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Sean Abram, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Phone: 601-815-3127
Fax: 601-984-6214

E-mail: sabram@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A125


Specialties/Focus

Health Disparities, Hypertension, Obesity
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Rebecca Askew, MS, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6259
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: raskew@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A240

 

Specialties/Focus

Healthcare Administration
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Tracilia Beacham, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Multicultural Affairs


Phone: 601-984-6254
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: tbbeacham@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A205


Specialties/Focus

Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Health Policy
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Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean School of Nursing 
Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6220
Fax: 601-815-5958

E-mail: kbender@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A-304-01

 

Specialties/Focus

Public Health and Policy
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Barbara Boss, PhD, RN, CANP, CFNP
Professor of Nursing

 

Phone: 601-984-6216
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail:bboss@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A211

Specialties/Focus

Neuroscience nursing, primary care
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Joyce Brewer, PhD, RN, CNM, CFNP
Associate Professor of Nursing

 

Phone: 601-984-6243
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail:jbrewer@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A224

 

Specialties/Focus

Adult Heath, Community Health, Clinical Simulation
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    Keith Brown, MSN, RN, CFNP

Assistant Professor of Nursing

 

Phone: 601-815-4824
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: kbrown@surgery.umsmed.edu

Office: A128

 

Specialties/Focus

Acute Care
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    Bonnie Carminati, MSN, FNP
Instructor in Nursing


Phone: 601-984-5660
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: bpcarminati@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A127

Specialties/Focus

Adult Health, Diabetes, and Wound Care
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Jan Cooper, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinical Simulation Center Director
UNACARE Health Center Manager

 

Phone: 601-984-6205
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: jcooper@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A224

 

Specialties/Focus

Adult Heath, Community Health, Clinical Simulation
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    Virginia Lee Cora, DNS, RN, CGNP
Instructor in Nursing

Phone: 601-815-9312
Fax:601-984-6206
E-mail: vlcora@psychiatry.umsmed.edu

Office: A115

Specialties/Focus

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Debrynda Davey, EdD, RN, CDVC, Dip
Professor of Nursing

 

Phone: 601-984-6237
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: ddavey@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A210


Specialties/Focus

Domestic violence, sexual assault
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Shelia Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Doctoral Studies


Phone: 601-815-4010
Fax:601-984-6214

E-mail: spdavis@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A103

 

Specialties/Focus

Childhood Obesity, Health Disparities, Biculturalism, and Health Ethics
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Theresa Doddato, EdD, RN, CRNA
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs and Practice

 

Phone: 601-984-6271
Fax: 6601-815-4119

E-mail: tddodato@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A308

 

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Amanda Ellis, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing 

 

Phone: 601-815-4139
Fax:601-984-6214

E-mail: aellis2@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A122

 

Specialties/Focus

Medical Surgical Nursing in both Adult and Pediatric populations with an emphasis on Neuroscience and Perioperative Nursing
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Fazlay Faruque, PhD
Professor of Nursing
Director of Geographic Information Systems


Phone: 601-984-4993
Fax:601-984-6229

E-mail: ffaruque@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A109

 

Specialties/Focus

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Sherry Felder, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Site Director, Oxford


Phone: 662-915-2057
Fax:662-915-2056

E-mail: sfelder@son.umsmed.edu

Office: Oxford Campus

 

Specialties/Focus

Women's Health, Maternal/Newborn, Nursing Education
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    Eileen Fisher, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing

Phone: 601-362-4471x1898
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: efisher@son.umsmed.edu

Office:

 

Specialties/Focus

Adult Health
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Wanda Fisher, MSN, RN, CCRN
Assistant Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6265
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: wfisher@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A220

 

Specialties/Focus

Health Disparities
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Audwin Fletcher, PhD, RN, CFNP
Associate Professor of Nursing

 

Phone: 601-984-6210
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: afletcher@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A212

 

Specialties/Focus

Health Disparities
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LaVerne Grant, PhD, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6260
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: lgrant@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A218

 

Specialties/Focus

Adult Health
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Jennie Gunn, PhD, RN, FNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing


Phone: 662-915-2049
Fax: 662-915-2056

E-mail:jgunn@son.umsmed.edu

Office: Oxford Campus

 

Specialties/Focus

Cultural Studies
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Lisa Haynie, PhD, RN, CFNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Mercy Delta Express Project

 

Phone: 601-984-6226
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: lhaynie@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A216

 

Specialties/Focus

Cultural Studies
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Pamela Helms, MN, RN, CFNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing 

 

Phone: 601-984-6231
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: phelms@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A235

 

Specialties/Focus

Family Practice
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    Kristi Henderson, MSN, RN, CFNP

Instructor in Nursing

Phone: 601-815-6330
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: khenderson@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A114

 

Specialties/Focus

Adult Health and Acute Care
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Joyce Henson, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing 

Phone: 662-915-1327
Fax: 662-915-2056

E-mail: jchenson@son.umsmed.edu

Office: Oxford Campus

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Calvin Hewitt, MBA
Assistant Professor of Nursing

 

Phone: 601-984-6261
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: chewitt@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A223

 

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Laree Hiser, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6247
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: lmhiser@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A021-03

 

Specialties/Focus

Basic Research in Cancer and Neurological Disorders
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Kim Hoover, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Research and Evaluation

 

Phone: (601) 984-6221
Fax: 601-815-5957

E-mail: khoover@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A334-03

 

Specialties/Focus

Nursing Workforce, Outcomes Research, and Nursing Education
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Noel Hopper, MBA, RN, CHE
Instructor in Nursing

