Wiley Jenkins, PhD, MPH, FACE Division Chief, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department of Population Science and Policy Contact 217-545-8717 wjenkins@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities My primary responsibilities include developing and managing the science and research direction of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, pursuing individual and collaborative research in opioid misuse, cancer disparities and sexually transmitted disease epidemiology, and providing education and mentoring to students and staff. About My route to academia is somewhat unconventional. I graduated with a
Head and Neck Cancer Care - Pardis Javadi, MD Head and Neck Cancer Care - Arun Sharma, MD, MS SIU Audiology - Caroline Montgomery, MSDE, CED, LSLS AVEd Allergies - Richard Bass, MD Tinnitus Treatment Options - Jennifer Parrish, AuD Tinnitus Management Program - Carol Bauer, MD Sinus and Sinusitis - Dana Crosby, MD Patient Care - Leonard Rybak, MD, PhD Patient Care - Richard Bass, MD SIU Surgical Residency
Carolyn Pointer, JD Policy Director Department of Population Science and Policy Contact 217-545-4391 cpointer49@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities My research identifies the policy problems resulting in poor community health outcomes. In the Department of Population Science and Policy, my role is to reduce health inequities for the people of central and southern Illinois through policy change. I also work with our medical-legal partnership in the Family & Community Medicine Department, and coordinate the fourth year Medical Humanities Clerkship. About Also, an Assistant Professor, Medical
SIU Cardiothoracic Surgery consists of five board-certified surgeons and five mid-level providers in cardiac and thoracic surgery located in Springfield. We represent the largest volume provider of heart, lung and esophageal surgery in downstate Illinois and the largest academic program in the state. We presently have open trials to study all aspects of heart and lung surgery. These trials allow us to offer both cutting-edge treatments for patients as well as study these areas for future benefit. Some specific areas of ongoing research include novel treatments for mitral valve disease, methods
Department of Defense Grant Aids SIU Hearing Research Southern Illinois University School of Medicine research scientist Brandon Cox, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology, has secured a three-year grant from the U.S. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, a division of the Department of Defense, to advance her study of hearing loss and regeneration of sounds-sensing cells in the inner ear. The total budget for the project is $1.5 million. Hearing loss is the third most common health problem in the U.S., and approximately 50 million people in the
Network provider sites include hospitals, mental health centers, senior service centers, clinics, care facilities and other organizations. Each network provider is part of the interconnected team of experts dedicated to serving individuals with memory problems and their families. Network providers work closely with SIU Medicine's Smith Alzheimer's Center providers and staff, and are specifically trained to evaluate individuals with memory or other cognitive disorders. In addition, the Memory and Aging Network providers may offer: Counseling Referral services Education to individuals, the
Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, MA, FAAP Founding Chair Department of Population Science & Policy SIU Medicine The Department of Population Science and Policy: SIU Medicine’s Commitment to Our Region Just 55 miles straight east on Illinois Route 13: These simple directions take you from SIU’s campus in Carbondale to Junction, Illinois, a tiny town in the southeastern corner of Illinois. The morning’s drive displayed a beautiful vista of a rising sun over green pastures. The landscape was vastly different from my hometown of Chicago, or even my adopted city of Springfield. There are such different lives
