Our Projects The Department of Population Science and Policy is currently researching a variety of rural health disparities, with community based social innovation initiatives, investigator-initiated studies, as well as externally funded local, state and federal research projects, grants and contracts. The Department is focused on three major research priorities –children’s health disparities; cancer health disparities; and other projects of interest, including opioid abuse, respiratory health and sexually transmitted infections. With all of our projects, the Department seeks to understand the

SIU-SOM IRB REVIEW FEES (Effective May, 1, 2021) Initial Full Board Review Initial Expedited Review Modifications/ Amendments Continuing Review Study Closure Exemption/Non-Human Subject Research Determination Administrative Review Annual Monitoring Industry Sponsored Protocols $3,000 $3,000 $500 $1,000 $500 NA NA NA *^SIU Investigator Initiated Protocols/ Federally Funded/ State Supported/ Non-Profit No Charge No Charge No Charge No Charge No Charge No Charge NA NA Non-SIU Investigator Initiated Protocols $1,400 $500 $100 $250 $100 $200 NA NA sIRB – SIU is a Relying Institution– Industry

Borrowing SIU faculty, staff, students, and residents may borrow library materials. Items must be picked up by the account holder. Current identification or appointment cards must be presented at the Circulation Desk. Registered users have borrowing and renewing privileges in the Medical Library Catalog as well as the statewide I-Share catalog. Online borrowing is not available from the Medical Library catalog but renewing of materials is allowed. Renewing Renewals are permitted, if no other user has requested the materials. A recall may be placed on circulating materials at a user's request

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSOM) relies on the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program (CITI) to host SCRIHS Protection of Human Subjectstraining. Completing this curriculum is required before research personnel can engage in research activities that are overseen by SCRIHS. Also offered is Good Clinical Practice (GCP) curriculum. GCP training is not required by SCRIHS; however, study sponsors and funding agencies do require it. The CITI GCP training is accepted by most sponsors and funding agencies. Visit the Collaborative Institutional Training

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Poster printing and article scanning The Library has a large format printer for printing posters for academic, scholarly, research and clinical work for affiliated users. Affiliated users from departments that have paid the poster printing fee may also request articles or book chapters to be scanned and sent as PDFs via email. Fee : $175 per fiscal year per department, paid by departmental fiscal officer Affiliated users : School of Medicine faculty, staff, researchers, residents and students from subscribed departments Unaffiliated sers : Not available Interlibrary Loan and document delivery

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