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Access to Care collaborative keeps Enos Park residents from falling through the health care cracks Written by Steve Sandstrom • Photography by Jason Johnson • Published in Aspects Magazine, 39-2 Spring 2016 "Today’s kind of a spur-of-the-moment day," says Shelly Weatherholt as she pilots her car down Eighth Street in Springfield. Weatherholt has a lot of spur-of-the-moment days. Shelly Weatherholt and Shirley Thompson are the new community health workers currently tasked with improving the health and living conditions of residents in the Enos Park neighborhood adjacent to SIU School of

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Tuition Reimbursement Tuition reimbursement is available to Civil Service, Principal Administrative and Research employees who are enrolled at any other degree granting institution not covered by the tuition waiver program. The institution must be accredited and the coursework must be for credit; tuition for non-credit coursework will not be reimbursed. The maximum amount of tuition reimbursement shall be based on an employee's annual salary. This benefit is not available for Faculty employees. Tuition Waiver Tuition waiver (graduate and undergraduate) is available to Civil Service employees

TUITION WAIVER PROGRAM Eligibility: Civil Service Staff - Tuition waiver (graduate or undergraduate) is available to employees to attend State of Illinois-supported universities. Principal Administrative Staff and Faculty - Tuition waiver is available to employees to attend SIUC and SIUE only. Full-time employees are eligible for a maximum of six (6) hours of waiver per semester; permanent part-time employees are eligible for a waiver of the number of hours proportionate to their part-time rate of employment. Eligible employees must be on active pay status at the beginning through the end of

Dr. Kari Wolf oversees state’s new behavioral health training center Kari Wolf, MD , has never been afraid of making waves. The chair of SIU Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry was born in Evanston, Illinois, and raised in Iowa where she experienced her first opportunity to challenge the status quo and make a meaningful impact. At 12-years-old, Wolf fearlessly stood up for what she believed in when she chose, along with another student from rural Iowa, to file a federal lawsuit against the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, asserting that the state's 6-on-6 basketball rules violated the U

Alzheimer’s is a devastatingly progressive disease that robs our loved ones of their memories and personalities. Presently 5.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. By 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 14 million. Early and accurate diagnosis could save up to $7.9 trillion in medical and care costs, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. There is increasing evidence that Alzheimer’s disease lies on a continuum with dynamic neurobiological and pathological symptoms. As the disease progresses, targeting specific therapeutic windows for intervention may give patients

Congratulations to award recipients Nnenna Ezeilo, M.D., a fourth-year resident in Otolaryngology working in the lab of Dr. Brandon Cox (Pharmacology) and Sri Kommajosyula, Ph.D., a first-year postdoc working in the lab of Dr. Donald Caspary (Pharmacology). The two trainees were awarded a travel grant to attend the Association for Research in Otolaryngology annual meeting held February 9-14 in San Diego, Calif. Grants were awarded based on a competitive application process and judged by the ARO Travel Award Committee. The Association for Research in Otolaryngology was founded in 1973 and aims