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Colon cancer screening kits available at SCI March 19

Simmons Cancer Institute will provide free colorectal cancer screening kits to area residents at a drive-thru event from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 4 - 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19.
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KO-MEN-008: Phase 1 Study to Determine the Safety and Tolerability of Ziftomenib Combinations for the Treatment of KMT2A-rearranged or NPM1-mutant Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Active recruiting

Examining the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of investigational drug ziftomenib in combination with standard of care treatments for patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia. The study drug will be examined with the following agents: FLAG-IDA, low-dose cytarabine, and gilteritinib.

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Community activist, youth center receive 2025 Kenniebrew Awards

SIU Medicine recognized Springfield BLM co-founder Sunshine Clemons and The Outlet with its 2025 Kenniebrew Awards. The honors commemorate the legacy of a ground-breaking central Illinois physician.
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Community activist, youth center receive 2025 Kenniebrew Awards

SIU Medicine recognized Springfield BLM co-founder Sunshine Clemons and The Outlet with its 2025 Kenniebrew Awards. The honors commemorate the legacy of a ground-breaking central Illinois physician.
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Community activist, youth center receive 2025 Kenniebrew Awards

SIU Medicine recognized Springfield BLM co-founder Sunshine Clemons and The Outlet with its 2025 Kenniebrew Awards. The honors commemorate the legacy of a ground-breaking central Illinois physician.
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Exploring Alzheimer's, health disparities on The 21st Show

The Smith Alzheimer's Center's Cindy Womack, DNP, FNP-BC, CNRN and Ann Jirmasek, MA, LCPC, NCC, joined The 21st Show to discuss the latest in Alzheimer's research, how Alzheimer's disproportionately affects the Black community, dementia risk factors and how to manage them, and importance of caregivers and the stress they endure. They joined Herb Caldwell, producer and director of " My Mama Joe: Hope and Help ," which explores the life of JoeAnna Caldwell, a community organizer and volunteer in Jacksonville before needing help herself after an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Listen to the interview here
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Southern Illinois University officially among top research schools in U.S.

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.
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Southern Illinois University officially among top research schools in U.S.

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.
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Southern Illinois University officially among top research schools in U.S.

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.
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Southern Illinois University officially among top research schools in U.S.

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.
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