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Internal Steering Committee

Members of the Internal Steering Committee are chosen for their expertise in mentoring, their leadership at UMMC and for their scientific expertise. They are leaders of major research units at UMMC and help to develop strong liaisons between the Center and other key research units.

Portrait of Dr. John HallJohn E. Hall, PhD, is the Director of the Mississippi Center for Obesity Research and the Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at UMMC.
Portrait of Dr. April CarsonApril Carson, PhD, is the Director and PI of the Jackson Heart Study. She is also a professor in the Department of Medicine at UMMC.
Portrait of Dr. Barbara AlexanderBarbara Alexander, PhD, is the Director of the Analytical and Assay Laboratory and a Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at UMMC.
Portrait of Dr. Jane ReckelhoffJane F. Reckelhoff, PhD, is a Billy S. Guyton Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the Director of the Women's Health Research Center at UMMC.
Portrait of Dr. Erin TaylorErin Taylor, PhD, is the Director of the Omics, Bioinformatics, and Flow Cytometry Core and Assistant Professor of Physiology & Biophysics at UMMC.
Portrait of Dr. Gene BidwellGene L. Bidwell III, PhD, is Associate Vice Chancellor for Research. He is also a Professor and Research Division Chief in the Department of Neurology, as well as Professor of both Cell & Molecular Biology and Pharmacology at UMMC. 
Portrait of Dr. Joey Granger

Joey Granger, PhD, is the former Dean of the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, Director of the Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (MCCTR), and a Professor of Physiology in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at UMMC.

Portrait of Dr. James RowlettJames Rowlett, PhD, is the Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Discovery in Addictions and Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at UMMC.

 

Portrait of Dr. David StecDavid Stec, PhD, is the Director of the Transgenic Core, Director of the Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center, and Professor of Physiology & Biophysics at the UMMC