Preventive Medicine Faculty

Chair

Joshua Mann, MD, MPH
Chair
Professor
jmann4@umc.edu
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Faculty, School of Medicine

Josie H. Bidwell, DNP, RN, FNP-C, DipACLM, FACLM
Professor
jbidwell@umc.edu
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Rebecca K. Butz, MS, RD, LD
Registered Dietitian, Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities
Instructor, Preventive Medicine
rbutz@umc.edu
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Paul E. Byers, MD
Associate Professor
pbyers@umc.edu
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David J. Vearrier, MD, MPH
Associate Residency Director
Co-Medical Director of Student and Employee Health
(Primary Appointment in Emergency Medicine)
dvearrier@umc.edu
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Brian D. Williams, MD, MPH
Residency Director
Medical Director of Student and Employee Health
Associate Professor
bwilliams30@umc.edu
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Faculty, School of Population Health

Osayande Agbonlahor, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor-Research
oagbonlahor@umc.edu
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Caroline E. Compretta, PhD
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research
Associate Professor
ccompretta@umc.edu
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Fazlay Faruque, PhD
Professor
ffaruque@umc.edu
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Abigail Gamble, PhD
Associate Professor
agamble2@umc.edu
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Leslie A. Musshafen, PhD
Assistant Professor
lmusshafen@umc.edu
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Jeanna D. Wilkes, DHA
Assistant Professor
jwilkes@umc.edu
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Secondary appointments

• Vinayak Nahar, MD, PhD - Associate Professor, Director of Research

Graduate faculty

• Alan Penmann, MBBS, PhD, MPH - Professor
• Victor Sutton, PhD - Director for the Office of Preventive Health, Mississippi State Department of Health
• Andree Burnett, MD - Director, Primary Care, G.V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center
• Charles Morris, MD - Director, Occupational Medicine, G.V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center
• Randy Burke, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, G.V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center
• Jeanne Gabriele, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, G.V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center
• Debra Rice, MD - Director, Preventive Medicine, Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center
• Lynda Jackson Assad, MD - Physician, Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center