Postdocs drive research and training at UMMC
UMMC has more than two dozen postdoctoral fellows focused on honing their skills inside and outside of the lab as they transition into independent scientists. In honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, meet a few of our postdocs and learn about how they are improving training for their peers.
Published on Thursday, September 19, 2019
Barksdales’ gifts help students keep ‘the main thing the main thing’
During the last 20 years, scores of students in the School of Medicine have paid for their medical education with scholarships from Mississippi’s Barksdale family. The Barksdales' generosity has enabled many of the state’s future physicians to focus less on money and more on medicine.
Published on Monday, September 16, 2019
Population health management graduates apply skills to practice
There were no caps or gowns, but there were diplomas and smiles as the John D. Bower School of Population Health honored the first graduates of its Executive Masters in Population Health Management Program. The three alumni have already taken the lessons they learned and translated them into their clinical practice.
Published on Thursday, September 12, 2019
Family Medicine tries new responsible opioid prescribing tools
With the support of the Centers for Disease Control, the UMMC Department of Family Medicine is collecting data to determine how well it is meeting five of the CDC’s guidelines for opioid prescribing. Providers in the department are also using a new tool in Epic that reminds them to meet and check certain criteria.
Published on Thursday, September 12, 2019