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Notification of a Potential Data Security Incident

Dear Madam/Sir: The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, (“SIU”) is providing notice pursuant to 815 ILCS 530/25 in connection with an incident that may have involved the personal information of certain Illinois residents. This notice will be supplemented, if necessary, with any new significant facts discovered subsequent to its submission. While SIU is notifying you of this incident, SIU does not waive any rights or defenses relating to the incident or this notice. NATURE OF THE INCIDENT AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN SIU recently discovered that an unknown, unauthorized third party
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A Study in Longevity

Dr. Andrzej Bartke has become a poster child for his research focus “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying.” - Woody Allen Andrzej Bartke, PhD, can appreciate Woody Allen’s joke on two levels. It’s no small feat to sustain a 50-year career in comedy — or in science and biomedical research. And for the past two decades Bartke has studied the biological mechanisms of aging. He well understands the human desire to postpone the inevitable. Within Bartke’s field of geriatric research, gains made in longevity can occur at the expense of
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A Study in Longevity

Dr. Andrzej Bartke has become a poster child for his research focus “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying.” - Woody Allen Andrzej Bartke, PhD, can appreciate Woody Allen’s joke on two levels. It’s no small feat to sustain a 50-year career in comedy — or in science and biomedical research. And for the past two decades Bartke has studied the biological mechanisms of aging. He well understands the human desire to postpone the inevitable. Within Bartke’s field of geriatric research, gains made in longevity can occur at the expense of
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A Study in Longevity

Dr. Andrzej Bartke has become a poster child for his research focus “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying.” - Woody Allen Andrzej Bartke, PhD, can appreciate Woody Allen’s joke on two levels. It’s no small feat to sustain a 50-year career in comedy — or in science and biomedical research. And for the past two decades Bartke has studied the biological mechanisms of aging. He well understands the human desire to postpone the inevitable. Within Bartke’s field of geriatric research, gains made in longevity can occur at the expense of
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A Study in Longevity

Dr. Andrzej Bartke has become a poster child for his research focus “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying.” - Woody Allen Andrzej Bartke, PhD, can appreciate Woody Allen’s joke on two levels. It’s no small feat to sustain a 50-year career in comedy — or in science and biomedical research. And for the past two decades Bartke has studied the biological mechanisms of aging. He well understands the human desire to postpone the inevitable. Within Bartke’s field of geriatric research, gains made in longevity can occur at the expense of
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A Study in Longevity

Dr. Andrzej Bartke has become a poster child for his research focus “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying.” - Woody Allen Andrzej Bartke, PhD, can appreciate Woody Allen’s joke on two levels. It’s no small feat to sustain a 50-year career in comedy — or in science and biomedical research. And for the past two decades Bartke has studied the biological mechanisms of aging. He well understands the human desire to postpone the inevitable. Within Bartke’s field of geriatric research, gains made in longevity can occur at the expense of
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Nominations and applications open for SIU School of Medicine dean, provost and CEO

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine invites nominations and applications for the position of dean, provost and CEO.
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Summer research internship opportunities at Smith Alzheimer's Center

The Smith Alzheimer’s Center at SIU Medicine is offering up to two lab internship opportunities for undergraduate college students in 2026. Selected students will explore cutting-edge research on Alzheimer’s disease.
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