Public health, policy and medical leaders from across Illinois gathered at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine for the 2025 Illinois Rural and Small-Town Health Summit to address workforce shortages and access challenges in underserved communities.

Public health, policy and medical leaders from across Illinois gathered at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine for the 2025 Illinois Rural and Small-Town Health Summit to address workforce shortages and access challenges in underserved communities.

Public health, policy and medical leaders from across Illinois gathered at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine for the 2025 Illinois Rural and Small-Town Health Summit to address workforce shortages and access challenges in underserved communities.

SIU Medicine care provider Fran Owens has been named Illinois' Social Worker of the Year.

SIU Medicine care provider Fran Owens has been named Illinois' Social Worker of the Year.

SIU Medicine care provider Fran Owens has been named Illinois' Social Worker of the Year.

SIU Medicine care provider Fran Owens has been named Illinois' Social Worker of the Year.

SIU Medicine care provider Fran Owens has been named Illinois' Social Worker of the Year.

Specialty care and collaboration is what Lynn needed, and it realized her ideal version of health care: “It's offered here at SIU, and it made all the difference of the world.”

Specialty care and collaboration is what Lynn needed, and it realized her ideal version of health care: “It's offered here at SIU, and it made all the difference of the world.”