As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued, the Medical Center has increased its testing capabilities several-fold in the last two months. Now, UMMC is also testing residents and employees of the state's long-term care facilities. |
![Biomedical Materials Science chair earns top educator honor Biomedical Materials Science chair earns top educator honor](/news/News_Articles/2020/05/Images/Jason-Griggs_10.jpg) | Even though Dr. Jason Griggs came from a family of educators, teaching wasn't originally his passion. But 22 years in academia and a lot of effort changed that. |
When the number of heart failure hospitalizations at the Medical Center sank sharply this spring, a cadre of concerned physicians, mostly from UMMC, investigated. Their findings, published in a medical journal this month, finger a likely offender – the one spreading health care havoc here and across the world. | ![Heart failure admissions plummet – is the pandemic to blame? Heart failure admissions plummet – is the pandemic to blame?](/news/News_Articles/2020/05/Images/GettyImages-854289102.jpg) |
![UMMC receives almost $12M in grants, awards during 1Q 2020 UMMC receives almost $12M in grants, awards during 1Q 2020](/news/Miscellaneous/2016/August/images/Grants-Awards-image.jpg) | The University of Mississippi Medical Center garnered 58 new, continuing and revised grants and awards from January-March 2020, totaling $11,986,779. |
Most of the events scheduled this summer at UMMC have been canceled or postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. To see the most recent status of events scheduled at the Medical Center, visit the UMMC Intranet. | ![Upcoming Events hits pause button Upcoming Events hits pause button](/news/Miscellaneous/2019/November/Nov. 14, 2019/Nov. 14 Photos/upcoming_events_430x2050.jpg) |
![Huntsville hospital medical director joins Medical Center faculty Huntsville hospital medical director joins Medical Center faculty](/news/images/new_faculty.jpg) | Medical Center leadership is proud to announce the following addition to its faculty and leadership staff. |
Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of May 25-31. | ![UMMC staff receive service recognition UMMC staff receive service recognition](/news/images/anniversaries.jpg) |