
Derm residency in Springfield a 'dream' destination
“Derm is so competitive, most of us were nervous that we could even get into the field. I’d ranked into my dream specialty, and I really wanted to come to SIU.”

Farmer mental health initiative highlighted during Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness month and also coincides with the spring planting season.

‘Baby Brenna’ is now a growing girl
Brenna Westlake was born in December 2011 with Harlequin Ichthyosis (HI), a very rare and sometimes fatal skin disease. Babies born with HI lack a protein that moves fats to the skin’s surface layer to create a strong barrier.

Skin Engineering
Within an operating room, surgeons sometimes notice little things that they wish they could do better. A change that could improve the medical outcome or the patient’s post-op convalescence is not to be ignored.

Clinical care, Alzheimer's programs provide peace of mind
There were few characters more colorful than Joe “Bobo” Beneky. Just like the affectionate nickname might imply, he would do just about anything to elicit a laugh or a smile from anyone nearby.

Trials and Determination: How Clinical Trials Are More Than Just Data
For around two decades, Karen Perrero taught at parochial schools as a science teacher, introducing young students to the world of science. But a few years ago, Karen started to feel a little off.

Meet Oladele (Dickson) Owasoyo
Oladele (Dickson) Owasoyo, PhD, is the newest addition to the research team in the Hascup Labs.

Simmons Cancer Institute cross-dept. team publishes endometrial cancer study findings
A team of SIU medical research scientists recently had their cancer study results published in a special issue of the international, peer-reviewed, open access journal Life.

Webinar to discuss rural experiences, innovations driven by COVID
Health and policy experts from Southern Illinois University (SIU) Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and UIC School of Public Health joined Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton to discuss how the pandemic is changing health care in rural communities.