Thanks for Participating in the  2026 Annual IL Rural Health Assn Conference

Save the Date for our 2027 Conference July 21-22nd at the Champaign's I-Hotel 

Early Bird Registeration opens Jan 19th!

 Our 2026 Annual Educational Conference was held July 28-29 in Champaign with a record 245 attendees, 50    exhibitors and 21 edcuational sessions.  The founding dean of the newly proposed Niazee School of Osteopathic Medicine Dr. K. Scott Whitlow kicked off our opening session explaining their top priority of recruiting students rural Illinois to return to practice there.   NRHA COO Brock Slabach also updated everyone on the latest policy updates on the federal front.  Our  IRHA Student of the Year UIC R-Pharm Student James Larcom and IRHA Practitioner of the Year Public Health Dental Hygientist Ashley Cowlell from the Clay County Health Department were honored at our awards dinner reception and everyone enjoyed a fiercly competitive team trivia competition afterwards.