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The SIU Physician Assistant Program’s Challenge Bowl team has won the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants 2025 State Medical Challenge Bowl--their sixth in a row.

Dr. Randy Burnside received the 2025 Dr. Wesley G. Robinson-McNeese ADEI Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to advancing antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion across SIU campuses.

SIU medical students learned crucial information about their futures on March 21. The graduating Class of 2025, along with 4th-year students nationwide at other U.S. medical schools, received results from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) revealing their postgraduate training destinations.

SIU has officially entered the ranks of the top research universities in the nation: It has been designated Research 1, or R1, in the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education.

SIU medical students brought new footwear to neighborhood schools during the holidays.

The Lincoln Scholars Program at SIU School of Medicine graduated its charter class of medical students on May 18. The program was initiated in 2019 to create a pipeline to train physicians with a focus on rural medical care. Learn more about the first class.

The 2021-22 Lincoln Scholars Program students and the Physician Assistant students in the Class of 2023 joined forces on May 29 to complete the Touch of Nature (TON) TEAMS course. They did a great job

Medical students will be based, trained in rural regions Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has a 50-year tradition of educating physicians to improve health care in central and southern