Dangerous strep throat cases on the rise
Doctors are seeing more cases of strep throat, especially in those age 40 to 60.
Effective March 21: Masking optional with exceptions
Effective March 21, 2023, masks will be optional at all SIU clinics with the exception of the Simmons Cancer Institute.
SIU medical students, residency program matches made for next phase of training
On Friday, March 17, 65 SIU students secured residency positions.
Brain Awareness Day at Franklin Middle School
Graduate students and research staff from SIU's Department of Pharmacology sparked some synapses of Franklin Middle School students on March 3, part of 'Brain Awareness Day.'
Rural Mental Health Summit to focus on farm sector support
Area ag leaders and health care professionals are coming together March 28 to discuss the challenges facing farmers, share best practices to navigate tough times and encourage relationships to benefit the families who feed the nation.
New Behavioral Health Workforce Center announced
Governor JB Pritzker and state and local officials celebrated the launch of a new Behavioral Health Workforce Center that will increase Illinois’ capacity to recruit, educate, and retain behavioral health professionals. The Center will be based at SIU School of Medicine.
New gifts to help SIU OB-GYN research and students
The family of the late John (Jack) Navins, MD, bestowed a pair of $100,000 gifts to Southern Illinois University School of Medicine on March 1.
SIU School of Law’s Ryan Bioethicist Lecture to examine future of reproductive rights
Radhika Rao, a law professor who has written extensively about reproductive rights, will deliver the 2023 John and Marsha Ryan Bioethicist in Residence lecture at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 at the SIU School of Medicine.