Dr. Bill Dixon receives Master Clinician award

Dr. Judy Davie has built a career grounded in discovery, collaboration and mentorship, studying how genes guide muscle development and how cancers disrupt those processes. Students in her lab discovered a link between two genes that influence muscle growth and cancer behavior.

SIU School of Medicine’s 2025 Distinguished Donors of the Year are a remarkable couple whose unwavering generosity and passion have left a lasting imprint on the school and the region.

In a laboratory at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale, scientists are working quietly but ambitiously toward a future that could change the outlook for families affected by