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| January 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Medical Center earns national recognitions | 01/03/2023 |
| UMMC research, education, health care shine in 2022 | 01/03/2023 |
| UMMC earns redesignation as Baby-Friendly Hospital | 01/03/2023 |
| New Volunteer Services leader aims to meet patient, staff needs | 01/03/2023 |
| C. auris fungal infection: what you need to know | 01/09/2023 |
| In good faith: Chaplains’ personal stories resonate | 01/09/2023 |
| UMMC expert: Football player’s cardiac arrest spotlights importance of CPR, AEDs, training | 01/09/2023 |
| UMMC selected as study site for new COPD treatment | 01/09/2023 |
| Inaugural Run the Rainbow for Children’s 5K, 10K and Half Marathon is March 18 | 01/17/2023 |
| Smith makes sure help’s on the way | 01/17/2023 |
| UMMC establishes the Mississippi Burn Center on Jackson campus | 01/19/2023 |
| Balance is best when it comes to fighting obesity in children, UMMC experts say | 01/23/2023 |
| The Mississippi Burn Center at UMMC: ‘We’re the natural place for this’ | 01/23/2023 |
| Women’s heart health in February spotlight | 01/30/2023 |
| UMMC’s online MSN program rises to 33rd in the country in U.S. News & World Report list | 01/30/2023 |
| Food insecurity drives food choices, affects mental, physical wellness | 01/30/2023 |
| Whitlock, Boteler shine as School of Dentistry honorees | 01/30/2023 |
| Compretta juggles multiple grants, projects aimed at addressing health equity | 01/30/2023 |
| Sanderson Farms Championship host organization donates $1M to benefit Children’s of Mississippi | 01/31/2023 |
| February 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Front and Center: Dr. Kathleen Yee and Dr. Audra Schaefer | 02/06/2023 |
| Burns can be complex – and more so with other traumatic injuries | 02/06/2023 |
| 2023 Champion Kingston Murriel’s care began before birth at Children’s of Mississippi | 02/13/2023 |
| O’Donnells make $1.5 million commitment to renovations of Children’s of Mississippi Batson Tower | 02/13/2023 |
| New cameras a first step toward next-level crime prevention at UMMC, police say | 02/13/2023 |
| ‘We know there aren’t enough doctors’: Forum addresses rural shortage | 02/13/2023 |
| State sees dramatic increase in congenital syphilis cases | 02/16/2023 |
| Pain management clinic new addition to Sanderson Tower | 02/20/2023 |
| Front and Center: Hanna Broome | 02/20/2023 |
| Ladner family welcomes quintuplets at UMMC | 02/24/2023 |
| $1M gift from Friends of Children’s Hospital creates Evans Chair of Pediatric Neurology | 02/27/2023 |
| Video and Photos: Mardi Gras at Children’s of Mississippi | 02/27/2023 |
| Front and Center: Tequila Bell | 02/27/2023 |
| Children’s of Mississippi patients, families share stories during Mississippi Miracles Radiothon | 02/27/2023 |
| Heart device adds years, improves quality of life | 02/27/2023 |
| March 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Students stirred to learn more about ‘the origin of everything’ | 03/06/2023 |
| Employee engagement takes next steps with focus groups | 03/06/2023 |
| Educators ponder art, connect across schools during trip to museum | 03/06/2023 |
| Week of activities celebrates patient safety | 03/06/2023 |
| Mississippi Miracles Radiothon inspires over $400,000 in donations | 03/06/2023 |
| New study examines impact of race on chronic pain disparities | 03/13/2023 |
| Dental providers assess for oral health – and signs of sleep disorders | 03/13/2023 |
| Bienvenidos a Dia Hispano: Welcome to Hispanic Day | 03/13/2023 |
| Children’s developmental screenings rise at end of five-year UMMC-MSU collaboration | 03/13/2023 |
