Throughout her young life, Elizabeth Wicks has earned her place on extremely short lists of distinction: high school valedictorian, college hall of fame inductee, future physician and more. Now, the medical student at UMMC has made it on one of the shortest lists of all in the area of research, and it has permitted her to work alongside a winner of the Nobel Prize.
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An epidemiologist with decades of experience with large studies of hypertension and diabetes, Dr. April Carson will lead the landmark study of heart health in African Americans as it conducts thousands of participant exams, trains new researchers and connects with the community.
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As Omicron cases surge in Mississippi and nationwide, the Medical Center is navigating the challenges it brings, namely staff shortages and rising hospitalizations. But there’s hope for the future, with a downward trend in cases hoped for by late January or early February.
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As the Omicron variant sweeps Mississippi and the rest of the nation, those at risk of infection – pretty much everyone – are asking questions about its severity, how infectious it is and what the future holds. Two of the Medical Center’s top infectious diseases specialists answer the questions based on what science is now telling us.
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For safe in-person learning for children this semester, the protection of vaccinations, wearing face masks and hand hygiene are needed, Children's of Mississippi leaders say. The state's only children's hospital is starting the new year with a dramatic rise in COVID-19 patients.
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As schools around the state begin a new semester of in-person learning, University of Mississippi Medical Center pediatric experts and leadership from the state’s pediatrician group encourage parents to protect their children from COVID-19 and the Omicron variant.
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Visits from Santa and Mrs. Claus, Gov. Tate Reeves and carolers were among the holiday highlights at the state’s only academic medical center. Reflect on the season’s celebrations in this collection of photos.
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Mississippi and Maryland recorded increases in pediatric mental health consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic, a research project by the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine found. The calls through CHAMP, or Child Access to Mental Health and Psychiatry, have risen 11 percent since March 2020.
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The UMMC respiratory care team is working hard to recruit respiratory therapists as many are leaving the profession due to burnout, and others are being recruited by the lucrative travel market. On top of that, only a handful of state community colleges offer the two-year program, and not enough graduate each year to make up the loss.
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For years, in its building in west Jackson, the Jackson Free Clinic has served people without medical insurance and those without homes. But, more and more, its student volunteers have packed up their blood pressure cuffs, lancets, COVID vaccines and more, bringing free health care services out to the people and communities that need them most.
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With opioid overdose numbers in this country breaking annual records, more and better treatment for substance abuse and addictions are desperately needed. The Medical Center’s new Center for Innovation and Discovery in Addictions, or CIDA, is bringing together researchers, educators and providers to produce new drugs that will deter those addicted from continuing that behavior and to bring the most effective treatments into clinics and exam rooms.
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We don’t yet know how Omicron will shape the COVID-19 pandemic, but the variant’s mutations, origins and performance against Delta have scientists watching it closely. That includes UMMC’s Molecular and Genomics Core Facility, which is ready to help track Omicron in Mississippi.
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The oldest fundraising event of Friends of Children’s Hospital, BankPlus Presents Light A Light brought a treelighting, visits with Santa and Ballet Mississippi performances to Children’s of Mississippi patients Tuesday. Hosted for the first time at the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower, the event included the Sandersons’ daughters, Katie Creath and Emily Whitaker, lighting the hospital’s Christmas tree.
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As the Omicron variant spreads, Medical Center providers warn that it’s the Delta variant that’s still rampant in the state. The best protection against both? Getting both the COVID-19 immunization plus the booster.
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At the heart of Children’s of Mississippi is the Children’s Heart Center. Located in the clinical area of the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower, the Children’s Heart Center provides care throughout the lives of children with heart conditions, transitioning them to adulthood.
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Mississippi’s premier wine and food festival returns next May with a new beneficiary: The MIND Center at UMMC. Proceeds from the internationally-sourced Santé South will support world-class research and clinical care for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in Mississippi. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 10.
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