About the Office of Academic Affairs

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
Professor, Family Medicine
Professor, Population Health Science
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Bettie Butler, MSL
Director, Business Operations
bbutler@umc.edu
(601) 984-1202

Penni S. Foster, PhD
Director, Academic Affiliations
Director, UMMC Honors College
Professor, Family Medicine
PSFoster@umc.edu
(601) 815-5064
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Yulonda T. Hutton, BA
Executive Assistant
yhutton@umc.edu
(601) 984-1197

Lida G. Key, MA
Director, Museum of Medical History
Assistant Professor, Academic Information Services
lbgibson@umc.edu
(601) 984-6790
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Taylor R. Smith, MACR
Academic Affairs Administrator
trsmith2@umc.edu
(601) 984-2813

Jeanna D. Wilkes, DHA, MBA, MCA
Special Projects Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
jwilkes@umc.edu
(601) 984-2429
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