Welcome to the UMMC News Archive. Past news articles can be found according to their publication year in the list below.
We hope you find what you are looking for regarding achievements, accomplishments and advancements at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. For more information, contact the Office of Communications and Marketing at (601) 984-1100, or email communications@umc.edu.
| January 2019 | ‹ go back |
| The best things in life – liver transplants included - are worth the wait | 01/03/2019 |
| SOD to offer free week of care during Dental Mission Week | 01/04/2019 |
| Emergency campus blood drive to allow UMMC community to give back | 01/07/2019 |
| UMMC growing its robotic surgery program and necessary expertise | 01/07/2019 |
| Sanderson Farms Championship host sets record with $1.25 M gift to Friends of Children’s Hospital | 01/10/2019 |
| Student-led food drive diverts surplus to soup kitchen | 01/10/2019 |
| Batson legacy lives on in UMMC, statewide pediatric advancements | 01/14/2019 |
| Refurbished newspaper machines get new lives as Children's little libraries | 01/14/2019 |
| Thriving after heart transplant, tragic fire, Gabbi Smith turns 1 | 01/17/2019 |
| Asylum Hill grant boosts mission to record descendants’ stories | 01/17/2019 |
| Five years of health care progress: UMMC Grenada looks to the future | 01/24/2019 |
| People of the U: Gary Reeves | 01/24/2019 |
| SOD first to offer anesthesia training to hygiene students | 01/24/2019 |
| CMNH selects ‘amazing’ Aubrey Armstrong Mississippi's Champion | 01/25/2019 |
| Jackson Heart, tobacco study link smoking, peripheral artery disease | 01/28/2019 |
| Hattiesburg Clinic, UMMC announce collaboration to boost quality care | 01/31/2019 |
| Population Health invites UMMC Family to play BINGO | 01/31/2019 |
| Nation’s top dentist addresses students at his alma mater | 01/31/2019 |
| Wiser nurse earns Good Catch; Dermatology makes SKINPACT | 01/31/2019 |
| February 2019 | ‹ go back |
| People of the U: Alana Bowman, Dr. Jason Griggs | 02/04/2019 |
| A movable feast: Librarian returns artifacts found during lunchtime rambles | 02/04/2019 |
| UMMC change managers inspire consistent delivery, excellent care | 02/04/2019 |
| SPRINT study shows lowering BP may help memory, cognition | 02/07/2019 |
| Video: SOD provides care for hundreds of JPS elementary students | 02/07/2019 |
| EversCare food pantry partnership helps feed patients in need | 02/07/2019 |
| As flu spikes in state, experts offer advice on treatment, prevention | 02/07/2019 |
| Video: ENT students, staff give back to Mississippi Food Network | 02/11/2019 |
| SOD alumni board names former MDA president Alumnus of the Year | 02/11/2019 |
| School of Nursing moving, growing in Oxford | 02/11/2019 |
| SOD serves more than 1,000 during third Dental Mission Week | 02/11/2019 |
| Stem cell donation is start of Staursky’s overall plan | 02/12/2019 |
| More accessible research partnerships lead to greater medical progress | 02/18/2019 |
| SHRP Alumnus of Year uses D.H.A. skills to lead Children’s of Mississippi | 02/18/2019 |
| Community, training centers add to Jackson Heart Study's mission | 02/21/2019 |
| Sharing the pain: Students from four disciplines simulate patient care | 02/21/2019 |
| UMMC-Anderson collaboration brings specialty peds care closer to Meridian-area patients | 02/21/2019 |
| Periodontics chair, D3 student, SON earn awards | 02/21/2019 |
| MS Miracles Radiothon to broadcast from new location: Student Union | 02/25/2019 |
| IHL names SGSHS student affairs head top diversity educator | 02/25/2019 |
| SON students, VA nurses form unique partnership | 02/25/2019 |
| Murmur of the heart: Editor’s zeal pumps life into student journal | 02/28/2019 |
| Three decades a UMMC anesthesiologist, Brunson takes on new role | 02/28/2019 |
| March 2019 | ‹ go back |
| A 'culture of care:' Pediatrician translates lessons from family to clinic | 03/04/2019 |
| Mississippi Miracles Radiothon tops $500K for third consecutive year | 03/04/2019 |