| Front and Center: Reagan Moak | 03/13/2023 |
| Tummy troubles and more are focus of Children’s of Mississippi gastroenterology clinic | 03/20/2023 |
| Front and Center: Dr. Elliot Varney | 03/20/2023 |
| Photo gallery: More than 870 ‘Run the Rainbow’ Saturday | 03/20/2023 |
| Women in law enforcement highlights conference at UMMC | 03/20/2023 |
| On Match Day, students remember those who helped get them there | 03/20/2023 |
| Children’s of Mississippi home to ACPA-certified craniofacial care team | 03/27/2023 |
| Graduate student REACHes back, pays it forward by teaching | 03/27/2023 |
| See, Test & Treat: Powerful preventative and educational tool to combat cancer | 03/27/2023 |
| ‘That’s what we do in Mississippi’: Medical Center responds to tornado | 03/27/2023 |
| Front and Center: Kenya Woods | 03/27/2023 |
| Updated clinic providing compassionate care for HIV patients | 03/27/2023 |
| Mobile field hospital deploys to storm-ravaged Rolling Fork | 03/29/2023 |
| April 2023 | ‹ go back |
| ‘Beacon for aspiring physicians’ earns top educator award | 04/03/2023 |
| UMMC fills neurology gap with first-time inpatient telehealth evaluations | 04/03/2023 |
| Pediatric cancer, blood treatments move temporarily to Wiser to make room for renovations | 04/03/2023 |
| New center to study genetic origins of diseases, innovative treatment | 04/10/2023 |
| SON Research Day studies influence patient care | 04/10/2023 |
| Robotic device helps straighten bone in pediatric first for Mississippi | 04/10/2023 |
| #UMMCGrad2023: ‘Dynamic duo’ in PT caps off busy semester with wedding in June | 04/10/2023 |
| UMMC designated as a Mississippi Burn Center by state Department of Health | 04/11/2023 |
| Donate Life Day celebrates gift of organ donation | 04/14/2023 |
| The invisible smile: As radio show host, Kency gives voice to her passion | 04/17/2023 |
| SHRP recognizes Alumnus of the Year, Early Career Achievement award winners | 04/17/2023 |
| #UMMCGrad2023 Maria Jones-Muhammad: Homegrown neuroscientist in training | 04/17/2023 |
| Lampkin becomes dental trailblazer | 04/17/2023 |
| Medical Center faculty, staff shine in their professions | 04/17/2023 |
| SOPH holds Inaugural Research Day | 04/17/2023 |
| Medical Center employees lauded on state, national levels | 04/17/2023 |
| UMMC Biobank, clinical pharmacy specialist receive kudos | 04/24/2023 |
| #UMMCGrad2023: School of Nursing graduate’s career to start in familiar place | 04/24/2023 |
| The Power of Praise: Matemavi delivers Last Lecture | 04/24/2023 |
| UMMC seeks participants for immunity supplement study | 04/24/2023 |
| Families, caregivers enjoy inaugural Plastic Surgery Family Fun Day | 04/24/2023 |
| 'Roll call of heroes' honors body donors at UMMC | 04/26/2023 |
| Ceremony honors the gift that “speaks a thousand words” | 04/26/2023 |
| May 2023 | ‹ go back |
| One home, four to grow: Ladner babies thriving at UMMC | 05/01/2023 |
| #UMMCGrad2023: Intersection of pharmacy, policy focus of School of Pharmacy graduate | 05/01/2023 |
| ‘You chose to stay at UMMC, and that speaks volumes’ | 05/01/2023 |
| In their own words: ED caregivers explain why they stayed, what kept them strong, during pandemic | 05/01/2023 |
| Photos: Mississippi State baseball a hit with young patients | 05/01/2023 |
| UMMC awarded NIH funding to help improve newborn health outcomes | 05/08/2023 |
| A legacy of patience and humility: Endowed chair named for Rodney and Sara Meeks | 05/08/2023 |
| #UMMCGrad2023: She looked into her heart and saw a doctor’s life there | 05/08/2023 |
| UMMC fills OB-GYN care gap in Delta | 05/08/2023 |
