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Tori Stierwalt, BS Research Project Specialist Department of Population Science and Policy Contact 217-545-4914 tstierwalt75@siumed.edu Primary Responsibilities My primary responsibility for the Department of Population Science and Policy is to assist in research and community engagement aimed at improving health outcomes in central and southern Illinois. About Born in the heart of Illini country, I developed a passion for rural healthcare. I received my bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIUC) in May 2019. While attending SIUC, I led the

If you require data from TouchWorks for research-related efforts, SIU Information Technology can obtain this for you. To submit a request, please log into Laserfiche and complete the IT: Report Request form. You will need to specify Research as the SIU Mission. Once the TouchWorks list is created, it will be forwarded to CCR Statistics and Informatics Division. They will assure the required approvals are in place (IRB, data use, etc) for the project before distributing to the research team. If you have questions, please contact Michael Buhnerkempe 217-545-9605 or mbuhnerkempe66@siumed.edu .

About Tracey Tracey Meares was the number one student in her class at Springfield High School in 1984. She was never officially given the title of valedictorian until decades later. She would have been the first black female valedictorian. Her representation as such may have encouraged other marginalized students to strive to be their best academically. Tracey went on to break barriers by becoming the first tenured black female law professor at the University of Chicago and Yale Law School as well as a foremost authority in her field. Her presence has been an inspiration to others to do the