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Reducing Suicide Risk by Enhancing Resilience Presented by the SIU School of Medicine Office of Correctional Medicine WebEx Link Password: SIU123 Sharen Barboza, Ph D. Dr. Sharen Barboza is an internationally recognized expert in correctional mental health. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York and Florida with over 25 years of experience working with individuals in institutional settings. Sharen started her career as a psychologist at the maximum-security women’s correctional facility in New York, eventually being promoted to Chief Psychologist for the only psychiatric hospital

The Invisible Weight: Why caring for Healthcare Workers Means Caring for Everyone Presented by the SIU School of Medicine Office of Correctional Medicine WebEx Link Password: SIU123 Benjamin Montgomery, MD Dr. Montgomery is a board-certified family physician and a proud graduate of both the SIU School of Medicine and the SIU Family Medicine Residency in Springfield. After completing his residency, Dr. Montgomery served his country for five years in the Air Force as a primary care physician. He then dedicated many years to practicing family medicine in the Jacksonville area, providing care to

Delta Region to add mental health component to school programs Communities and families in Illinois’ southernmost counties will have improved access to programs to combat chronic diseases thanks to a new $2.1 million federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The funds will support collaborations among health care providers, public health departments, schools and community organizations to use evidence-based models to address diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, stroke and behavioral health. The Illinois CATCH onto Health! Consortium has been assisting

Membership Research Seed Grants (RSG) Common Mistakes in Preparing an Application Unestablished Investigator Guidelines GRC Operating Paper Internal Grant Closing Report Form Reviewer Information For more information contact: Erin Hascup, PhD (217)545-6988 ehascup@siumed.edu

Purpose The Grant Review Committee (GRC) serves solely for the purpose of peer reviewing research proposals for scientific merit. It acts as a reviewing agency for internal funding opportunities. The proposals are ranked based solely on scientific merit, which is then shared with the Allocation Committee for consideration of funding through SIU School of Medicine. Membership The GRC is composed of at least twenty-two (22) voting members and two (2) non-voting ex-officio members (Associate Dean for Research (ADR) and Director of the Center for Clinical Research). The GRC Chair may also request

All applications for external funding, letters of intent including budget information, and subcontracts/consortia submitted from SIU School of Medicine must be reviewed and approved before submission through the ADR Office. To allow sufficient time for application review and approval, the following due dates must be adhered: Please send an initial notification of intent to apply for any mechanism and the funding agency guidelines as far in advance as possible, at the very least, 2 weeks prior to the submission deadline. Forms due to the Grants Office by 8:00 AM two weeks before the submission

As a result of reduced state and federal funding, jails and prisons have become de facto mental health facilities at both local and national levels. Staff members at these institutions are sometimes unable to manage this population’s specific needs. With help from SIU School of Medicine staff, Sangamon County Court Services received two grants to develop services provided to persons with mental illness (MI) or co-occurring substance abuse (CMISA) who are arrested and jailed for minor offenses. The purpose of the $750,000 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Implementation and

The Sangamon County Jail’s inmate population has exceeded its 285-beds capacity every year since 2002. For the past 16 years, the jail’s population has averaged 336, due in part to a significant increase in the proportion of court-involved individuals with mental illness (MI) or co-occurring substance abuse (CMISA). Sangamon County’s legal system does its best to handle the growing numbers of the mentally ill population. According to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC), 22% of all mental health cases filed in Illinois counties outside of Cook County/Chicago in 2015 and 17%

The Medical Library recently purchased several books for a new Graphic Medicine collection. A growing trend in medical literature, “Graphic Medicine” refers to “the intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare.“ The collection contains graphic narratives that explore illness and other health topics from both the practitioner and patient perspective. The Graphic Medicine Collection can be found in the wooden cabinets near the library circulation desk – stop by and check it out! We also invite you to visit our subject guide on Narrative Medicine to learn more! If you

Special tributes Giving a gift through our Special Tribute Program is a wonderful way to support education, patient care and research while honoring a friend, colleague or family member. When you make a gift in honor of or in memory of a friend or family member, the person being honored or their family will receive a personalized Special Tribute certificate informing them of the gift as well as the fund to which the gift is designated. We will help you honor and remember your loved ones and friends in times of joy or sorrow, to celebrate or console. To make a gift to in honor of, memory of or