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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine invites you to the Annual PBL workshop starting Tuesday, June 6, through Friday, June 9, 2024. Workshop participants come from various interdisciplinary backgrounds, creating a collaborative space for sharing problem-development ideas, institutional challenges, and creative solutions.

Here are the young artists honored at the 2024 Sangamon County Student Art Awards.

Innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs from across the Southern Illinois University System are joining forces for an event that brings together research and enterprise on Dec. 5: the 2024 SIU Technology and Innovation Expo (TIE). Students, faculty, policy makers and members of the public are encouraged to attend TIE from noon to 4:30 p.m. at SIU Carbondale’s Dunn-Richmond Center; it’s free and registration is encouraged at tie.siu.edu/registration . TIE brings some of the system’s top researchers together with business leaders and entrepreneurs for an afternoon conference and networking

Learn more about the Academy for Scholarship in Education’s 2024 conference held on the Springfield campus April 11.

Informational sessions and case examples are ideal for telehealth providers and staff, program directors and others interested in virtual care. COST: Physician In-person $150 | Virtual $100 Advanced Practice Provider/Nurse/Social Worker/ Counselor/Allied Health Professional/Other In-person $125 | Virtual $100 SIU School of Medicine Faculty, Staff or Resident $40 (In-person/Virtual) Memorial Health Employee $40 (In-person/Virtual) Health Profession Student $40 (In-person/Virtual) SIU School of Medicine Medical/PA Student – Fee Waived Must register in advance. (In-person/Virtual) This activity

A trio of SIU School of Medicine alumni were honored at the 2025 Commencement ceremony for their exemplary contributions to better health.

The Annual Alonzo Homer Kenniebrew, MD Lecture discusses health disparities and other factors that impact population health. It commemorates the life of a groundbreaking central Illinois physician; Dr. Alonzo H. Kenniewbrew, native of Warrior’s Point, Alabama and physician in Jacksonville, Evanston, and Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Kenniebrew was the first African-American physician in the United States to build and operate a surgical hospital, the New Home Sanitarium in Jacksonville, Illinois, established in 1909. At its peak, in the 1920s, New Home had 67 rooms, three laboratories, three

The 2025 Illinois Rural and Small-Town Health Summit will take place on October 15, 2025 , at the Memorial Learning Center in Springfield, Illinois . This year the summit is supported by, Southern Illinois University Simmons School of Law, Department of Population Science and Policy and Institute of Rural Health, SIU School of Medicine. This year’s theme, "Health Care Workforce: Learnings and Transformation in a Post-Pandemic Environment," will focus on strengthening and sustaining the rural and small-town healthcare workforce. The event will convene leaders from federal, state, and local

The Annual Alonzo Homer Kenniebrew, MD Community Forum discusses health disparities and other factors that impact population health. It commemorates the life of a groundbreaking central Illinois physician; Dr. Alonzo H. Kenniewbrew, native of Warrior’s Point, Alabama and physician in Jacksonville, Evanston, and Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Kenniebrew was the first African-American physician in the United States to build and operate a surgical hospital, the New Home Sanitarium in Jacksonville, Illinois, established in 1909. At its peak, in the 1920s, New Home had 67 rooms, three laboratories

The Department of Pharmacology at SIU School of Medicine held its 2025 Awards, celebrating the dedication and scientific achievements of its students and researchers. The annual event highlighted their contributions, which are crucial to maintaining SIU's status as an R1 Top-tier Research University . Despite current challenges in the national research landscape, Shelley Tischkau, PhD , chair and professor of pharmacology, reaffirmed SIU’s commitment to rigorous, meaningful science. “Researchers are often expected to work faster, publish more and justify every decision,” she said. “But we