TAYLORVILLE – A new clinic offering primary care and behavioral health services in Taylorville will hold an open house for the community from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 303 E. Bidwell St. The integrated clinic, which opened for business last month, is shared by Memorial Behavioral Health, an affiliate of Memorial Health System, and the SIU Center for Family Medicine-Taylorville. Light refreshments, including cookies and hot chocolate, will be served. The open house will include tours of the clinic, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. The SIU Center for Family Medicine

Nov. 5, 2019 — SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Association of American Medical Colleges expects a potential shortage of 40,000–100,000 physicians by the year 2030. A proactive preparatory program in Springfield aims to combat that trend by boosting interest in medicine for high school students. Fourteen ninth-graders have been selected for the program, designed to encourage local high school students interested in becoming physicians. The Physician Pipeline Preparatory Program, or P 4 , is a partnership among Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield Public Schools (SPS) and the

Nov. 5, 2019 — SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Association of American Medical Colleges expects a potential shortage of 40,000–100,000 physicians by the year 2030. A proactive preparatory program in Springfield aims to combat that trend by boosting interest in medicine for high school students. Fourteen ninth-graders have been selected for the program, designed to encourage local high school students interested in becoming physicians. The Physician Pipeline Preparatory Program, or P 4 , is a partnership among Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield Public Schools (SPS) and the

Jessica Grim, MPH, CHES Research Project Coordinator Department of Population Science and Policy Contact 217-545-6987 jgrim77@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 I received my bachelor’s degree in Health Studies from Eastern Illinois University (2016) and a Master’s in Public Health degree from the University of Illinois in Springfield (2019). While attending UIS, I worked at the Illinois

TAYLORVILLE – Memorial Behavioral Health and SIU Medicine are partnering together to open a clinic integrating primary care and mental health services for residents of Christian County. The new integrated clinic, which opened for business today (Oct. 14), is at 303 Bidwell St. in Taylorville. Taylorville Memorial Hospital’s finance and billing staff previously occupied the renovated single-story building. The clinic will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The SIU Center for Family Medicine-Taylorville will provide primary care for all ages as well as women’s health and

The 19 th Annual Denim & Diamonds fundraiser, presented by Memorial Health System and Simmons Hanly Conroy, has revealed its list of more than 360 live and silent auction packages . The list includes luxury vacation homes, first class airfare, one-of-a-kind artwork and jewelry, spa packages, dinners for up to 150 guests and more. To bid, reserve your seat for the Saturday, Oct. 12, celebration. Tickets are available for $125 per person, or $1,250 for a table of 10. Funds raised at the event are used for local cancer research and patient care. “Funds raised at the event are used for cancer

The 19 th Annual Denim & Diamonds fundraiser, presented by Memorial Health System and Simmons Hanly Conroy, has revealed its list of more than 360 live and silent auction packages . The list includes luxury vacation homes, first class airfare, one-of-a-kind artwork and jewelry, spa packages, dinners for up to 150 guests and more. To bid, reserve your seat for the Saturday, Oct. 12, celebration. Tickets are available for $125 per person, or $1,250 for a table of 10. Funds raised at the event are used for local cancer research and patient care. “Funds raised at the event are used for cancer

The 19 th Annual Denim & Diamonds fundraiser, presented by Memorial Health System and Simmons Hanly Conroy, has revealed its list of more than 360 live and silent auction packages . The list includes luxury vacation homes, first class airfare, one-of-a-kind artwork and jewelry, spa packages, dinners for up to 150 guests and more. To bid, reserve your seat for the Saturday, Oct. 12, celebration. Tickets are available for $125 per person, or $1,250 for a table of 10. Funds raised at the event are used for local cancer research and patient care. “Funds raised at the event are used for cancer

Love fashion? Love to shop? Put your ‘retail therapy’ to work to help fight cancer. Join Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine and SCHEELS from 7 to 9 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 6 for a free fashion show, great prizes and a fantastic cause, the fight against cancer. The event will take place at SCHEELS, 3801 S. MacArthur in Springfield. “These events provide a fun, comfortable environment to spotlight breast cancer awareness and show how it affects the residents of central Illinois. With this being a ‘fashion/shopping’ event, it may expose people to breast cancer information who may not have