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SIU SOM Outstanding Scholar

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The SIU SOM Oustanding Scholar award was presented to Laurent Brard, MD, PhD, a professor in the Department of OB/GYN.  Dr. Brard is currently the PI on an NIH/NCI grant addressing rural cancer health disparities, a partnership grant with Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis.  In addition, he has more than 80 publications in peer reviewed journals; almost half of those since joining SIU in 2010.

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