NIH taps Clark for membership
Alice Clark, vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs at the University of Mississippi, has served the National Institutes of Health for almost 20 years. Recently, she was chosen for...
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Evelyn Edwards, vice president of community reinvestment for BancorpSouth, has been named the 2011 Housing Initiative Partner of the Year by the University of Southern Mississippi Institute for...
View ArticleDonaldson wins award
Mississippi State University faculty member Janet R. Donaldson is earning a prestigious award for her work with food-borne illness-causing bacteria. The Charles C. Randall Lectureship Award is given...
View ArticleFindings of study on health of oil spill cleanup workers to be released
GULF OF MEXICO — When a BP oil well began gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico four years ago, fisherman George Barisich used his boat to help clean up the millions of gallons of spew that would...
View ArticleMs. House OKs vaginal probes for women seeking abortions
The majority of Mississippi House members want to extend the reach of government into the bodies of women who seek abortions in the state. A bill passed out of the Republican-controlled House on a...
View ArticleStaying alive: $18 million grant keeps USM bio-med initiative going
An $18 million grant renewal will ensure the University of Southern Mississippi and partner institutions can continue biomedical initiatives designed to have a lasting impact on the health...
View ArticleUMC researcher leading international study about memory and aging
By LYNN LOFTON A University of Mississippi Medical Center researcher is part of an international team doing important work to identify the gene that underlies healthy information processing. The...
View ArticleImproving health care in state is goal of new UMMC school of medicine chair
The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson announced Aug. 6 that Dr. William C. Little, a nationally recognized cardiologist and researcher, would be replacing Dr. Shirley Schlessinger as...
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