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Congratulations to our SIU Radiology faculty who won awards for their outstanding commitment to higher education. The following faculty were nominated by our residents for their leadership, engagement, and commitment to education and training: Teacher of the Year: Daniel Stanton, MD. This award recognizes the faculty for outstanding teaching contributions and the commitment to higher education. Academic Excellence: Simon Bekker, MD and Brittany Varney, MD. This award is given to the faculty who demonstrates the ability to perform, achieve, and/or excel in scholastic activities and their

Congratulations to our SIU Radiology faculty who won awards for their outstanding commitment to higher education.

Congratulations to our newest members of the SIU Radiology team.

Join SIU School of Medicine as we celebrate a transformative milestone for Southern Illinois University—the prestigious elevation to R1 top-tier research university status, awarded by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation. This national recognition places SIU among the country’s most distinguished research institutions. As Dr. Donald Torry, associate dean for research, explains, “It’s like being invited to sit at the national table where major scientific and academic decisions are shaped.” Discover what this achievement means for our region, our academic mission and our

Dr. Ricardo Loret de Mola and Dr. Kanako Hayashi were honored with the award for the best poster at the 4 th European Congress on Endometriosis in Vienna, Austria. The poster entitled “Suppression of inflammatory responses in endometrial lesions by reducing the secretion of cytokines and chemokines” is the result of a collaborative effort between Dr. Loret de Mola a clinical expert in the field of reproductive endocrinology with a special interest in endometriosis and Dr. Hayashi, a discovery science researcher at the SIU Carbondale campus who has years of experience studying female

Dr. Kathleen Campbell’s patented drug may prevent or reduce hearing loss Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Distinguished Scholar Kathleen Campbell, PhD, received the top honor from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) in November. The Honors of the Association Award recognizes distinguished contributions to communication sciences and disorders that have been of such excellence that they have enhanced or altered the course of speech and hearing professions. “Kathy has fundamentally altered the way our profession understands and approaches toxicity and protection

Kevin Hascup, PhD, assistant professor of neurology, recently received funding through an NIH grant to research the link between COVID-19 and cellular senescence and its possible impact on Alzheimer’s disease pathology. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), along with respiratory and “flu-like” symptoms, led to an unexpected rise in strokes, brain hemorrhaging, and memory impairment in young (30s and 40s) COVID-19 patients. These phenomena sparked scientific studies of the impact of COVID-19 on the brain, which showed that the virus could infect the brain’s nerve cells, called neurons

Dr. Nnenna Ezeilo, SIU’s Otolaryngology Head and Neck Resident, was awarded the Best Poster in the Endocrine Category at the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) meeting that was held during the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting in Austin, Texas on May 3, 2019.

Radhika Rao, a law professor who has written extensively about reproductive rights, will deliver the 2023 John and Marsha Ryan Bioethicist in Residence lecture at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 at the SIU School of Medicine.