John Flack
Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Chair, Population Science and Policy
Population Science and Policy
The Department of Population Science and Policy works to understand the challenges of people in central and southern Illinois and provides innovative, sustainable solutions to improve health in rural and underserved communities.
Welcome
Welcome to SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy (PSP). Our work expands SIU Medicine’s reach into the spaces where people live, work, learn and play. PSP focuses on improving a community’s social determinants of health through research, intervention and policy change. PSP consists of three divisions: The Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division gathers and analyzes data, Human and Community Development collaborates with communities to identify and implement solutions to improve health through mixed methods research, and Health System Science uses evidence-based research to inform and improve policies that affect the health of populations. PSP is working to move the dial on health in some of Illinois’ unhealthiest communities.
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Population Science and Policy Divisions
The Department of Population Science and Policy is divided into three divisions: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Human and Community Development and Health System Science. Learn more about how we collaborate to improve health in Illinois.
Latest articles
Southern Illinois University officially among top research schools in U.S.
SIU has officially entered the ranks of the top research universities in the nation: It has been designated Research 1, or R1, in the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education.
Trainees gain experience, garner awards at 2024 Research Symposia
A two-day symposium offered trainees from across the School of Medicine system an opportunity to gain experience in making formal presentations of their research and clinical discoveries.
Summit to spotlight gender health equity issues
The complexities of equitable gender health policies will be explored at the 2023 Illinois Rural Health Summit on October 10 at the Memorial Learning Center in Springfield.