Welcome to the SSCI

Welcome to the website of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI). As stated in its mission and vision statements, the SSCI is a regional academic society dedicated to the advancement of medically-related research. Its major focus, however, is on encouraging students and post-graduate trainees (residents and fellows) to enter academic medicine and to support junior faculty success in clinical investigation.

This mission is accomplished through sponsorship of the Southern Regional Meeting and publication of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Both venues are committed to helping young investigators, providing them with avenues for scientific expression that is the essence of academic medicine.

The AJMS, founded in 1820, is the second oldest medical journal in the United States, and is the official journal of the SSCI.

SSCI Bylaws Revision Vote - 2020 Annual Meeting

The SSCI officers and councilors have proposed changes to the bylaws allowing the Chair of the Executive Advisory Committee to be a voting member of the Council. This will require a slight revision of Article VI and Article VII, Section 9. Below are the proposed revision in red.

ARTICLE VI

Council

The Council shall consist of the President, President-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, the immediate Past President, the elected Councilors, and the Chair of the Executive Advisory Committee. The Editor of the Society's journal will also be a member of the Council for as long as he/she holds that appointment. Five members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

ARTICLE VII, Section 9.

The President will appoint members of the committee to serve as chair and vice chair for three-year terms with eligibility for reappointment to the extent permitted by the term limits on Executive Advisory Committee service. The chair shall be a voting member of the Council.

Accepting New Members!

With three classifications of membership, now is the time to join our mission of supporting and mentoring the next generation of academicians.

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President's Corner

SSCI's 2019 president is Gailen D. Marshall, Jr., MD, PhD. Gailen D. Marshall, Jr. MD, PhD, FACP is the Chair of Allergy and Immunology, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Research, Director of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy and Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral Immunology Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.