| Free summer program gives students telemedicine access | 05/08/2023 |
| Nursing Alumna of Year serving ‘nation’s heroes’ as VA leader | 05/15/2023 |
| Mortality rates increasing in patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease | 05/15/2023 |
| UMMC PD helps carry the torch for Special Olympics | 05/15/2023 |
| #UMMCGrad2023: Patient care a passion for dental hygiene grad | 05/15/2023 |
| Teaching, quality improvement and research among new anesthesiology chair’s passions | 05/15/2023 |
| #UMMCGrad2023: Residency, then private practice in Casey Park’s future | 05/15/2023 |
| ‘Science mom,’ ‘superb mentor,’ Alexander secures ace educator award | 05/22/2023 |
| SEARCH for jobs, acceptance pays off with work after finishing growing program | 05/22/2023 |
| Friends of Children’s Hospital leader Sidney P. Allen remembered with child life fund | 05/22/2023 |
| #UMMCGrad2023: Late bloomer finds his way following three loves | 05/22/2023 |
| Study: Babies with opioid addiction go home earlier with family-focused approach | 05/22/2023 |
| UMMC celebrates 900-plus May 2023 graduates across six health sciences schools | 05/26/2023 |
| Q3 grants and awards surpass $20.8 million | 05/30/2023 |
| The proof is in the moms and newborns: STORK is saving lives | 05/30/2023 |
| Photos: Capturing memories of the Class of 2023 | 05/30/2023 |
| Medical Center students, faculty shine on state, national levels | 05/30/2023 |
| June 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Mother’s dream of a nursing career inspires endowed nursing scholarship at UMMC | 06/05/2023 |
| JFC sees the need to care for patients with vision challenges | 06/05/2023 |
| Unique inpatient program captures patients’ seizures to speed diagnosis | 06/05/2023 |
| Medical Center’s cardiothoracic surgery nets honor | 06/05/2023 |
| Faculty, staff shine in professional organizations | 06/12/2023 |
| The Organ Trail: In the beginning, there was the lung | 06/12/2023 |
| Front and Center: Shannon Strong | 06/12/2023 |
| Summer school for these kids means lessons in dentistry | 06/12/2023 |
| UMMC researchers help map gut health in children | 06/12/2023 |
| School of Nursing preparing for June 28 groundbreaking, construction of new facility | 06/19/2023 |
| Front and Center: Marci Craft | 06/19/2023 |
| Medical Center achieves top designation for stroke care | 06/19/2023 |
| Front and Center: Vishal Balaji | 06/23/2023 |
| Simulation transformation: Virtual reality tool is classroom-ready | 06/26/2023 |
| Griggs recognized for decades of dental materials research | 06/26/2023 |
| 400 and counting: UMMC’s liver transplant program continues to shine | 06/26/2023 |
| Granger retires after 33 years at UMMC | 06/26/2023 |
| State, UMMC leaders break ground on new School of Nursing | 06/28/2023 |
| July 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Garner ready to pitch perfect programs as new SHRP dean | 07/03/2023 |
| Front and Center: Tommeka Mason | 07/03/2023 |
| MIND Center receives $1 million endowed professorship | 07/03/2023 |
| Front and Center: Corley Henderson | 07/10/2023 |
| Alert U upgrades at UMMC aimed at beefing up personal safety | 07/10/2023 |
| Dr. Rodney Rocconi: Ole Miss alumnus returns home to lead call to arms to improve cancer care | 07/10/2023 |
| Employee Engagement Survey results inspire change at UMMC | 07/10/2023 |
| Early supporter of Children’s cancer center makes $1M donation toward renovations | 07/17/2023 |
| GivePulse offers new way to grow volunteering at UMMC | 07/17/2023 |
| Front and Center: Trenda McGinnis | 07/17/2023 |
| Hearing aids slow cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss and risk for dementia | 07/18/2023 |
