Oladele (Dickson) Owasoyo, PhD, is the newest addition to the research team in the Hascup Labs.

For around two decades, Karen Perrero taught at parochial schools as a science teacher, introducing young students to the world of science. But a few years ago, Karen started to feel a little off.

For around two decades, Karen Perrero taught at parochial schools as a science teacher, introducing young students to the world of science. But a few years ago, Karen started to feel a little off.

This group is organized for the express purpose of developing and pursuing a collaborative and complementary program of research exploring health risk and interventions among rural lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other identities (LGBTQ+).

The Epidemiology and Biostatistics division has a successful history of providing evaluation and analytical services to various local and state funded programs. Within the Epidemiology and Biostatistics division, we possess the expertise and technical knowledge to organize previously collected data, analyze and describe, as well as evaluate program effectiveness and success and provide detailed reports back to our partnering institutions. Previously funded state contracts have included Illinois Department of Public Health Asthma Program, Illinois Department on Aging – Alzheimer’s supportive

Project Overview The Southern Illinois University System hosted a Veteran’s Summit on September 12-13, 2019 to address the unique challenges veterans in our region face in accessing healthcare, legal assistance and educational opportunities. The objective of the summit, held at the Mt. Vernon Armory, was to strengthen the rural healthcare infrastructure, legal support structure and the educational delivery system for veterans through the creation of strategic partnerships, and improved collaboration and communication among all system partners, veterans serving organizations, governmental

From caregivers to physicians, researchers to patients and everyone in between, there is an entire community dedicated to helping those with Alzheimer's and related disorders, committed to find ways to slow and stop the progression of the disease. Through Mind Matters, the quarterly newsletter of the Dale and Deborah Smith Center for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment at SIU Medicine, we want to highlight the impactful stories and transformative work being done. We hope you find this newsletter enjoyable and informative. Thank you for reading and for your support!