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MEDPREP students, faculty, family and friends are invited to to the 21st annual Shirley J. McGlinn Milestone Ceremony, taking place on Sunday August 27 at 4 p.m. in Guyon Auditorium of Morris Library on the SIU Carbondale campus. New MEDPREP students will receive their MEDPREP pin and take the MEDPREP pledge to stive for excellence, act with interity and honor, and render service to those in need. SIUC Chancellor Dr. Carlo Montemagno, as well as Dr. Wesley Robinson-McNeese SIU System Director for Diversity Initiatives, will provide messages of welcome, and student scholarship winners will be

The MEDPREP class of 2019 completes a busy summer semester by testing out their glasses for the upcoming eclipse. Look for pictures of their eclipse adventures next week!

The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine held its 43rd annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at the Sangamon Auditorium in Springfield, IL. Six of the members of the graduating class of 2017 are MEDPREP alumni. We congratulate: Dr. Jeala Barnett (residency: Psychiatry, Morehouse School of Medicine), Dr. Markesha Jones (residency: Family Medicine, SIU School of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals), Dr. Kristen Kirby (residency: Pediatrics, Vident Medical Center, East Carolina University), Dr. Jasmine Moreno (residency: Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine

SIU MEDPREP students delivered more than 13,000 feminine hygiene products to Springfield on March 19 for women housed in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Program celebrates 20th milestone ceremony Thirty-two students took their first steps in the journey to becoming a doctor at the Shirley J. McGlinn Medical/Dental Education Preparatory Program (MEDPREP) Milestone Ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 28. MEDPREP, a two-year, post-baccalaureate program of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale, has helped more than 1,000 students matriculate into medical or dental school since it began in 1972. “The Milestone Ceremony impresses upon our students that this is a new start for their professional aspirations and that we already consider

Program Celebrates 21st Milestone Ceremony

What brought you to SIU Medicine? I was born in Springfield and spent all of my childhood here, leaving only to go to college, then medical and graduate school. I always knew I wanted to return home eventually. I am fortunate that we have an excellent academic medical program as well as an outstanding hospital system in my hometown. It was an easy decision to move back home when I finished my training to establish my career. Why did you choose neurology as a focus? I was always fascinated with infectious disease stories when I was young, and this led me to start research with Dr. Linda Toth

Constantly moving medical care upstream Tucked in the far corner of John Flack’s finished basement is the fish room, a space filled floor to ceiling with aquariums — 135 of them, to be exact. Each provides a home to a breed of fancy guppies, small fish of every hue and variety, serenely checking on the neighbors and the guests who have entered their marine habitat. This is a relaxing space for Flack. What started as a hobby at the age of 10 is now his “other full-time job,” one that requires ongoing care and high organizational skill. Fortunately for the exotic fish moving around the filtered

Lindsey Teefey leads Stepping Up, an exercise-based program from the Smith Alzheimer's Center. After growing up in Anna, Ill., and graduating from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Lindsey joined the Smith Alzheimer's Center this past spring. What interested you about physical therapy? A friend encouraged me to job shadow a physical therapist in college, and from that day forward, I knew I would really enjoy the field because it was a practical way of helping people through exercise and physical activity. I finished the excellent physical therapist assistant program at SIUC and went on

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