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Video: Meyers family celebrates quintuplets’ first birthday

Video: Meyers family celebrates quintuplets’ first birthday

Monday, July 21, 2025

Franklin Walker, Carter James, Saylor Kate, Allie Ray and Nova Mae celebrated their first birthday earlier this month with family and friends in Laurel. The five, born at Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants, spent their first weeks of life in neonatal intensive care at Children’s of Mississippi. Read More

MacKenzie Maier is living her dream of working as a registered nurse after a spinal cord injury.

Front and Center: MacKenzie Maier

Monday, July 21, 2025

MacKenzie Maier hasn’t let anything stop her pursuit of a career in nursing – not childhood cancer or a spinal cord injury shortly before graduation from nursing school. Those experiences help her empathize with outpatient pediatric dermatology patients and their parents. Read More

Dr. Giorgio Aru, professor emeritus of surgery and former division chief and surgical director of UMMC’s heart transplant program, and his wife, Jan Aru, started Aru Family Scholarship Endowment to help medical students overcome financial barriers and pursue a future in medicine.

Aru family endowment will support future UMMC medical students

After decades of service at UMMC, Dr. Giorgio Aru and his wife, Jan, have turned their attention to supporting the next generation of physicians. The couple has established a scholarship to help medical students overcome financial barriers and pursue a future in medicine.

Published on Monday, July 21, 2025

Faculty commended as exemplars in their fields

Faculty commended as exemplars in their fields

Medical Center faculty and staff often are recognized regionally, nationally and internationally for their academic or medical achievements. These accolades place UMMC among health science centers worldwide.

Published on Monday, July 21, 2025

Pertussis, a highly contagious respiratory infection, can cause severe illness in infants and young children.

UMMC pediatric experts recommend vaccination against pertussis as cases rise

A rising number of pertussis cases around the state is a reminder to Mississippians of the importance of immunizations against whooping cough, a preventable respiratory illness that can be fatal for infants.

Published on Friday, July 18, 2025

The Office of Development and Alumni Engagement fundraising team for 2025.

Support for UMMC’s mission hits record level in fiscal 2025

New facilities for cancer and dementia research are several steps closer to reality thanks to a record year for fundraising at UMMC.

Published on Monday, July 14, 2025

Celebrating the completion of renovations at the South Oxford Center are, from left, Rep. Josh Hawkins; Sen. Daniel Sparks; Dr. Kristi Reece, assistant dean for the UMMC School of Nursing Oxford instructional site; nursing student Jack Taylor of Corinth; Dr. Tina Martin, dean of the UMMC School of Nursing; Dr. Glenn Boyce, chancellor of the University of Mississippi; Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor of health affairs; Dr. Alan Jones, associate vice chancellor for health affairs; and Dr. Natalie Gaughf, assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Ribbon cut on renovations at UMMC School of Nursing in Oxford

Published on Monday, July 14, 2025

Nursing faculty and UMMC leaders applaud the lifting of the beam to the top of the new School of Nursing, which is set to open next year.

Photos: New School of Nursing reaches pinnacle

Published on Monday, July 14, 2025

Members of the MD-PhD class are, front from left, Caroline Sit, Shelley Edwards, Madeline Griffin, Madison Hansen and Assata DeMyers;  and back from left, Hayley Murphy, Xavier Person, Jack Berman, Meredith Johnson and Garner Fincher.

MD-PhD program grows in numbers, but also in potential and staying power

Published on Monday, July 14, 2025

Medical Center figures chosen for international, statewide roles

Medical Center figures chosen for international, statewide roles

Published on Monday, July 7, 2025

2024-2025 UMMC Promotions and Tenure

2024-2025 UMMC Promotions and Tenure

Published on Monday, July 7, 2025

Since opening in 1955, the Department of Surgery at UMMC has trained generations of surgeons and led pioneering advancements in patient care.

UMMC Department of Surgery celebrates 70 years

Published on Monday, July 7, 2025

UMMC’s maternal telehealth program has provided support to more than 100 expectant mothers across the state. RN care coordinator Tiffany Regan regularly connects with patients like Lauren Black, pictured above, throughout their pregnancy and postpartum period.

UMMC’s maternal telehealth program supports patients throughout pregnancy

Published on Monday, June 30, 2025

Recipients of the 2025 Guyton Professorships are, from left, Dr. Michael Garrett, Dr. Babbette LaMarca, Dr. Gailen Marshall, Dr. David Stec and Dr. Lei Zhang.

Faculty members awarded honor named for medical school legend

Published on Monday, June 30, 2025

Surgeon, public safety chief and peds resident earn acclaim

Surgeon, public safety chief and peds resident earn acclaim

Published on Monday, June 23, 2025

When present, preeclampsia begins after about 20 weeks of pregnancy and involves high blood pressure and high protein levels in the urine. UMMC researchers emphasize keeping doctor visits and monitoring all vital health statistics from the start of pregnancy.

Preeclampsia’s cause, treatments fuel UMMC research

Published on Monday, June 23, 2025

Milestones

1999: SHRP gets a new home

Published on Monday, June 23, 2025

Dr. Rachael Morris coaches Lieutenant Nathaniel Nichols of the Vicksburg Fire Department through hands-on training.

UMMC’s STORK Program delivers lifesaving emergency obstetrics training

Published on Monday, June 23, 2025

On her way to a residency in OB-GYN, Dr. Adrian Oudomrath Speyrer lines up to receive her medical degree during May's Commencement ceremony. Perhaps she is remembering her first OB-GYN shift as a medical student, when "it felt like stepping onto the field for the Super Bowl."

UMMC battles barriers to training more OB-GYNs

Published on Monday, June 23, 2025

Members of the gravestone crew gather on a Saturday morning in April for a cleaning session led by Dr. Jennifer Mack, center, holding a container of the same stain remover that "keeps the White House white." Some of the UMMC volunteers' family members even pitched in. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Norma Ojeda)

A grave reminder: Refurbished cemetery does honor to those remembered there

Published on Monday, June 23, 2025

Traci Wilson is an inpatient RN and preceptor for nurses in training.

Front and Center: Traci Wilson

Published on Monday, June 16, 2025

Dr. Rachael Morris talks with a patient at UMMC's Center for Maternal Fetal Medicine in a file photo.

Early detection, multidisciplinary care saves patients with life-threatening condition

Published on Monday, June 16, 2025

Dr. Ira Holla, left, and Dr. Mobolaji Famuyide are pictured at the Children's of Mississippi neonatal intensive care unit at Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants.

NICU’s team of specialists care for rising numbers of low birthweight babies

Published on Monday, June 16, 2025

Brianca King knew her pregnancy with son Parker Rowen King would be difficult -- and it was. But she reduced those risks by seeing a maternal fetal medicine specialist at UMMC. High-risk pregnancies in Mississippi, especially among Black women, don't often end so well.

Expecting better: Mississippi’s record on maternal health is a reversible tragedy

Published on Monday, June 16, 2025

Registered nurse Caroline Meyers adjusts the AngelEye camera at patient Deuce Matthews' bedside.

Thanks to philanthropy, NICU families stay connected with AngelEye

Published on Monday, June 9, 2025