A four-year, $10 million investment from a global company focused on HIV will flow into Jackson and Baltimore, Maryland to fight the epidemic facing black men who are gay or bisexual.

Inside a physical exam room at the Clinical Skills Assessment Center, Dawn Bynum was lying on her back and lying her head off.

The Medical Center is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries this week:

25 Years

Dr. Barbara T. Alexander, professor of medicine (Physiology and Biophysics)

15 Years

Pamela Lee, nurse manager, Batson Children's Hospital (Pediatric Psychiatry)

Kathy McKinley, administrative assistant, Transplant Administration

Cheyne Robinson, nurse anesthetist, School of Medicine (Anesthesiology)

Jeffery Smith, medical technologist, Clinical Lab (Serology)

10 Years

Lynda Brassfield, administrative assistant, School of Dentistry (Periodontics and Preventive Sciences)

Earnestine Braxton, unit secretary, Wiser Hospital (Labor and Delivery/Surgery)

Sue Stevens, ambulatory nurse, Bleeding Disorders Clinic

5 Years

Shernica Ferguson, researcher, School of Medicine (Medicine-Infectious Diseases)

Kenyada Hathorn, pharmacy technician, Hospital Retail Pharmacy

Carol Parker, hospitalist clinical coordinator, School of Medicine (Medicine)

Recell Redmond, sergeant, Campus Police

Debbie Scruggs, patient care technician, University Hospital (5 North)

Heather Taylor, nurse anesthetist, School of Medicine (Anesthesiology)

William Wood, ambulatory operations director, University Physicians 

A number of interesting events is scheduled for the upcoming week at the Medical Center.