| Video: 4N staff promote washing hands every time | 03/07/2019 |
| SGSHS REACHes elementary students for science education | 03/07/2019 |
| After battling infections, Grenada boy 'back in the game' | 03/11/2019 |
| Run-and-gun mentor: In academic medicine, Brodell runs full-court press | 03/11/2019 |
| Jeopardy! competitor, UMMC experts lend perspective to host's diagnosis | 03/11/2019 |
| Video: Med students meet their Match on one of 'best days of the year’ | 03/18/2019 |
| Be-HIP focuses on mental health services for high-risk infants, preschoolers | 03/18/2019 |
| New collaboration will give first responders technology tools to save lives | 03/21/2019 |
| SON recognized for outstanding work in medically underserved Delta school district | 03/21/2019 |
| UMMC researcher’s pioneering work gives rise to new severe depression drug | 03/21/2019 |
| You Be the Chemist: SOD hosts middle school chemistry competition | 03/25/2019 |
| Touching base daily by telehealth helps BMT patients recover more quickly | 03/25/2019 |
| Maihle joins UMMC Cancer Institute | 03/26/2019 |
| Talent Development Series helps UMMC employees Prepare for Success | 03/27/2019 |
| Hope Lodge goal: Patients more focused on their cancer fight | 03/28/2019 |
| April 2019 | ‹ go back |
| Children’s Heart growth, leadership attract second pediatric heart surgeon | 04/01/2019 |
| Adult congenital heart program receives coveted national accolade | 04/04/2019 |
| Photos: UMMC celebrates Public Health Week | 04/04/2019 |
| Medical school dream no longer haunts ground-breaking student | 04/08/2019 |
| Population Health lecture addresses sickness, wellness in U.S. | 04/08/2019 |
| SON, NIH team up to reduce cervical cancer in Mississippi | 04/11/2019 |
| Integrative Health gives quality of life to patients with chronic diseases | 04/11/2019 |
| Base Pair earns community engagement kudos from Ole Miss | 04/15/2019 |
| In grief, despite tragedy, families generously give gift of life | 04/15/2019 |
| Patients, families' committee service helps shape care, experience at UMMC | 04/15/2019 |
| When seconds count, 'Stop the Bleed' can save a life | 04/18/2019 |
| DOM, Barksdale Lecturer: Data-driven medicine speeds progress | 04/18/2019 |
| UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute boasts new name, strong goals | 04/22/2019 |
| Alon Bee to honor wife’s memory with naming of private NICU room | 04/22/2019 |
| UMMC renames room for beloved SOM educator, father figure | 04/22/2019 |
| Taking up residents: Projects pursue greater doctor relevance, well-being | 04/22/2019 |
| Giving TWOsday doubles campaign donations through April 30 | 04/25/2019 |
| Service commemorates body donors' gifts to students, future patients | 04/25/2019 |
| 100-Day Workout gives voice – and action – to employee suggestions | 04/29/2019 |
| SOPH academic life study, website fight faculty burnout | 04/29/2019 |
| May 2019 | ‹ go back |
| Video: Healing Arts offer much-needed emotional, visual medicine | 05/02/2019 |
| Say it with food and fun: UMMC appreciates its employees | 05/02/2019 |
| ER tragedy poses life lesson for professor – and parent | 05/02/2019 |
| New CNO brings hospital expansion experience to Children’s of Mississippi | 05/06/2019 |
| New patient floor helps meet UMMC’s capacity needs | 05/06/2019 |
| Graduate Medical Education's goal? Building residency relationships | 05/09/2019 |
| Physiologist claims UMMC's top educator honor | 05/09/2019 |
| Digital first: Online certificate programs expand graduate opportunities | 05/13/2019 |
| #UMMCGrad19: SGSHS student says 'yes' to selfless excellence | 05/16/2019 |
| #UMMCGrad19: Powell's resume includes CNN, GMA, ABC – and now, M.D. | 05/16/2019 |
| Gold Humanism celebrates 'other half' of being a doctor | 05/16/2019 |
| UMMC's patient safety efforts take big leap forward | 05/16/2019 |
| Photos: Gurney racers gun for Golden Stethoscope | 05/20/2019 |
