Welcome
This free lecture series is made possible by the Timothy W. and Katherine Altorfer Swain Endowed Lectureship in Community Health and is a joint effort between the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria and the UIC Library of the Health Sciences. The lectureship honors the late Timothy W. Swain who served on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and was instrumental in bringing the University of Illinois College of Medicine to Peoria.
October 2024 Session Details
Workplace Wellness: Burnout and Mental Health
Tuesday, October 1
6 – 7 pm
Jump Simulation, Auditorium B, 1306 N. Berkeley Ave., Peoria
This is a Community Night event that is open to the general public as well as UICOMP faculty, staff and students. Physicians will be able to earn 1.0 CME for attendance. More information is available here and here. Or, contact Jennifer Young at (309) 655-6454 or jakyoung@uic.edu.
About Dr. James Berry, the UICOMP 2024 Swain Endowed Lectureship Presenter:
Professor and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University School of Medicine’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, Dr. Berry is an addiction psychiatrist who has been serving on the front lines of the addiction epidemic in Appalachia since the early days of the opioid pain pill crisis. He has been actively engaged in novel neuromodulation research related to substance use disorders, including the nation’s first trial of Deep Brain Stimulation and Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for opioid use disorder, featured on CBS News 60 Minutes. In addition to clinical work, teaching, and research, he is a committed advocate for improving healthcare by improving clinician wellbeing.
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