Stories - Spring 2021

President's Message
By Dr. Wendy Rheault

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s to be vigilant. New cases, hospitalizations and…

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Editor's Note
By Dan Moran

As the second week of December 2020 wound down, the days were growing shorter, and a long winter of rising…

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Our Future with Vaccines
By Judy Masterson, Photos by Michael R. Schmidt

In the year since the novel coronavirus ignited a pandemic, Rosalind Franklin University clinicians and…

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RFU Board Chair's Matching Fund Targets Economic Barriers

As chair of the RFU Board of Trustees and a former faculty member of physical therapy, Elizabeth Coulson…

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Scholl College Faculty Member Adam E. Fleischer, DPM, Joins RFU Board of Trustees

Adam E. Fleischer, DPM, MPH, FACFAS, is the new faculty representative on the Board of Trustees. Dr.…

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The Future and our Community
By Yadira Sanchez Olson, Photos by Michael R. Schmidt

Nurse practitioner Lupe Rodriguez, Community Care Connection (CCC) director, uses her bilingual skills…

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Represent the Field
By Yadira Sanchez Olson, Photo by Michael R. Schmidt

A medical mystery plaguing her family that was solved by a thorough doctor/ patient conversation provided…

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The Future is Nursing
By Judy Masterson, Photos by Michael R. Schmidt

Dr. Sandra Larson was recently appointed interim dean of the planned College of Nursing. Here she reflects…

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RFU/LFC Partnership Moves Forward With Horizon Scholars Initiative

RFU’s Health Professions Program (HPP) collaboration with Lake Forest College — and the cause of building…

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Supporting RFU Partners with Advanced Learning Environments
By Sara Skoog, Photos by Michael R. Schmidt

Rosalind Franklin University’s Center for Advanced Simulation in Healthcare at Northwestern Medicine…

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Innovation and Research Park Ribbon Cutting

Resilience and optimism were dominant themes on Jan. 28 when the RFU community pushed through the COVID-19…

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Barrier-Breaking Scientist Speaks to RFU

Namandjé N. Bumpus, PhD, spoke on “How Racism and Sexism Squash Talent and Slow Progress in STEM” on…

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COVID and Traumatic Stress: CHP Student Explores 'How the Brain Functions in the Context of Illness'
By Margaret Smith

As she explored the depths of brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder, Erin Kaseda, CHP ’24…

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Acknowledging the Unhealed Wounds of the Past
By Julie Atkins Waites, PsyD

Through the Microscope is a reoccurring Helix column that poses an issue to our community of experts…

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Building a Diverse Community that Strengthens and Serves All
By Max Loh, PhD '21

Through the Microscope is a reoccurring Helix column that poses an issue to our community of experts…

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Boxer Library Shifts to Digital-First Model
By Sara Skoog, Photos by Michael R. Schmidt

Charlotte Beyer, MSIS, AHIP, was a month into her promotion as Library Director of RFU’s Boxer Library…

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From the Archives: 60 Years Ago, CMS Was on the Move
By Kelly Reiss

Sixty years before RFU held the grand opening of the Innovation and Research Park, the Chicago Medical…

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'I Feel It's My Responsibility': CHP Distinguished Alumnus Awardee Seeks Increased Diversity
By Judy Masterson, Photos by Sean Proctor

Leython Williams’ father always told him “never forget where you came from,” advice that has taken on…

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Searching for Another Helix in 'The Eye of God'
By Sabreen Alfadel

There are a multitude of connections across the universe. Stuart Meyer, CMS ’60, first of three generations…

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