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Dr. Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz, assistant professor of population health science, hopes her study will bring awareness to the complexity of factors contributing to poor breast cancer outcomes in all women.

Persistent mortgage discrimination linked to breast cancer disparities, study shows

Monday, March 25, 2024

The study of 1,764 women diagnosed with breast cancer found that those living in historically redlined areas were more likely to have negative outcomes. Read More

Dr. Harry Pantazopoulos, assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, examines a human hypothalamus sample while Hunter Matkins, researcher, observes.

Brain studies examine role of hippocampus in autism, substance abuse

Monday, March 18, 2024

Two new studies from UMMC researchers could have promising implications for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and substance use disorder. Read More

Q2 grants and awards surpass $18.6 million

Faculty and staff received 76 funded grants and awards during the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, with several garnering multiple funded projects.

Published on Monday, March 11, 2024

Hester elected American Physiological Society president

Dr. Robert Hester is the 10th UMMC faculty member or trainee to lead the “premier” society for physiologists.

Published on Monday, March 11, 2024

Hall receives SEC award

Dr. Michael Hall, already the recipient of several honors, has won the SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Mississippi.

Published on Monday, February 26, 2024

Dobbs named endowed Chair for the Study of Health Disparities

Created 19 years ago by the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, the endowment will aid SOPH in hiring new staff and better addressing health-related social needs in Jackson not funded by grants.

Published on Monday, January 22, 2024

Q1 grants and awards exceed $23 million

Published on Monday, December 18, 2023

Top investigators recognized with Excellence in Research Awards

Published on Monday, December 11, 2023

NIH grants account for more than half of all research funding at UMMC

Published on Monday, November 27, 2023

Physician-scientist returns to UMMC pipeline

Published on Monday, November 20, 2023

The Marshall plan: A stronger partnership between community, academic allergists is new ACAAI president’s goal

Published on Monday, November 13, 2023

Research enterprise surpasses $96M in funds

Published on Monday, September 25, 2023

Researchers recruit study participants for treatment of long COVID

Published on Monday, July 31, 2023

Granger retires after 33 years at UMMC

Published on Monday, June 26, 2023

UMMC researchers help map gut health in children

Published on Monday, June 12, 2023

Q3 grants and awards surpass $20.8 million

Published on Tuesday, May 30, 2023

UMMC seeks participants for immunity supplement study

Published on Monday, April 24, 2023

New center to study genetic origins of diseases, innovative treatment

Published on Monday, April 10, 2023

UMMC fills neurology gap with first-time inpatient telehealth evaluations

Published on Monday, April 3, 2023

Compretta juggles multiple grants, projects aimed at addressing health equity

Published on Monday, January 30, 2023

Balance is best when it comes to fighting obesity in children, UMMC experts say

Published on Monday, January 23, 2023

Q1 awards and grants reach nearly $30 million

Published on Monday, December 5, 2022

Violence research focus of $7.5M grants to School of Nursing

Published on Monday, October 10, 2022

Granger strives to strengthen pipeline of research talent, research infrastructure

Published on Monday, October 3, 2022

Dobbs takes helm of Population Health, determined to make a healthier state

Published on Monday, September 19, 2022