Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at

Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at

Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at

Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at

Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at

Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at

Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at

Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at

Kaylan Kandra, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at SIU School of Medicine, has earned the Illinois Psychiatric Society's 2024 Educator of the Year award. "Dr. Kandra is passionate about academic psychiatry and is dedicated to training the future generation of psychiatrists," the Illinois Psychiatry Society writes. "He loves teaching and aims to shape the future of mental health care through education." Kandra completed a psychiatry residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2019, following medical school training at J.J.M. Medical College in India. Learn more

Kaylan Kandra, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at SIU School of Medicine, has earned the Illinois Psychiatric Society's 2024 Educator of the Year award. "Dr. Kandra is passionate about academic psychiatry and is dedicated to training the future generation of psychiatrists," the Illinois Psychiatry Society writes. "He loves teaching and aims to shape the future of mental health care through education." Kandra completed a psychiatry residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2019, following medical school training at J.J.M. Medical College in India. Learn more