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Clinical Studies to Test New Diabetic Treatment

Will test progression of kidney disease
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'Healthy Communities' Grant Media Coverage

Decatur School Students to Benefit from 'Healthy Communities' Grant (SIU Medicine) SIU School of Medicine Helping Improve Students’ Health (ladyclick.info) SIU School of Medicine Helping Improve Students' Health - (WAND Video) Grant Part of a Planning Project to Improve Health and Wellness of DPS 61 Students - (Now Decatur)
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Events

The Department of Population Science and Policy faculty and staff are regularly invited to speak at local, regional, and national events. If you are interested in learning more about our Department, or would like to have a member of the Department attend or speak at your local event, please contact us at psp@siumed.edu . Population Science and Policy's Recent Events: Population Science and Policy Department Launch Illinois Rural Health Summit
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Population Science and Policy media request

The Department of Population Science and Policy works with the news media and digital partners to raise awareness of how the Department understands and advances the health, development and wellness of residents in central and southern Illinois. Media contact If you are a member of a news or media organization and have an inquiry for SIU Medicine’s Department of Population Science and Policy, please contact Kara Bowlin, Department of Population Science and Policy Director of External Relations, at kbowlin81@siumed.edu or 314-651-5907 . General Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
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Radio & Video

View our video Rural Illinoisians Have Higher Illness Rate – December 3, 2018 SIU School of Medicine to Study Link Between Drug Use and Disease – November 28, 2018 The State of Rural Health in Illinois on National Rural Health Day – November 15, 2018 Statewide: Big Political Differences Across Illinois; Rural Health Challenges – November 9, 2018 Study Finds Rural Illinois Is Sicker And Underserved – November 9, 2018 SIU School of Medicine starts Dept. of Population Science and Policy - September 19, 2018 SIU School of Medicine Adds First New Academic Department in Almost 30 Years - September
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Summer Issue of the Library Newsletter

The Summer 2017 issue of the Library Newsletter is now available on our newsletter page.
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Quality Improvement

Quality improvement (QI) consists of systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement in health care services and the health status of targeted patient groups. SIU Department of Family and Community Medicine provides site level quality improvement projects, as well as, department level quality improvement projects. FCM is focusing on improving evidence based quality care in a safe environment. Current projects include improving immunization rates in children less than two years of age and implementation of GEMBA boards through our clinical sites. FCM quality department
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Newsletters

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine's Department of Population Science and Policy offers monthly newsletters to update friends, partners and supporters on new projects and information. Click here to receive The Pioneer and Pioneer Pulse. THE PIONEER The Pioneer is our quarterly newsletter focused on highlighting the incredible efforts of our faculty and staff, improving health outcomes in central and southern Illinois. The Pioneer - Volume 5.3 - August 11, 2022 This issue will introduce the new department chair, Dr. Wiley Jenkins, and will provide updates for projects from our
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A Seat at the Table

In 1975, the first class graduated from the then just five-year-old SIU School of Medicine. To look at the class photo, two things stand out for those of us looking at it with a 2017 gaze: in this small class of 24 people, there is only one person of color, and not one is female. The 1976 class, the charter class of the school, was significantly larger. The class of ’76 saw 43 graduates. Among those 43, there were no minorities, and just five women: Cris Anderson, MD, Brenda Baumann, MD, Regina Kovach, MD, Kathleen Link, MD, and Mary (Witges) Bengtson, MD. The charter women of SIU School of
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