| #UMMCGrad19: Nigeria-born SON graduate hopes to open pediatric clinic in home country | 05/20/2019 |
| #UMMCGrad19: MHS Program bolsters flight nurse’s career opportunities | 05/20/2019 |
| 10 years and counting: AirCare2 celebrates anniversary in east-central Mississippi | 05/20/2019 |
| New study at UMMC to explore disease risk factors in rural South | 05/21/2019 |
| #UMMCGrad19: From cafeteria worker to dentist, Alper Coban stands out for work ethic and research experience | 05/23/2019 |
| Project SEARCH grads ready to work at UMMC, in community | 05/23/2019 |
| #UMMCGrad19: Pharmacy class president to PGY1, Elizabeth Hearn continues growth at UMMC | 05/23/2019 |
| #UMMCGrad19: First SOPH grads dig into data | 05/23/2019 |
| UMMC confers 853 degrees in health sciences professions | 05/24/2019 |
| Illness keeps rad sciences student from Commencement, not graduation | 05/30/2019 |
| Study seeks to understand RURAL residents' health challenges | 05/30/2019 |
| #UMMCGrad19: Graduates to touch lives through healing arts | 05/30/2019 |
| June 2019 | ‹ go back |
| New award celebrates UMMC employees’ excellence | 06/03/2019 |
| New chaplain position helps SOM students develop holistic care approach | 06/03/2019 |
| ‘Before her time:’ Former interim CEO leaves lasting impact on UMMC | 06/03/2019 |
| Visual management boards give frontline staff care solutions forum | 06/10/2019 |
| Photos: Colorful sigs make patients, providers part of peds expansion | 06/10/2019 |
| Capital Ortho to serve as UMMC resident training facility | 06/11/2019 |
| Maternal Fetal Medicine brings care team together for mothers, babies | 06/17/2019 |
| First tooth controls where and when the rest come in | 06/17/2019 |
| Retiring facilities executive accentuates the positive during 47-year career | 06/24/2019 |
| School of Dentistry opens state-of-the-art technology center for students | 06/24/2019 |
| Descendants of asylum patients to share stories at archival event | 06/24/2019 |
| CHAMPS, UMMC to launch new breastfeeding education modules | 06/24/2019 |
| UMMC pediatric expansion grows to full seven-story height | 06/27/2019 |
| Enterprise resource conversion represents dawn of new Workday | 06/28/2019 |
| July 2019 | ‹ go back |
| Residents, welcome to your new life – beginning today | 07/01/2019 |
| In unique collaboration, UMMC physicians to offer services at Merit Health Madison facility | 07/03/2019 |
| Registrar redux: Westerfield reminiscently passes gavel | 07/08/2019 |
| State’s only pediatric headache specialist eases young patients' pain | 07/15/2019 |
| UMMC’s antimicrobial stewardship program receives national kudos | 07/15/2019 |
| Support group offers solace, guidance to Alzheimer’s caregivers | 07/15/2019 |
| HRSA bolsters Telehealth's mission: research, innovation, quality care | 07/22/2019 |
| Think your hearing is just fine? Consider these study results | 07/22/2019 |
| Spine surgeon’s life cycles through patient care, administrative duties, retirement | 07/29/2019 |
| Six-month cannabidiol drug trial at UMMC gets one-year extension | 07/29/2019 |
| Photos: Football players kick off fun for Children’s of Mississippi patients | 07/29/2019 |
| August 2019 | ‹ go back |
| New initiative aims to educate providers about human trafficking | 08/05/2019 |
| U.S. News lists UMMC's cancer program among tops in nation | 08/05/2019 |
| Miss Mississippi pairs organ donation platform with UMMC transplant program visit | 08/08/2019 |
| Video: Science is a SURE thing at UMMC | 08/12/2019 |
| Well-being focus nets UMMC Healthiest Workplaces kudos | 08/12/2019 |
| New division to expand genetic testing as a health care force | 08/12/2019 |
| People of the U: Dr. Frank Han | 08/15/2019 |
| Anatomy of change: Pull-schedule session starts peds tower transition | 08/15/2019 |
| Office of Clinical Trials coordinates, optimizes research process | 08/15/2019 |
| Leaders cut ribbon on Center for Advancement of Youth's new home | 08/16/2019 |
| Video: Organ donation platform brings Miss Mississippi to UMMC | 08/19/2019 |
