JEKYLL ISLAND – Mercer Medicine held a ribbon cutting on Sept. 29 for the launch of its newest rural primary care clinic, which opened Sept. 18 in the Jekyll Island Beach Village at 11 Main Street, Suite 201. Mercer Medicine...
The Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center teamed up with Chattooga Georgia Initiative for Community Housing, Helping Hands Ending Hunger, and Chattooga Chamber of Commerce to complete a housing needs assessment and survey of housing conditions, such as blight, disrepair...
The newest addition to Mercer University's Atlanta campus is open. The Tony and Nancy Moye Pharmacy and Health Sciences Center is a 65,000-square-foot building that houses learning, teaching and administrative space for the College of Pharmacy. It contains some of...
PUTNAM COUNTY — Mercer University’s School of Medicine, McAfee School of Theology and the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) have joined forces with community leaders of Putnam County for the first-of-its-kind Putnam County Collaborative Health Fair on Saturday,...
REYNOLDS — Mercer Medicine, a division of Mercer University School of Medicine, held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting Dec. 1 to recognize and celebrate the newest location in its system of rural clinics around the state. Mercer Medicine Taylor County opened...
COLUMBUS/MACON/SAVANNAH – Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) next fall will enroll its inaugural class in the new Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biomedical Sciences (Ph.D. BMS). The program will be offered on the medical school’s campuses in Columbus,...
This fall, Mercer University public health students taught local third graders about fruits and vegetables through lessons with superhero themes, interactive games and more. Dr. Rebecca Larson, assistant professor of public health practice in the College of Health Professions, and...
A class in Mercer University’s College of Professional Advancement is teaching students how they can leverage artificial intelligence and social media to create public health awareness campaigns.  Dr. Sabrina Walthall, professor of science, teaches BIOL 210: Biology of Disease each...
MACON/ATLANTA — Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) Dean Jean R. Sumner, M.D., FACP, announced the appointment of Andrew Benesh, Ph.D., as interim program director for the Master of Family Therapy (MFT) program effective Feb. 1. Dr. Benesh, who formerly...
Jean Sumner, M.D., grew up in rural middle Georgia, in a family of physicians. Her father and grandfather were doctors in Washington County. Her brothers and uncles also took up the family profession. But it wasn’t until Dr. Sumner...

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