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Two-day event in Springfield aimed to create blueprint to improve rural health Springfield, Ill. –SIU School of Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, UIC School of Public Health, SIU School of Medicine Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development and the Illinois Department of Public Health hosted an influential group of rural health experts and stakeholders at the 2018 Illinois Rural Health Summit in Springfield, Illinois on August 6-7. The two-day event gathered information and inspiration to begin drafting and executing a

The 2018 Illinois Rural Health Summit, sponsored by SIU School of Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, UIC School of Public Health, SIU School of Medicine Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development and the Illinois Department of Public Health, convened an influential group of rural health experts and stakeholders in Springfield on August 6-7, 2018. The two-day event gathered information and inspiration to begin drafting and executing a blueprint to improve the health of residents in rural Illinois. “Our mission at SIU Medicine’s

Report: COVID-19 Widens Disparities in Rural Illinois, Recommends Rural Health Improvements Illinois Rural Health Summit Organizers Convened Discussion Forums, Authored Report March 30, 2021 (Springfield, IL) - A new report released by Southern Illinois University (SIU) Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, SIU Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, and the SIU Medicine Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development found that the pandemic has negatively impacted preexisting health disparities in rural Illinois as

SIU School of Medicine authors published 25 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. Display the 25 citations in PubMed

Congratulations to our Internal Medicine Residents and Cardiology doctors on their recently published retrospective study from their Memorial data . Corresponding Author: Bishal Bhandari, MD, PGY2, along with Manjari Regmi, MD, PGY1, Abdisamad Ibrahim, MD, PGY2, Basma Al-Bast, MD, PGY2, Cameron Koester, DO, PGY2, Priyanka Parajuli, MD, PGY1, Mohammad Al-Akchar, MD, Chief Resident, Michael Buhnerkempe, MD, Alexander Worix, MD, and Abhishek Kulkarni, MD Published in Interventional Cardiology Journal. Click on the link below to view. https://www.openaccessjournals.com/articles/general-anesthesia

TSG Award Goals and Scope The Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU (SCI) is seeking to fund proposals led by clinician-basic scientist te a m s that focus on translational cancer research. The main objective of the awards is to stimulate novel research programs that complement the SCI Cancer Research mission. Clinicians will be required to play an active role in the proposed research. It is envisioned that a clinician and a basic scientist, both with major interest in cancer research, will pair to create a TEAM leading an innovative research project that is TRANSLATIONAL in nature. Research results

SIU School of Medicine authors published 24 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. Display the 24 citations in PubMed

The Department of Population Science and Policy and its faculty and staff are proud to have received the following awards: National Rural Health Association Outstanding Rural Health Program Award for "Healthy Hillsboro" (2022) American Public Health Association Public Health Education and Promotion Section Health Equity Award (2019) Illinois Rural Health Association Award of Merit (2018) Illinois Education Association Friend of Education - Dr. Vohra (2018) Springfield Business Journal 40 Under 40 - Dr. Vohra (2017) Fellow of Academy of Epidemiology - Wiley Jenkins, PhD (2017) Best Poster