Roselind (Rosey) Brown, BS Peace Corps Fellow Department of Population Science and Policy Contact: 217-545-6987 rbrown35@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities My primary responsibility for the Department of Population Science and Policy is to assist in research and community engagement aimed at improving health outcomes in central and southern Illinois. About I am graduate student at Western Illinois University pursuing a master’s in health science with a focus in health education. I currently serve as a WIU Peace Corps Coverdell Fellow focusing on community economic development. Prior to

Nicole Summers-Gabr, PhD, MS Assistant Professor Department of Population Science and Policy Contact 217-545-9502 nsummers-gabr42@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities My primary responsibilities include community-oriented research in rural areas across Central and Southern Illinois, with a particular focus on family health and well-being, as well as developing interventions, manuscript/ grant writing, and mentoring students. About As a Midwest native, my education began in my home state of Michigan. In 2012, I graduated from Grand Valley State University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Mitzi L. McCormick Office Support Specialist Department of Population Science and Policy Contact: 217-545-8872 m mccormick87@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities: My primary responsibility is serving as a member of the PSP administrative support team, assisting with department, marketing, public relations, recruitment, financial, and research functions. About: I have 20 years’ experience as an administrative assistant in commercial property management. I worked with various vendors, owners, contractors and tenants to maintain the smooth day to day operation of building maintenance. I joined SIU

Spring Cycle Pre-Review Deadline: March 7 Spring Cycle Deadline: April 7 If the above dates fall on the weekend or a holiday, applications will be due the next business day. The goal of the Research Seed Grant Program is to assist faculty in generating preliminary data that can be used to support applications for extramural funding. Research Seed Grants (RSG) are evaluated for scientific merit by the Grant Review Committee (GRC). I. Eligibility Highlights Faculty members in the SOM are eligible to be principal investigators. A faculty member must be a full-time employee (51%) at the assistant

Brent Van Ham, MS, RN, CRC, CADC Research Project Coordinator Department of Population Science and Policy Contact: 618-453-1587 bvanham49@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities: My primary responsibility for the Department of Population Science and Policy is to assist in research aimed at improving health outcomes in central and southern Illinois. About: I grew up in Kankakee, Illinois, and moved to Carbondale following my enlistment in the US Navy. I hold an associate’s degree in nursing from John A. Logan College (1997), a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Southern Illinois University (2014)

Monica Abd El Nour, MD – National University of Ireland, Galway School of Medicine, Galway, Ireland Afreen Abraham, MD – Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, India Yuri Fedorovich, MD – SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL Sarah Furqan, MD – Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan Mohammad Jaber, MD – University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, IL Vani Krishna, MD – Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medical College, Salem, India Douglas Meyer, DO – University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Medicine, Pikeville, KY Usha Ravi, MD – Taishan Medical University

SIU System Collaborative Grant DUE DATE: Sept. 15, 2021 The goal of the SIU System Collaborative Grant program is to promote new biomedical research collaborations and foster receipt of extramural funding for research projects between faculty at the various SIU campuses, including the School of Medicine, Edwardsville, and Carbondale. Thus, projects considered for funding should represent pilot studies for obtaining preliminary data for larger collaborative projects to be submitted for external funding. To qualify as a new team (Co-PIs), faculty may not have previously published together as co

Min Jee Lee, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor Department of Population Science and Policy Contact 217-545-2428 mlee88@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities My primary responsibilities include pursuing individual and collaborative research in health and healthcare disparities; as well as providing education and mentoring to students. About I am a health services researcher with expertise in health and healthcare disparities. I joined the Department of Population Science and Policy at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in 2018. I received my PhD in Health Services Policy and Management

SIU School of Medicine is proud to announce the launch of its Department of Population Science and Policy, a new academic department focused on better understanding and advancing the health of communities in central and southern Illinois. Dr. Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, FAAP, has been named founding chair of the Department of Population Science and Policy. The Department of Population Science and Policy is the first of its kind: a department uniquely focused on understanding the health of populations and integrating policy solutions to those populations. The department consists of three divisions