An innovative partnership between UMMC and Mississippi State University aims to solve many of the state's social problems in children through screenings. The effort is funded through a three-year, $10.5 million federal grant. |
![Hope Lodge to help patients focus less on details, more on beating cancer Hope Lodge to help patients focus less on details, more on beating cancer](/news/News_Articles/2017/September/Images/hope-lodge-groundbreaking.jpg) | Officials held a groundbreaking Tuesday for the Gertrude C. Ford Hope Lodge, a "home away from home" for patients who must travel to Jackson for cancer treatment. A project of the American Cancer Society, the lodge will include 32 private rooms and communal kitchens, dining and living areas. |
When Anita Vanderford brought her then-infant daughter Paige Robinson to Dr. Gail Megason for treatment for a blood disorder some 26 years ago, little did she know the three would one day work together to help patients and families at Batson Children’s Hospital. | ![People of the U: Anita Vanderford and Paige Robinson People of the U: Anita Vanderford and Paige Robinson](/news/News_Articles/2017/September/Images/vandorford-robinson-1.jpg) |
![Plastic surgeon, emergency med chief resident join faculty ranks Plastic surgeon, emergency med chief resident join faculty ranks](/news/images/new_faculty.jpg) | Medical Center leadership is proud to announce the following additions to its faculty and leadership staff. |
Research on the interaction between genes and hypertension has landed UMMC's pharmacology chair an excellence award from the American Heart Association, while a poster on intrauterine growth earns an M.D.-Ph.D. student an AHA scientific honor. | ![AHA taps pharmacology chair for research award; M.D.-Ph.D. student's poster wins AHA honor AHA taps pharmacology chair for research award; M.D.-Ph.D. student's poster wins AHA honor](/news/images/ummc_distinctions.jpg) |