2019 AAIM Innovation Grant Recipients Named: Dr. Andrew J. Varney, 1 of 8 recipients nation wide AAIM fosters educational innovations in academic internal medicine through our grant program. The Innovation Grants Subcommittee selected eight projects to receive grants totaling $30,000. The Alliance congratulates the 2019 Innovation Grants recipients: Andrew J. Varney, MD; Southern Illinois University Quality improvement project to create a safer workplace for residents and staff Click the link below to view the full list of Grant recipients: https://www.im.org/resources/innovation-grants

Department of Medicine Faculty, Fellows and Residents: Congratulations to our residents and fellows who represented the Department of Medicine extremely well today, April 23rd, 2019, at the SIU SOM Trainee Research Symposium. Of the 63 oral and poster presentations, 22 were from the Department of Medicine. Our trainees did a remarkable job of presenting clinical vignettes and hypothesis-driven research in the form of oral presentations and posters. It was energizing to be surrounded by highly motivated and talented scholars. Congratulations to our trainees who won awards: Resident and Fellow

The Medical Library is excited to promote the new Leadership Reserve Collection for SIU’s Center for Human and Organizational Potential. cHOP’s mission is to invest in our people and community through personal and professional growth to achieve improvement in our lives and health. The books in this Leadership Collection focus on wellness, leadership and excellence, and professional development. The entire collection is on the far right in the glass bookcases behind the circulation desk; a cHOP sign that says “Leadership Reserve Collection” identifies them and keeps them together. Books may be

SIU Emergency Medicine residents had scholarly projects accepted at the 29th Annual Southern Illinois University Trainee Research Symposium. Dr. Rebecca Tracy (PGY-1) presented Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis: A Pediatric Case Report during a poster session. Dr. James Hart (PGY-1) shared a poster titled Incomplete Kawasaki Disease: Using Clinical and Diagnostic Evidence to Make the Diagnosis. Dr. Michael Kim (PGY-3) was chosen for an oral presentation discussing Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis, a Rare Complication of SGLT-2 Inhibitor Use

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The Medical Library recently purchased several books for a new Graphic Medicine collection. A growing trend in medical literature, “Graphic Medicine” refers to “the intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare.“ The collection contains graphic narratives that explore illness and other health topics from both the practitioner and patient perspective. The Graphic Medicine Collection can be found in the wooden cabinets near the library circulation desk – stop by and check it out! We also invite you to visit our subject guide on Narrative Medicine to learn more! If you

SIU School of Medicine authors published 11 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. Display the 11 citations in PubMed

Faculty and students from the Department of Pharmacology presented Brain Awareness Day at Franklin Middle School on March 12. The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and SIU HEAL Scholarship supported this year’s outreach project that engages 7th and 8th graders through hands-on activities, games, presentations and a dissection.  Team members pictured: Jesse Britz, Nazmul Haque, Madan Ghimire, Caleigh Findley, Jesika Saucedo, Asmita Dhukhwa, Luyi Zhou. Not pictured: Jarnail Singh, Smita Gupta, Amber Fifer, Jeffrey Nie, Vidya Sundareshan.

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University will play a major role in an innovative economic development effort aimed at helping businesses and entrepreneurs in Missouri as well as central and southern Illinois have better access to the expertise of its faculty, students and other resources. In collaboration with the University of Missouri, SIU is helping create an “Innovation Exchange,” which is essentially a web portal that facilitates communication between business and the universities. Connecting businesses to universities, thanks to grant funding The effort is funded

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