(601) 984-2810
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Jeanna D. Wilkes, DHA, MBA, MCA
Special Projects Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
jwilkes@umc.edu
(601) 984-2429
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Our centers, offices, and programs

The centers, offices, and programs within Academic Affairs are as follows:

Our deans council

Thomas E. Dobbs, MD, MPH
Dean, John D. Bower School of Population Health
tdobbs@umc.edu
(601) 984-5560
Faculty Profile
SOPH Home

John "Jay" C. Garner, PhD, CSCS*D
Dean, School of Health Related Professions
jgarner2@umc.edu
(601) 815-4026
Faculty Profile
SHRP Home

Loretta E. Jackson-Williams, MD, PhD, FACEP
Vice Dean for Medical Education, School of Medicine
ljackson@umc.edu
(601) 984-5006
Faculty Profile
SOM Home

Pia Chatterjee Kirk, DDS, MA
Dean, School of Dentistry
pchatterjee@umc.edu
(601) 984-6000
Faculty Profile
SOD Home

Tina M. Martin, PhD, MS
Dean, School of Nursing
tmartin@umc.edu
(601) 984-4950
Faculty Profile
SON Home

Sydney R. Murphy, PhD, MS
Dean, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences
smurphy@umc.edu
(601) 984-1206
Faculty Profile
SGSHS Home

Donna West-Strum, PhD, MS
Dean, UM School of Pharmacy
dstrum@umc.edu
Faculty Profile
UM SOP Home

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