| Professors |
| Thomas Adair | 2016 H.E.A.D.W.A.E. honoree from the Mississippi Legislature Inducted in the Evers Hall of Fame |
| Barbara Alexander | 2016 Top Reviewer for Hypertension |
| Alejandro Chade | Winner of the 2016 Translational Research Team Award from Excellence In Research Awards Winner of the 2016 Mid-Career Award for Research Excellence from the American Heart Association |
| Lique Coolen | Winner of the Bronze Medallion at the Excellence in Research Awards meeting from UMMC
Recipient of the UMMC Nelson Order Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| James Wilson | Winner of the Platinum Medallion at the Excellence in Research Awards meeting from UMMC. |
| Joey Granger | Awarded the 2016 Mayerson-DiLuzio Lectureship at Tulane University
2016 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award winner for UMMC |
| John E. Hall | Recipient of the Ray G. Daggs award from the American Physiological Society
Winner of the Award of Meritorious Achievement from the American Heart Association
Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Chairs from the Departments of Physiology (ACDP)
2016 Carl G. Evers Society "All Star" Professor selected by UMMC medical students
2016 Thomas G. Muldoon Memorial Lectureship from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University |
| Robert Hester | Billy S. Guyton Professor |
| Merry Lindsey | Recipient of the Translation Research Award at the Excellence in Research Awards meeting from UMMC Winner of the tiny Heart Hero Award from the Saving tiny Hearts Society Winner of the Platinum Medallion at the Excellence in Research Awards meeting from the University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Associate Professors |
| Jussara do Carmo | Winner of the Gold Medallion at the Excellence in Research Awards meeting from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. |
| Eric George | Winner of the Silver Medallion at the Excellence in Research Awards meeting from the University of Mississippi Medical Center
Recipient of the New Investigator Award from the American Physiological Society Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section |
| Romain Harmancey | Winner of the Silver Medallion at the Excellence in Research Awards meeting from UMMC |
| Ji Li | Winner of the Gold Medallion at the Excellence in Research Awards meeting from UMMC |
| Yonggang Ma | Winner of the Junior Faculty Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology at the 2016 Experimental Biology Meeting |
| Instructors |
| Kristine DeLeon-Pennell | Winner of the Early Career Investigator Travel Award from the International Society for Heart Research World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016 Trustmark Postdoctoral Publication Award at the UMMC School of Graduate Studies Honors Day |
| Frank Spradley | Winner of the Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis & American Journal of Physiology- Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology Distinguished Trainee Award at the Experimental Biology Meeting |
| Erin Taylor | Winner of the Juan Carlos Romero Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Postdoctoral Research Recognition Award at the 2016 Experimental Biology Meeting. |
| Zhen Wang | Winner of the Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiological Society |
| Postdoctoral Fellows and Students |
| John H. Dasinger | Winner of the Water & Electrolyte Predoctoral Research Recognition Award from the American Physiological Society at the Experimental Biology Meeting
Winner of the 2016 Robert A. Mahaffey Jr. Memorial Award, which is awarded to UMMC graduate students in recognition of exceptional research potential in basic or clinical biomedical science |
| Ashley Newsome | Winner of the Caroline tum Suden/ Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiological Society at the Experimental Biology Meeting
Winner of the 2016 Minority Travel Fellowship Award from the American Physiological Society at the Experimental Biology Meeting 2016 Inductee into Phi Kappa Phi |
| Erin Taylor | Winner of the Juan Carlos Romero Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Postdoctoral Research Recognition Award from the American Physiological Society at the Experimental Biology Meeting |