Sickle cell disease is painful, leads to a high incidence of stroke and carries with it a much shorter life expectancy than the average person living in the developed world. Andrew Wilber, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology at SIU School of Medicine, and his team are working to change that.

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Our Human and Community Development Division is committed to collaborating with communities to identify and implement effective solutions to improve health outcomes in central and southern Illinois. We use a variety of research tools to help communities document issues as well as evaluate change efforts. We respect the unique contexts, settings, cultures and resources of our different communities, and we believe authentic change happens when community members and leaders work together. The Human and Community Development Division works across typical boundaries to connect with hospitals

Lauren Slomer, MPH Research Project Coordinator Department of Population Science and Policy Contact 217-545-2199 lslomer29@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities My primary responsibilities include providing support for community based population science research activities and acting as a grant evaluator. About I am a graduate of Illinois State University and the University of Illinois at Springfield. I received my bachelor’s in 2015 devoting the majority of my studies to health education. After graduating from Illinois State University, I moved back to my hometown, Springfield, Illinois, to

Congratulations to award recipients Nnenna Ezeilo, M.D., a fourth-year resident in Otolaryngology working in the lab of Dr. Brandon Cox (Pharmacology) and Sri Kommajosyula, Ph.D., a first-year postdoc working in the lab of Dr. Donald Caspary (Pharmacology). The two trainees were awarded a travel grant to attend the Association for Research in Otolaryngology annual meeting held February 9-14 in San Diego, Calif. Grants were awarded based on a competitive application process and judged by the ARO Travel Award Committee. The Association for Research in Otolaryngology was founded in 1973 and aims

Applications for the 2018 summer lab internships at Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University Medicine are now being accepted through March 15. The cancer institute will award four positions to qualified undergraduate college students who plan a career in medicine or biomedical research with a focus on cancer. The paid summer internship provides hands-on experience for college undergraduates and are awarded on a competitive basis. Past recipients of the internship program, established 2009, say being touched by cancer, the love of science, and wanting to give back are

External Funding Opportunitites Search for Opportunities: https://www.siumed.edu/adr/grants/search-grants-grantforward.html

Caryl Towsley Moy, PhD Endowed Fund for Collaborative Research The Caryl Towsley Moy, PhD Endowed Fund for Collaborative Research is a funding mechanism specifically for University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) and SIU School of Medicine faculty to foster new collaborations and generate pilot projects or preliminary data for future funding opportunities or projects. The Request for Proposal, Application Template, and Approval Routing Form are located on the UIS website: http://www.uis.edu/research/faculty-research-and-scholarship-support/fa… The ADR Grants Office Submission

Dr. Amber Fifer has been appointed associate director of the Center for Clinical Research. Amber joined the school in 2014 as a research assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and has served as their director of clinical research. Amber earned her doctor of pharmacy degree at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1997. In addition to her involvement on multiple CCR teams, Amber has been an Institutional Review Board (IRB) member at SIU since 2009 and was recently appointed to the SIU Conflict of Interest Committee. Before joining SIU, Amber worked at St. John's Hospital for 12 years

The following journal articles, book chapters, and conference presentations have resulted from research in the Play Lab. For those interested in obtaining additional information regarding any of the projects listed below, please correspond with ldilalla@siu.edu. Published Research DiLalla, L.F. , Jamnik, M.R., Marshall, R.L., Pali, E., & DiLalla, D.L. (forthcoming). Twin research in psychopathology. In A.D. Tarnoki, D.L. Tarnoki, J.R. Harris, N. Segal, L. Littvay (Eds.), Twin research. DiLalla, L.F., Diaz, E., & Jamnik, M.R., (forthcoming). Toward the dark side: Temperament, personality, and