| Lab coats symbolize pride, professionalism in SGSHS | 08/19/2019 |
| Two studies link blood pressure, brain health | 08/22/2019 |
| Doctors perform medical 'first' during facial tumor surgery | 08/22/2019 |
| SHRP gift: Former nursing coordinator's family gives ergonomic donation | 08/23/2019 |
| Video: Patient pups are best of friends in times of need | 08/26/2019 |
| New 'Ride with MIND' car tag supports Alzheimer’s awareness, research | 08/26/2019 |
| Implant recall leaves many with questions about their health, safety | 08/27/2019 |
| Stefanek joins CCRI | 08/28/2019 |
| More leading lights brighten Medical Alumni Chapter’s Hall of Fame | 08/29/2019 |
| UMMC to expand HIV research | 08/29/2019 |
| September 2019 | ‹ go back |
| National telehealth accreditation affirms quality of UMMC's patient care | 09/05/2019 |
| New CRTU ushers in unprecedented clinical research for Mississippi | 09/05/2019 |
| Patients living with HIV receive “Helping HAND” to conquer addictions | 09/09/2019 |
| Robotic device gives surgeons more flexibility to treat head, neck cancers | 09/09/2019 |
| Family Medicine tries new responsible opioid prescribing tools | 09/12/2019 |
| Photos: UMMC dedicates 'Franny’s Hour' as time to heal | 09/12/2019 |
| Population health management graduates apply skills to practice | 09/12/2019 |
| Barksdales’ gifts help students keep ‘the main thing the main thing’ | 09/16/2019 |
| Grant funding boosts HIV care access throughout Southeast | 09/16/2019 |
| Photos: Putts, pups and Sir Saint - SFC brings fun from the fairway | 09/19/2019 |
| Small, large lesion pairing accelerates cognitive decline | 09/19/2019 |
| Postdocs drive research, training at UMMC | 09/19/2019 |
| Hilal joins CCRI hematology team | 09/19/2019 |
| UMMC surgeons take on new roles | 09/19/2019 |
| Patents, trademarks display UMMC’s innovation | 09/23/2019 |
| Little hearts, many experts: Children’s Heart Center grows to meet needs | 09/23/2019 |
| Sanderson Farms first: SON staffs first aid tent | 09/23/2019 |
| SOM graduate is orthopaedic surgery trailblazer | 09/26/2019 |
| ‘My Favorite Doctor:’ Nine-year-old loves going to the dentist | 09/26/2019 |
| What do we know about vaping? Not enough. | 09/26/2019 |
| Benson Charitable Foundation makes $1M gift to Children’s Of Mississippi | 09/26/2019 |
| Better experience at Merit Health Madison key for UMMC surgery patients | 09/30/2019 |
| October 2019 | ‹ go back |
| Deadline to apply for free dental care Nov. 1 | 10/01/2019 |
| News Articles | 10/01/2019 |
| Medicine still mending from Jim Crow era | 10/03/2019 |
| New SON dean's goal: Prepare school for huge shift in nursing education | 10/03/2019 |
| Dynamic new intranet site to offer information portal to all things UMMC | 10/07/2019 |
| From author’s dental pain comes promise of healing | 10/07/2019 |
| Front and Center: Michelle Chambers | 10/07/2019 |
| Front and Center: Parminder Vig | 10/07/2019 |
| Front and Center: Tyler Sullivan | 10/09/2019 |
| UMMC opens primary care clinic for LGBTQ patients | 10/10/2019 |
| School of Nursing in Oxford celebrates new home, expanded class size | 10/10/2019 |
| ‘Colobundle’ of care keeps surgical site infections at bay | 10/14/2019 |
| Children’s of Mississippi expansion to include state-of-the-art surgical suites | 10/17/2019 |
| Experts plan to call the shots this flu season | 10/17/2019 |
| Breast cancer screenings can save lives | 10/21/2019 |
| In a tale of two departments, former classmates reunite as chairs | 10/21/2019 |
| UMMC, C Spire collaborate on new health app | 10/24/2019 |
| $1M Child Life endowment serves as memorial for Friends chair | 10/24/2019 |
| Front and Center: Myrtle Tate | 10/24/2019 |
| Front and Center: Cynthia Collins | 10/24/2019 |
| Hepatitis C provider education ECHOes throughout Mississippi | 10/28/2019 |
| Research excellence awards mark faculty, staff achievements | 10/28/2019 |
| JHS findings link one-third of heart disease, stroke cases to HTN | 10/28/2019 |