| Front and Center: Austin Toler | 07/24/2023 |
| MSU interns work with mentors to design biomedical solutions | 07/24/2023 |
| C Spire Foundation, Creekmore family donates $1 million to Children’s of Mississippi | 07/27/2023 |
| Researchers recruit study participants for treatment of long COVID | 07/31/2023 |
| Simulations with UMMC Police give nursing students experience in de-escalating conflict | 07/31/2023 |
| Double transplant patient “blessed” by historical organ transport service | 07/31/2023 |
| They ‘made our profession better’: Hall of Fame pays homage to distinguished physicians | 07/31/2023 |
| August 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Children’s of Mississippi patients calmed by VR voyages | 08/07/2023 |
| Dobbs serves on national committee making recommendations on health equity | 08/07/2023 |
| Asylum Hill Field School students seize opportunity ‘at a scale rarely seen’ | 08/07/2023 |
| 2022-2023 UMMC Promotions and Tenure | 08/07/2023 |
| P&W Financial Group Announces a $2 Million Planned Donation | 08/10/2023 |
| Front and Center: Drashti Upadhyay | 08/14/2023 |
| Care for spina bifida patients close to home at Children’s of Mississippi | 08/14/2023 |
| Revolution evolution: Coming curriculum model breaks century-old mold | 08/14/2023 |
| Murphy takes the reins as dean of Graduate School | 08/14/2023 |
| Front and Center: Lauren Winters | 08/21/2023 |
| Newborn care at UMMC includes new lactation clinic | 08/21/2023 |
| Medical Center staff reap honors | 08/21/2023 |
| UMMC experts: take precautions during heat wave | 08/22/2023 |
| Lecturer Kirch champions openness, sharing, support when burnout and health care collide | 08/28/2023 |
| Patient battling puzzling disease has message for fellow sufferers | 08/28/2023 |
| BankPlus program adds up to more than $4M for Children’s of Mississippi | 08/28/2023 |
| ‘Good things happen to good people’: Ladner rises to department chair | 08/28/2023 |
| September 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Procedure makes food fun again for patients with rare esophageal condition | 09/05/2023 |
| Rising COVID-19 cases signal need for caution | 09/05/2023 |
| FREEDOM: Researchers study impact of food delivery, coaching, telemonitoring on diabetes | 09/05/2023 |
| Medical Center staff reap honors | 09/05/2023 |
| Bidwell strives to be a servant leader for research mission | 09/11/2023 |
| Read-a-thon looks to boost development of babies in neonatal intensive care | 09/11/2023 |
| Study: A statin a day reduces cardiovascular disease in HIV patients | 09/11/2023 |
| A gun, a dog, death and redemption – Matt Branch’s story has it all | 09/18/2023 |
| Making data work for all among top goals of new DIS hire | 09/18/2023 |
| UMMC School of Nursing adding traditional BSN to Ole Miss campus in 2024 | 09/18/2023 |
| Front and Center: Benson Hill | 09/25/2023 |
| Flu shots in full swing | 09/25/2023 |
| Research enterprise surpasses $96M in funds | 09/25/2023 |
| CHAMP for Moms addressing new mothers’ mental health challenges | 09/25/2023 |
| Photos: Sanderson Farms Championship winner swings by Children’s of Mississippi | 09/25/2023 |
| October 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Medical Center staff reap state, national honors | 10/02/2023 |
| $5M hand surgery gift creating the Jabaley-Songcharoen Center, Songcharoen Chair at UMMC | 10/02/2023 |
| Partnership boosts early childhood development with books | 10/02/2023 |
| UMMC staff gain state, national honors | 10/02/2023 |
| Fall Severe Weather Preparedness Week signals time to stock up, check supplies | 10/02/2023 |
