With many Illinois communities struggling to find doctors, nurses and behavioral health providers, leaders in medicine, law and public policy will convene on Wednesday, October 15, in Springfield for the 2025 Illinois Rural and Small-Town Health Summit. The one-day summit, hosted by SIU School of Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy and the Simmons Law School, will explore strategies to strengthen the rural health workforce, with a focus on recruiting and retaining providers, supporting behavioral health and applying lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will be