| It’s frightening how Halloween costume contact lenses can infect, damage eyes | 10/28/2019 |
| Southwest Health System, UMMC announce health care affiliation | 10/29/2019 |
| A kidney transplant wait can take years - but just months with a live donor | 10/31/2019 |
| Photos: Halloween harvest happenings at Children’s of Mississippi | 10/31/2019 |
| November 2019 | ‹ go back |
| During milestone year, UMMC's DAISY Awards extend recognition scope | 11/04/2019 |
| Respiratory therapists PHIL vital role as medical professionals | 11/04/2019 |
| Distinguished alumna recounts mentors' roles at SGSHS Research Day | 11/04/2019 |
| Front and Center: James Purvis | 11/04/2019 |
| After accident, Ole Miss senior back in school, thanks to SON students | 11/07/2019 |
| SOPH moves into new home, affirms commitment to healthier state | 11/07/2019 |
| Front and Center: Mary E. Thompson | 11/08/2019 |
| From tragedy, life: Organ donors give ultimate gift | 11/11/2019 |
| Cancer programs add cardio-oncology services for patients at risk | 11/11/2019 |
| People of the U: Courtney Smith | 11/14/2019 |
| Emerging leaders represent health equity program's true legacy | 11/14/2019 |
| Northington brings nursing experience to national leadership role | 11/14/2019 |
| Front and Center: Srinivasan Vijayakumar | 11/15/2019 |
| Children’s lobby mural to be mosaic of individual masterpieces | 11/18/2019 |
| Barriers to breastfeeding subject of three-year NICU study at UMMC | 11/18/2019 |
| If work events leave caregivers traumatized, help is on the way | 11/18/2019 |
| Front and Center: Kristy Boyd | 11/19/2019 |
| UMMC Grenada opens outpatient cancer care clinic, infusion services | 11/20/2019 |
| Women’s basketball visits score wins with children’s hospital patients | 11/21/2019 |
| Inventors, innovations recognized during inaugural event | 11/21/2019 |
| Woodward gets nod for national role in academic medicine | 11/21/2019 |
| UMMC experts agree: Gratefulness, good health go hand in hand | 11/25/2019 |
| AirCare's innovative model helps caregivers cope with 'compassion fatigue' | 11/25/2019 |
| Dedication, compassion, purpose drive UMMC's Volunteers of the Year | 11/25/2019 |
| Front and Center: Anna Jordan Butts | 11/26/2019 |
| December 2019 | ‹ go back |
| CMNH selects Mississippi’s Children's Miracle Champion for national role | 12/02/2019 |
| Front and Center: Jacqueline Williams | 12/03/2019 |
| Photos: First Lady, Children's of MS patient set season aglow | 12/05/2019 |
| Nursing boom: Accelerated B.S.N. enrollment to increase 133 percent | 12/05/2019 |
| Efforts to increase colorectal cancer screening in MS yield positive results | 12/05/2019 |
| Front and Center: Katelyn Armstrong | 12/05/2019 |
| People of the U: Santa Claus | 12/09/2019 |
| Half match, whole hope: state’s first pediatric haploidentical transplant patient free from sickle cell | 12/09/2019 |
| UMMC breaks ground on state’s first children's skilled nursing facility | 12/10/2019 |
| Front and Center: Justin Brown | 12/11/2019 |
| Photos: Holiday sweater competition runs gamut from festive to tacky | 12/12/2019 |
| Photos: Holiday gingerbread houses help usher in Christmas season | 12/16/2019 |
| Dentistry alumnus to sponsor school’s effort to treat children during Give Kids a Smile | 12/16/2019 |
| Front and Center: Lillie Bledsoe | 12/16/2019 |
| UMMC, CCRI provide custom wigs, makeovers to cancer patients | 12/19/2019 |
| Child travels from Cambodia to undergo complex plastic surgery | 12/19/2019 |
| As holidays approach, de-stress by 'keeping it real' | 12/19/2019 |
| UMMC scientist's research may help future Moon, Mars missions | 12/23/2019 |
| Photos: Bryants, Clauses wrap up holiday with surprise Children's visit | 12/23/2019 |
| Front and Center: Bailey Stanford | 12/27/2019 |
| Collaborations, national recognitions highlight UMMC's 2019 events | 12/30/2019 |
| Growth, improved services highlight CCRI year | 12/31/2019 |
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