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Stories - Community Health 2024

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Leadership Message
By Wendy Rheault, PT, PhD, FASAHP, FNAP, DipACLM

Rosalind Franklin University enters 2024 with the knowledge that the trust we build can help create positive…

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Editor’s Note
By Dan Moran

If you have children, you remember the questions: Boy or a girl? What names have you picked out? What…

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Job For Life
By Judy Masterson

Bradley Hersh, MD ’80, MPH, FACP, has spent more than 30 years traveling the globe as an epidemiologist…

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Meeting the Sodos
By Judy Masterson

Funded by the inaugural Elizabeth Shafernich Coulson Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, the…

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Discovering Chicago Medical School: ‘It Changed My Whole Life’ image
Discovering Chicago Medical School: ‘It Changed My Whole Life’
By Amy Knutson Strack

Charles Bieleu Nkamga, CMS ’27, is quick to say he knew his trajectory in medicine would take an “untraditional…

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Caring For Our Students
By Judy Masterson

Editor’s Note: Dr. Julie Waites passed away unexpectedly in December 2023. The following conversation…

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New Scholarship Pays Homage to Dean Booden’s ‘Special Talent’ image
New Scholarship Pays Homage to Dean Booden’s ‘Special Talent’
By Amy Knutson Strack

When Chicago Medical School (CMS) graduates share who made a meaningful difference in their lives, they…

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Critical Lifelines
By Sara Skoog

Â鶹ӰÒô’s Interprofessional Community Clinic (ICC) is expanding the services it offers its patients to include…

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ICC Medical Director Dr. Melissa Chen Offers a Look to the Future

“The ICC has come a long way in the last 10 years. During the pandemic, we were limited to telehealth…

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‘Unacceptable Disparities’ Challenges in Addressing Maternal Mortality image
‘Unacceptable Disparities’ Challenges in Addressing Maternal Mortality
By Dan Moran

Before presenting a series of slides detailing maternal mortality and morbidity and their relation to…

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Schweitzer Fellowship Project Addresses Unmet Needs
By Sara Skoog

Second-year Chicago Medical School student Ruth Londono Alzate’s service in the Peace Corps — along with…

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Joining the Drive Toward Stronger Diversity in Nurse Anesthesia
By Margaret Smith

There are roles we step into in life that unknowingly alter our trajectory. For Shayla Giles, RN, SRNA…

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Connecting the Dots: Wish Symposium Links Changing Climate to Women’s Health Outcomes image
Connecting the Dots: Wish Symposium Links Changing Climate to Women’s Health Outcomes
By Dan Moran

Cecilia Sorensen, MD, opened the 8th Annual Women in Science and Healthcare (WiSH) Symposium with a disclaimer:…

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Through the Microscope: Community-Engaged Research - The Collaborative Path to Health Equity image
Through the Microscope: Community-Engaged Research - The Collaborative Path to Health Equity
By Yvette D. Castañeda, PhD, MPH, MBA

Research is a practice that can be an embodied1 approach to make change in the world, giving attention…

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College of Nursing Open House

A cross-section of clinical, academic and community partners gathered on Sept. 14 at an open house for…

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Â鶹ӰÒô, NYU Teams Study Links Between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease image
Â鶹ӰÒô, NYU Teams Study Links Between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease

Grace E. Stutzmann, PhD, director of Â鶹ӰÒô’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease and Therapeutics, is…

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New COP Dean Brings Curricular Innovation and Interprofessional Skills

Kristin Wiisanen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, joined Â鶹ӰÒô as dean of the College of Pharmacy in October, succeeding…

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Center for Genetic Diseases Adds New Director

Weihang “Valerie” Chai, PhD, joins Â鶹ӰÒô as director of the Center for Genetic Diseases in early 2024,…

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Board of Trustees Adds Wide-Ranging Expertise

The fall of 2023 saw the Â鶹ӰÒô Board of Trustees expand its roster with the additions of Stephen K. Klasko…

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Teachable Moments: Educating the Public on Vaccines and American History image
Teachable Moments: Educating the Public on Vaccines and American History
By Margaret Smith

Bridging the gap between misconception and reality has become an increasingly necessary civic responsibility…

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Pharmacy Students Use Simulation to Practice Opioid-Overdose Response
By Sara Skoog

Â鶹ӰÒô’s College of Pharmacy and Department of Healthcare Simulation provide second-year pharmacy students…

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Becoming Â鶹ӰÒô: Dignitaries Gathered in 2004 at Renaming Celebration
By Kelly Reiss

A seminal event in the history of the university took place 20 years ago on a frigid Tuesday morning…

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The Famed Four: Dr. Rosalind Franklin Among Women Honored at Trinity College Dublin image
The Famed Four: Dr. Rosalind Franklin Among Women Honored at Trinity College Dublin

Prior to 2023, the rows of marble sculptures in The Old Library at Trinity College Dublin — a research…

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