Dr. Ruchika Goel is the inaugural recipient of the O.H. Wesly Endowed Chair of Excellence in Hematologic Disorders. The investiture ceremony on August 26 honored both Goel’s remarkable career as a physician-scientist and the enduring legacy of Dr. Wesly, whose generosity made the endowment possible.

Jeffrey Parrilla-Carrero , PhD knows the face of addiction. As a boy in Puerto Rico, he watched his father battle alcohol use disorder, cycling through attempts to quit that ended in disappointment. The struggle left questions that never stopped tugging at him. Those questions would one day guide Parrilla-Carrero from an aspiring engineer to a neuroscientist — and ultimately, to SIU School of Medicine. Watching his father try and fail to stop drinking sparked young Jeffrey’s curiosity. “At first I thought it was a lack of willpower,” he said. “But I came to understand that addiction is a

Jeffrey Parrilla-Carrero , PhD knows the face of addiction. As a boy in Puerto Rico, he watched his father battle alcohol use disorder, cycling through attempts to quit that ended in disappointment. The struggle left questions that never stopped tugging at him. Those questions would one day guide Parrilla-Carrero from an aspiring engineer to a neuroscientist — and ultimately, to SIU School of Medicine. Watching his father try and fail to stop drinking sparked young Jeffrey’s curiosity. “At first I thought it was a lack of willpower,” he said. “But I came to understand that addiction is a

Jeffrey Parrilla-Carrero , PhD knows the face of addiction. As a boy in Puerto Rico, he watched his father battle alcohol use disorder, cycling through attempts to quit that ended in disappointment. The struggle left questions that never stopped tugging at him. Those questions would one day guide Parrilla-Carrero from an aspiring engineer to a neuroscientist — and ultimately, to SIU School of Medicine. Watching his father try and fail to stop drinking sparked young Jeffrey’s curiosity. “At first I thought it was a lack of willpower,” he said. “But I came to understand that addiction is a

Jeffrey Parrilla-Carrero , PhD knows the face of addiction. As a boy in Puerto Rico, he watched his father battle alcohol use disorder, cycling through attempts to quit that ended in disappointment. The struggle left questions that never stopped tugging at him. Those questions would one day guide Parrilla-Carrero from an aspiring engineer to a neuroscientist — and ultimately, to SIU School of Medicine. Watching his father try and fail to stop drinking sparked young Jeffrey’s curiosity. “At first I thought it was a lack of willpower,” he said. “But I came to understand that addiction is a

Jeffrey Parrilla-Carrero , PhD knows the face of addiction. As a boy in Puerto Rico, he watched his father battle alcohol use disorder, cycling through attempts to quit that ended in disappointment. The struggle left questions that never stopped tugging at him. Those questions would one day guide Parrilla-Carrero from an aspiring engineer to a neuroscientist — and ultimately, to SIU School of Medicine. Watching his father try and fail to stop drinking sparked young Jeffrey’s curiosity. “At first I thought it was a lack of willpower,” he said. “But I came to understand that addiction is a

Dr. Ruchika Goel will be the inaugural recipient of the O.H. Wesly Endowed Chair of Excellence in Hematologic Disorders at SIU School of Medicine. The investiture ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. August 26, in the South Auditorium, 801 N. Rutledge St.

Dr. Ruchika Goel will be the inaugural recipient of the O.H. Wesly Endowed Chair of Excellence in Hematologic Disorders at SIU School of Medicine. The investiture ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. August 26, in the South Auditorium, 801 N. Rutledge St.

Dr. Ruchika Goel will be the inaugural recipient of the O.H. Wesly Endowed Chair of Excellence in Hematologic Disorders at SIU School of Medicine. The investiture ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. August 26, in the South Auditorium, 801 N. Rutledge St.

Dr. Ruchika Goel will be the inaugural recipient of the O.H. Wesly Endowed Chair of Excellence in Hematologic Disorders at SIU School of Medicine. The investiture ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. August 26, in the South Auditorium, 801 N. Rutledge St.