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This issue of Helix magazine, dedicated to RFU research, arrives on the heels of our yearlong celebration…
A longstanding question has been directed over the past year toward the numerous and distinctive challenges…
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The signing of a five-year license agreement last year by Inspirotec, Inc. was a step forward for the…
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Rosalind Franklin University is indebted to members of the Innovation and Research Park External Advisory…
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RFU’s Helix 51 incubator, the first of its kind in Lake County, continues to flourish, fueled by demand…
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Dennis Stevens, MD, a leading neonatologist, joined RFU in January as the director of clinical research…
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Infectious disease immunologist Rahul Vijay, DVM, PhD, joins the Center for Cancer Cell Biology, Immunology…
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The Center for Cancer Cell Biology, Immunology and Infection, directed by molecular biologist Johnny…
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RF@100, the university’s yearlong celebration of the centennial of the birth of Dr. Rosalind Franklin…
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The COVID pandemic brought to light many long-standing health disparities that exist along racial and…
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The Community Care Connection maintains a vital presence in underserved communities thanks to the support…
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“A minority of women faculty achieve higher academic ranks and leadership positions in academic medicine…
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When epidemiologist and Chicago Medical School Assistant Professor of Medicine Maureen Benjamins, PhD…
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David T. Feinberg, MD ’89, MBA, spoke with medical students on April 9 as part of the annual Aaron Brown…
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As inequality is spotlighted by increasing demands to resolve social justice issues, those studying and…
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The Dr. John and Kathleen Grady Scholarship, established in 2014, embodies the values of its patrons…
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For over a decade, the Stutzmann lab and collaborators such as John Buolamwini, PhD, have been dedicated…
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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in America, when physical health became the country’s cardinal…
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The annual All School Research Consortium (ASRC) provides a showcase for RFU students, postdocs and residents…
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Forty years ago, Chicago Medical School and the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies moved forty…
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Jerome A. Gold, MD ’53, former university president, trustee and CMS Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient…
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More than 75 RFU scientists and six disease-focused research centers, including three within the Brain…