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POLICY THROUGH PRACTICE The 2023 Illinois Rural Health Summit: Exploring Gender Health Equity through Policy will discuss challenges and opportunities, share best practices, and identify policy changes that could lead to more equitable care for the most vulnerable among us. SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, in partnership with SIU School of Law, will host a virtual and in-person event in October. The hybrid format of this series provided opportunities to educate a wide audience and will focus on gender health equity and lead the conversation on how policy, research and

Charlene Aaron, PhD, and SIU’s Center for Human and Organizational Potential received the Kenniebrew Equity Awards, in recognition of their efforts to actively promote inclusive excellence and equitable practices.

2023 Kenniebrew events include the first annual conference, a lecture, and a community discussion of health disparities and other factors that impact population health. All events commemorate the life of a groundbreaking physician.

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has made a significant, ongoing commitment to becoming an anti-racist institution. For many years, our school has celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Alonzo Kenniebrew during Black History Month with an award in his honor, a dinner, a speaker, and a community discussion the following day. This year we are expanding the event to include the first annual Kenniebrew conference, dedicated to centering and advancing equity and justice work in medical education and in our communities. This one-day, in-person conference is an excellent opportunity for

Featuring: Ann-Gel S. Palermo, DrPH MPH Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chief EDI Officer for Education and Research MSHS Office for Diversity & Inclusion Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2023 Kenniebrew events include the first annual conference, a lecture, and a community discussion of health disparities and other factors that impact population health. All events commemorate the life of a groundbreaking physician.

GENERAL INFORMATION This conference will be presented in-person and virtually. For general information regarding the course, please contact Laura Hepp Kessel, Executive Director, Office of Telehealth Services at 217.545.7830 or lkessel21@siumed.edu. REGISTRATION Registration is required. To register online, click here . To register by mail, fill out the form and mail to address on the last page of this document. CANCELLATION POLICY Registration fees are refundable, less a $35 processing fee, if requested prior to August 23. After August 23, only substitutions are allowed. (Advance notice of

Registration is open! The Institute for Plastic Surgery at SIU School of Medicine is pleased to announce the 28th Annual Wound Care Symposium. This year’s event will once again be held in-person at the IEA Professional Development Center located at 3440 Liberty Drive, Springfield, Illinois from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Registration includes, breakfast refreshments, a boxed lunch, and an event T-shirt. REGISTER NOW Topics will include: Burn wounds Atypical wounds Wounds following trauma Vascular disease management Wound dressing techniques Wound ostomy Hyberbaric oxygen therapy Accreditation