Medical student Barra Madden had dreams of becoming a professional dancer until personal and familial health challenges forever changed her life – and career path.

Medical student Barra Madden had dreams of becoming a professional dancer until personal and familial health challenges forever changed her life – and career path.

Medical student Barra Madden had dreams of becoming a professional dancer until personal and familial health challenges forever changed her life – and career path.

Graduate students from the Department of Pharmacology organized a stimulating Brain Awareness Day at Franklin Middle School on April 22.

“Derm is so competitive, most of us were nervous that we could even get into the field. I’d ranked into my dream specialty, and I really wanted to come to SIU.”

“Derm is so competitive, most of us were nervous that we could even get into the field. I’d ranked into my dream specialty, and I really wanted to come to SIU.”

A VOICE FOR RURAL INNOVATION The Innovating Illinois Rural Health Event Series highlighted innovation and shared best practices to inform rural health delivery and improve the social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to health in rural communities. SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, along with its partners Southern Illinois Healthcare and SIU School of Law, hosted virtual and in-person events throughout 2022, starting with an April roundtable webinar focused on the intersection of health and economic development in rural communities. The hybrid format

May is Mental Health Awareness month and also coincides with the spring planting season.

May is Mental Health Awareness month and also coincides with the spring planting season.

Brenna Westlake was born in December 2011 with Harlequin Ichthyosis (HI), a very rare and sometimes fatal skin disease. Babies born with HI lack a protein that moves fats to the skin’s surface layer to create a strong barrier.