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SIU centers report research growth: soybean research, cancer institute expansion and predictive analytics projects
Summary
Presentations to the SIU Board highlighted seed funding for soybean research, expansion and retained revenue at the Simmons Cancer Institute, and community‑facing predictive‑analytics projects including an opioid risk index and reentry workforce initiatives.
Trustees heard updates from campus centers and institutes highlighting research, outreach and clinical expansion across the SIU system, including work by the Illinois Soybean Center, the Simmons Cancer Institute at the SIU School of Medicine, and the Center for Predictive Analytics at SIUE.
Illinois Soybean Center: Professor Boyd Goodson described the center’s role in supporting soybean research, training students and distributing seed grants. He said the center was established in 1997 and receives both endowment interest and campus support. Goodson reported the center supports six seed‑funded research projects, trains graduate and undergraduate students (about 30 grad and 20 undergrad students per year on average), and that external funding awards averaged about $1,500,000 over the last three years (roughly $100,000 per award).
Simmons Cancer Institute: Dr. Aziz…
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