CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS – Seventy-six medical students from the Class of 2023 have begun their academic medical training at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale. The students participated in a White Coat Ceremony on Friday, August 16, in Shryock Auditorium. (Editor’s note: See list below for a list of students from your hometown.) SIU Medicine Dean and Provost Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Admissions Erik Constance, MD, welcomed the students. Wendi El-Amin, MD, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion, and Elizabeth Cavanagh, MD

8.6.19. Springfield Moms . SIU Center for Family Medicine is rooted in our community. 8.15.19. WICS . Dr. Kari Wolf, Neuroscience Institute. SIU, Memorial host free opioid crisis seminar. 8.17.19. The Southern . Dean and Provost Dr. Jerry Kruse; Don Diemer, DHSc, Physician Assistant Program; Destiny Petrowich, Class of 2020, Physician Assistant Program; and Dr. Sohaib Sajjad, chief resident, Dr. Quincy Scott, both of Carbondale Family Medicine. Related: https://dailyegyptian.com/94935/news/siu-sih-open-new-facility-for-siu-… , https://news.wsiu.org/post/ribbon-cutting-siu

The employee of the month for August is Lori Miedwig , Senior Clinical Research Coordinator in the Center for Clinical Research. Her nominator said: “Lori is a very experienced senior coordinator who manages the Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Research Teams. She communicates very well and is a great representative of the Center for Clinical Research. She takes her job seriously and can be counted on to assist with anything that needs to be done. She is a great resource for industry-sponsored study issues and has stepped up to analyze the industry-sponsored billings and budgets to make sure