Oluwatosin Falayi in the SIU lab

Falayi receives SIU Dissertation Research Assistant Award

SIU School of Medicine has recognized Oluwatosin Falayi with a Dissertation Research Assistantship Award for the 2025–26 academic year for her scholarly excellence.
Research Fang Lab

SIU earns elite Research 1 status in national rankings

This milestone reflects the combined academic strength of the SIU campuses in Springfield and Carbondale and affirms the university’s national leadership in discovery and innovation.
Kevin Le Mentec

Le Mentec recognized for Distinguished Student Service at SIU

Kevin Le Mentec is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Student Service Award for SIU School of Medicine. The honor was announced at the Board of Trustees Meeting in Carbondale on April 17.
People with Alzheimer's or dementia enjoy art class

Brushing away isolation

Loneliness, isolation are worsening mental health in seniors Creating community and providing education can help deliver the solution. For more than a decade, Karen Lee has fostered connections
Caspary lab crew

A study in longevity: Dr. Don Caspary earns new 5-year NIH grant

His latest NIH grant marks an incredible 38-year run of federal funding for Dr. Don Caspary’s scientific studies of auditory signaling in the brain.
Hascup Lab_McFadden

Study suggests colder environments do not improve cognition in Alzheimer’s

New findings out of the Hascup research groups suggest the body's decline in metabolic function when aging, combined with a chronic colder environment, may increase Alzheimer’s disease progression — particularly in women.
Radio Alzheimers Center

Erin Hascup discusses recent investiture, Alzheimer's research

Dr. Erin Hascup, director of the Dale and Deborah Smith Center for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment, sat down with WMAY's Jim Leach to discuss Alzheimer's research.
Hascup Lab

Hascup named Stark Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Research

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Erin R. Hascup , PhD, director of the Dale and Deborah Smith Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment, was named the Kenneth Stark Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Research at
Jayant Acharya

Acharya named Neurology chair and co-director of SIU Neuroscience Institute

Dr. Jayant Acharya has been named the chair of the Department of Neurology and co-executive director of the Neuroscience Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.