Here's
What's New
Our Division of Medicine
Psychiatry has opened a new clinic in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois.
Call 792-3442 to schedule an appointment.
We are pleased to announce the 2008
NRMP Match Results for the SIU School of Medicine Department
of Internal Medicine residency program!
Laura Rogers, MD is conducting
a study entitled, "Changes in cancer-related cytokines
after a physical activity intervention (CICK)". This
study will test the changes in cytokine markers of inflammation
before and after participation in an exercise intervention
for breast cancer survivors. It is being funded by the SimmonsCopper
Cancer Institute.
Kathy Bottum, MD, PhD is the
first recipient of the Clinician Scientist Research Award,
which provides $80,000 for her research project “Mechanisms
of Resistance to Exitotoxicity in Suprachiasmatic Nucleus.”
Her mentoring team includes Shelley Tischkau, PhD, Pharmacology,
and Andrzej Bartke, PhD,
Laura Rogers, MD and David
Resch, MD.
Gary Rull, MD has been elected
secretary of the SIUSOM Alumni Board, and was reelected to
the Illinois American College of Physicians Council for an
additional two-year term. The Council provides assistance
to the Illinois ACP Governors in planning and carrying out
the activities and business of the Illinois ACP Chapters.
Teresa Liberati, PhD, DVM assumed the directorship of the
Research Imaging Facility (RIF) on January 1st, following
the retirement of Bob Helfert. Dr. Liberati has previously
served as Director of Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine.
The Department of Internal Medicine has been selected by the
ACGME Learning Portfolio (ALP) Development Committee as a
beta test site for the ALP project. The portfolio is an interactive
web-based professional development tool that residents can
use throughout their residencies to record and organize their
learning and to reflect and receive feedback on their skills
as physicians.
Frank Aguirre, MD (Cardiology)
has been selected as the 2008 SIU School of Medicine Distinguished
Alumnus by the AlumniSociety Board of Governors. The award
is traditionally presented during the School’s commencement
ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, May 24, 2008, in the Sangamon
Auditorium.
Regina A. Kovach, MD (DGIM)
received the Ruth-Marie E. Fincher, MD Service Award at the
2007 Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine meeting in Pennsylvania
in October. The CDIM is the national organization representing
teachers of internal medicine to medical students.
John Godwin, MD (Hem/Onc)
has been named as a board member for the Central Illinois
Community Blood Center.
Susan Hingle, MD has been
elected as the next Governor of the Illinois Downstate ACP.
She will take office in the spring of 2009.
Patricia Hopkins-Price, PhD (Pulmonary)
has been appointed to a two year term as a member of the Board
of Certification of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists.
Two faculty members within the Department of Medicine will
each receive $50,000 in funding through SIU’s Excellence
in Academic Medicine program in 2008. Michal Masternak, PhD
(Geriatric Research)
was awarded a grant for his research project “Dietary
Fat, Visceral Fat Depots and Aging,” and Nancy Johnston,
DVM (Endocrinology) will receive
funding for “Sleep Fragmentation, the Metabolic Syndrome,
and Diabetes in Mice.”