| UMMC neurosurgery care available at Hattiesburg Clinic | 10/09/2023 |
| UMMC faculty, programs in national spotlight | 10/09/2023 |
| Front and Center: David Barrett | 10/09/2023 |
| Audiology student relishes ‘full circle’ moment after childhood hearing loss | 10/09/2023 |
| Photos: Sanderson Farms Championship a win for Children’s of Mississippi | 10/09/2023 |
| PICU wins Beacon Award for Excellence from American Association of Critical-Care Nurses | 10/16/2023 |
| Photos: Children’s of Mississippi patients get visit from rodeo royalty | 10/16/2023 |
| Front and Center: Gabrielle “Gabi” Morris | 10/16/2023 |
| SOPH advances research agenda with ‘explosive growth’ | 10/23/2023 |
| Brain pacemaker for epilepsy: first-of-its-kind epilepsy surgery in Mississippi shows success | 10/23/2023 |
| Graduate School honors two distinguished alumni for first time | 10/23/2023 |
| Take steps to stop RSV’s spread in wake of drug shortage | 10/30/2023 |
| Photos: Halloween is all treats at UMMC | 10/30/2023 |
| OB-GYN integrates nurse-midwifery into maternal health care | 10/30/2023 |
| November 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Rich history, bright future: UMMC School of Nursing celebrates 75th anniversary | 11/06/2023 |
| AAP honors Benton for outstanding service to maltreated children | 11/06/2023 |
| UMMC earns B ranking from Leapfrog | 11/06/2023 |
| Go figure: Overall enrollment is up again | 11/06/2023 |
| UMMC Grenada earns an A hospital safety grade from Leapfrog | 11/06/2023 |
| Photos: Children’s of Mississippi shines on the runway | 11/06/2023 |
| The Marshall plan: A stronger partnership between community, academic allergists is new ACAAI president’s goal | 11/13/2023 |
| UMMC PD puts Law on its side | 11/13/2023 |
| Front and Center: John Rushing and Martha Claire Thomas | 11/13/2023 |
| Unprecedented UMMC Kidney Swap: A Lifesaving Exchange of Donors Gives Two Patients a Second Chance at Life | 11/13/2023 |
| Hogs for the Cause announces $1.5M gift for new oncology space at Children’s of Mississippi | 11/15/2023 |
| Physician-scientist returns to UMMC pipeline | 11/20/2023 |
| UMMC surgeons conduct the first single port robot-assisted surgeries in the state | 11/20/2023 |
| 2024 Run the Rainbow for Children’s adds marathon | 11/20/2023 |
| Children’s of Mississippi Annual Holiday Giving Drive is Dec. 13-15 | 11/27/2023 |
| For the record: National Archives spurs online medical history project | 11/27/2023 |
| NIH grants account for more than half of all research funding at UMMC | 11/27/2023 |
| December 2023 | ‹ go back |
| Weather doesn’t dampen Winter Wonderland | 12/04/2023 |
| Inaugural Cruse Lecture set for Dec. 7 | 12/04/2023 |
| UMMC shines in national organizations | 12/04/2023 |
| MIND Center launches campaign to fund new centralized clinic | 12/11/2023 |
| Photos: Holiday surprises brighten season for patients | 12/11/2023 |
| UMMC garners regional, national recognition | 12/11/2023 |
| Top investigators recognized with Excellence in Research Awards | 12/11/2023 |
| Sanderson Farms Championship host organization donates $1M to benefit Children’s of Mississippi | 12/12/2023 |
| A few ounces of prevention mean tons of safety in the kitchen, home this winter | 12/18/2023 |
| Q1 grants and awards exceed $23 million | 12/18/2023 |
| Burgeoning academy of top educators welcomes new round of honorees | 12/18/2023 |
| Front and Center: Makenzie Downs | 12/26/2023 |
| Smith to the nth degree: Pharm professor discovers the right chemistry at work, in life | 12/26/2023 |
| Photos: UMMC’s holiday season is happy and bright | 12/26/2023 |
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