SPRING 2022 NEWSLETTER
DEAN'S CORNER
Welcome to the spring 2022 e-newsletter for the College of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
SIU'S FITNESS PROGRAM FOR CANCER SURVIVORS AND CAREGIVERS TRANSFORMS LIVES, GIVES PRICELESS EXPERIENCE IN NEW FACILITY
For Phil Anton, associate professor and director of the exercise science program, his work in establishing Strong Survivors, one of only two programs of its kind for cancer survivors in the country, has personal meaning. Now in a new facility on campus, the program provides exercise training space a couple days each week and includes nutrition and fitness components.
SIU AUTOMOTIVE CONTINUES ITS 70-YEAR HISTORY OF SETTING THE PACE
Whether the work was in temporary military buildings or a state-of-the-industry facility, the strength of the university’s nationally recognized automotive program continues to resonate through seven decades.
SIU’S STATE-OF-THE-ART LAB HELPS HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT STUDENTS JUMPSTART THEIR CAREERS
Thanks to a specialized lab and training offered at SIU Carbondale, health care management graduates have an edge over many of their peers when they enter the job market, officials and graduates say. The system allows students to review patient medical records, analyze charts and risk factors for better patient outcomes, process billing data to facilitate revenue cycle improvements, review insurance claims data for accuracy and integrity, create disease outbreak models and more.