On Saturday, March 25th PHIT staffed welcomed metro Jackson area High School Students to the HISTA Academy’s first official event. HISTA (Health Informatics, Science, and Technology Academy) looks to provide students with a pathway to careers in informatics and technology. Students were greeted by PHIT Executive Director, Dr. Loria Brown-Gordon who started the morning off...Read More

The PHIT team and HISTA interns participated in CPR training on February 25th in preparation for this summer’s high school program. The Health Informatics, Science, and Technology Academy begins June 3rd, and will give high school students in the metro Jackson area the opportunity to be exposed to careers informatics and analytics.Read More

JSU’s PHIT program was recently awarded $300,000 from biotechnology giant, Genetech to improve training  for community college students looking for health science careers. JSU’s College of Health Sciences and Central MS, Health Services, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), are helping to launch this degree/career pathway pilot program to train and prepare 18 community college...Read More

Jackson State University’s College of Health Sciences has been awarded funding from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to support PHIT’s workforce development training. PHIT has introduced HISTA (Health, Informatics, Science and Technology Academy) for High School Students. The goal is to expose students to informatics and analytics, preparing them to pursue...Read More

Jackson State University President, Thomas Hudson, MS State Senator David Blount, and State Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Justin Turner were in attendance at the PHIT (Public Health Informatics & Technology) launch event on January 20th. Billed as “Brunch With PHIT”, the event took place in front of the JSU School of Health in the Jackson...Read More

Public Health Informatics and Technology at Jackson State University looks to help create and expand on a diverse public health workforce, particularly underrepresented minorities, across multiple disciplines. PHIT at Jackson State University is an innovative approach into integrating multiple disciplines. It is the only program that can benefit students in The Colleges of Business, Education and...Read More