 

Phone: 601-815-9253

E-mail: nhopper@hospadmin.umsmed.edu

 

Specialties/Focus

Quality and Clinical Systems Improvement and Healthcare Administration
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Sara Knight, MSN, RN, FNP
Instructor in Nursing

 

Phone: 601-984-6250
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: sknight@son.umsmed.edu

 

Specialties/Focus

Family Health, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics
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    Kerry Kokaisel, MN, RN

Instructor in Nursing

Phone: 601-815-9312
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: kkokaisel@psychiatry.umsmed.edu

Office: A115

Specialties/Focus

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    Debbie Konkle-Parker, PhD, RN, FNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6222
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: dkparter@medicine.umsmed.edu

Office: A117

 

Specialties/Focus

Clinical Research, HIV/AIDS
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Sharon Lobert, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

 

Phone: 601-984-6242
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: slobert@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A209

 

Specialties/Focus

Oncology Chemotherapy, Family Nurse Clinician
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Susan Lofton, PhD, RN, CNS
Professor of Nursing
Advanced Standing Program Site Coordinator


Phone: 601-984-6268
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: slofton@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A236

 

Specialties/Focus

Geriatrics, Veterans Health and Legal Consulting
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Marcella McKay, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Phone: 601-984-6222
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: mmckay@mhanet.org

 

Specialties/Focus

Healthcare Administration
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Mary McNair, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing


Phone: 601-815-9420
Fax: 601-984-6214

E-mail: mmcnair@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A123


Specialties/Focus

Women's Health, Gynecological-Oncology, Palliative Care/End of Life
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Carl Mangum, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Emergency Preparedness & Response Specialist

 

Phone: 601-984-6269
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: cmangum@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A213

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Jean Marks, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing

Phone: 601-815-7616
Fax:601-984-6214

E-mail: jpmarks@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A120

 

Specialties/Focus

Adult Health Nursing
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Tina Martin, PhD, RN, CFNP
Associate Professor of Nursing

Phone: 601-815-4011
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: tmartin@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A221

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Marilyn May, PhD, RNC
Instructor in Nursing

 

Phone: 601-815-4138
Fax: 601-984-6214

E-mail: jpmarks@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A118

 

Specialties/Focus

Pediatrics
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LaDonna Northington, DNS, RN, CCRN
Associate Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6268
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: lnorthington@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A219

 

Specialties/Focus

Pediatrics, Health Policy and Administration
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    Monica Northington, MD, MPH
Instructor in Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6222
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: mnorthington@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A114

Specialties/Focus

Pediatrics, Health Policy and Administration
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Anne Norwood, PhD, RN, CFNP

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Phone: 601-984-6236
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: anorwood@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A217

 

 

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    Guyolyn Ousterhout, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6222
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: gsousterhout@nursing.umsmed.edu

 

Specialties/Focus

Adult Psychiatry
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Rochelle Poole, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing


Phone: 662-393-1611
Fax: 662-393-1061

E-mail: rdpoole@son.umsmed.edu

Office: Desoto Campus

 

Specialties/Focus

Perioperative Nursing
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    Chris Powe, MSN, RN, CFNP

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Phone: 601-201-1017
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: cpowe@surgery.umsmed.edu

Office: A132

 

Specialties/Focus

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Marcia Rachel, PhD, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Health Systems and Quality Improvement


Phone: 601-984-6228
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: mrachel@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A241

 

Specialties/Focus

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    Gaye Ragland, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6245
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: gragland@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A130

Specialties/Focus

Geriatrics, Management, Community Health, Education
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    Barbara Rogers, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6233
Fax:601-984-6206

E-mail: brogers@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A021-01

Specialties/Focus

Adult Health and Wound Healing
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Laura Schenk, PhD, RN, CNNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6219
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: lschenk@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A214

 

Specialties/Focus

Neonatal/Pediatrics
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Jean Walker, PhD, RN, CS, CAN
Professor of Nursing
Director of Graduate Nurse Educator Track

 

Phone: 601-984-6248
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: jwalker@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A237

 

Specialties/Focus

Adult Health, Psychiatric Mental Health, Nursing Management and Administration
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Patricia Waltman, EdD, RN, CNNP
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

 

Phone: 601-984-6255
Fax: 601-815-5957

E-mail: pwaltman@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A334-02

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Robin Wilkerson, PhD, RN, BC
Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies

 

Phone: 601-984-6253
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: rwilkerson@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A242

 

Specialties/Focus

The Effects of a Developmental Disability of Genetic Origin on the Family
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Renee Williams, PhD, RN, CCE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Continuing Education in Nursing

 

Phone: 601-984-6227
Fax: 601-984-6240

E-mail: rwilliams@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A101-2

 

Specialties/Focus

Maternal/Newborn and Women's Health Nursing; and Breast Health and Stress Management
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Karen Winters, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6246
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: rwilliams@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A215

 

Specialties/Focus

Cardiovascular Nursing, Adult Health, Health Care Access and Utilization, Racial Disparities, Large Datasets
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Sharon Wyatt, PhD, RN, CS, CANP, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Harriet Williamson Chair of Nephrology Nursing


Phone: 601-984-6249
Fax: 601-984-6264

E-mail: swyatt@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A312

 

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Health Disparities, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, Interpretive Research, Community-based Participatory Research
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Annette Wysocki, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing

 

Phone: 601-815-4142
Fax: 601-984-6206

E-mail: awysocki@son.umsmed.edu

Office: A225

 

Specialties/Focus

Wound Healing
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