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Next Steps for Depression Treatment When you're suffering from chronic depression, life seems, well, lifeless. What if medications and therapy don't work? Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, psychiatrist at SIU School of Medicine, explains the next steps to ward off the shadows of depression. Depression is a serious medical illness affecting more than 14 million American adults every year, according to the National Institutes of Mental Health. Researchers believe that just 10 years from now, depression will be the second leading cause of disability worldwide. Each year, more than 30,000 people in the United

I endowed the Jim Franklin Todd and Keiko Uehara Todd fund to support the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion because my parents’ stories are powerful reminders to me of what can be achieved when Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are hardwired into institutional culture. My father’s story unfolds through the names of his grandfather, Jefferson Davis Todd, and his father, Franklin Pierce Todd. My father’s family came from the county in Kentucky where Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy, was born. His grandfather’s name tells you what side of the Civil War his family

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