Background: The Community Health Needs Assessment identified pediatric asthma as a problem disproportionally impacting children on the East side of Springfield. A community based approach using community health workers and home visits was developed to reduce Emergency Room visits due to uncontrolled asthma. Project Lead: Carolyn Pointer, JD OPSP Team Members: Arden Caffrey, Sameer Vohra, Amanda Fogleman, and Georgia Luckey. Outside of OPSP, Patrice Jones from SIU Office of Regional Programs is also working with this program. Collaborators: HSHS St. John's Office of Community Benefits, led by

Anne Scheer, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Population Science and Policy Contact 217-545-8512 ascheer65@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities My primary responsibilities include community-oriented research in rural areas across Central and Southern Illinois, with a particular focus on child health and wellbeing, as well as assisting in grant and manuscript writing, and general duties as assigned. About Born and raised in Berlin, Germany, I hold a Master’s degree in Sociocultural Anthropology and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Freie Universität Berlin. Following my MA research about a legal

Justin Darcy, a PhD student in the Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, has been selected for a postdoctoral slot on Joslin Diabetes Center's NIH Training Grant. According to Dr. T. Keith Blackwell, Associate Research Director at the Center, "...this is a prestigious award, designed to recognize fellows with an important project and with high potential for future impact in the fields of diabetes or endocrinology." Upon graduating from SIU, Justin will be taking a postdoctoral position at the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA under the

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Award goals and scope The primary objective of the Concept Development Award (CDA) is to stimulate interest in and involvement with technology development and the technology transfer process at SIU. Another Objective is to assist in moving technologies into the market to improve the public's health and welfare. Commercial development of SIU technologies will help promote the economic welfare of the University and the surrounding community by encouraging industry investment. The award is primarily intended for patentable inventions or discoveries, but can also apply to trade secrets and

Intellectual property (IP) protects all forms of innovative works, such as inventions, processes, materials, improvements to existing technology, software, and creative and artistic works. Some forms of IP include patents, copyrights, and trademarks. IP provides the seeds for future economic growth and community prosperity. Therefore, SIU Medicine seeks to cultivate entrepreneurship and innovation. Commercialization of SIU Medicine IP for public use and benefit brings the benefits of discovery to the world. The SIU System-wide Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) supports IP activities at SIU