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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

Best-selling author and speaker Bertice Berry, PhD, will share stories of resilience, kindness, humor and hope at the 2024 Women’s Power Lunch on Thursday, April 4, in Springfield.

Elected for national committees: Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, FIDSA-Member (2019-22), Global Health Committee, Infectious Diseases Society for America (IDSA) Vidya Sundareshan, MD, MPH, FIDSA-Member (2019-22), Public Health Committee, IDSA Appointed for State of Illinois: Vidhya Prakash, MD, Member, Illinois Council for Women and Girls, chair of the Health and Healthcare Committee Nominated for State of Illinois: Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, Member, IDPH Sepsis Review Task Force

The SIU School of Medicine Alliance of Women in Medicine and Science (AWIMS) group has been named a recipient of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine’s 2020 Inspiring Affinity Group Award ! INSIGHT Into Diversity is the oldest and largest diversity and inclusion publication and job board in higher education today. It is the premiere resource for D and I news and information, the creators of the annual Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, and the creators of Viewfinder Campus Climate Surveys. INSIGHT is also the only remaining print magazine today focused exclusively on diversity

AWIMS Mentorship Mixer October 2018, MCLI Kudos to Dr. Abbot and Dr. Waqar for their hard work in making this energizing and fun-filled event possible.

Brenna Westlake was born in December 2011 with Harlequin Ichthyosis (HI), a very rare and sometimes fatal skin disease. Babies born with HI lack a protein that moves fats to the skin’s surface layer to create a strong barrier.

For more than two years, Frank Vala endured excruciating back pain that interrupted his life, making even simple activities feel impossible. After two surgeries and multiple injections that failed to bring him relief, his hope was dwindling. But Vala’s journey took a positive turn when he found SIU Medicine and surgeon Dr. Bruce Frankel, whose advanced techniques offered a new path to recovery.

The Harbinger Society saluted professor Andrzej Bartke, PhD, for his record of 'longevity,' giving back to the school of medicine for 37 years.

SIU Medicine Professor and Chair of the Division of Otolaryngology Carol Bauer, MD, has been elected the 2018-19 president of the American Otological Society, the second oldest medical society in America. Founded in 1868, the American Otological Society provides education to promote the understanding and management of ontological and neurotological disorders. Bauer is the third female to be named president in the organization’s 151-year history. As president, Bauer will preside over the society’s 152 nd Annual Spring Meeting, to be held May 3-5, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Bauer joined SIU

Each year, the month of May is set aside to focus on increasing mental health awareness. Throughout the month, efforts to champion combating and eliminating stigma.