Stories - Winter 2023

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

This issue of Helix is a reminder of how our students, faculty, alumni and valued partners are shaping a future where everyone has equitable access to…

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Editor’s Note
By Dan Moran

Debates can rage about the practicality of applying modern standards or sensibilities to people who lived in another age. We can also spin ourselves in…

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Recovering Lost Souls
By Dawn Rhodes

Preservation is a guiding principle for CJ Fisher, PA ’24, a mission that’s taken her from underwater diving to explore the remnants of a sunken slave…

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Weekend Lab Warriors
By Amy Knutson Strack

School on a Saturday? For most students, that would be nothing to rave about, unless they are students in RFU’s Pre-professional Laboratory Assistant Course…

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Intersectional Health Equity
By Judy Masterson

Social epidemiologist Amanda Simanek, PhD, MPH, arrived at RFU on Aug. 22, 2022, to lead the recently established Michael Reese Research and Education…

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Chemistry Applied
By Dawn Rhodes

Kimberley Darey, MD ’04, started her career as a chemist. Once she switched to medicine, she pivoted to being a physician, which led her to being a hospital…

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Women’s Bodies Under the Microscope
By Judy Masterson

RFU’s 7th Annual Women in Science and Healthcare (WiSH) Symposium, “Women’s Bodies Under the Microscope: Sex Does Matter,” held Oct. 24, featured a presentation…

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Being There
By Judy Masterson

Lucille Heller, EdD, passed away on Dec. 26, 2022, at age 97. In July 2022, she sat for an interview via Zoom from her residence in New Jersey to share…

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Hall of Famer
By Judy Masterson

Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine Dean Stephanie Wu, DPM, MSc, FACFAS, was honored with Podiatry Management magazine’s Lifetime Achievement…

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Sustainability is the Pathway to Raising Burnout Management Into the C-Suite
By David “Daven” E. Morrison, MD

What if organizations, in particular, healthcare organizations, were truly interested in their employees as much as it seems they are motivated by profit?…

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Culturally Competent Care - The Human Perspective
By Mercedes Martinez, MD ’92

E pluribus unum — “From many, one,” or “Out of many, one.” This is a traditional motto of the United States from its early history, appearing on the Great…

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RFU Celebrates Research Innovation, Partnerships
By Sara Skoog

The university hosted its inaugural Biomedical Innovation Day on Sept. 22 to celebrate the research efforts of RFU faculty and the early-stage companies…

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Family PharmD
By Judy Masterson

A graduate of the College of Pharmacy at Rosalind Franklin University owns and operates the first pharmacy in the State of Tennessee to be named a provider…

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Power of the Pod

The College of Pharmacy’s HelixTalk, one of the most downloaded podcasts of its kind since its inception in 2014, posted its 150th episode, “Keep on Going…

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University News

Ernest Vasseur Joins RFU Board of Trustees By Sara Skoog and Amy Knutson Strack Ernest Vasseur, MTS, elected to RFU’s Board of Trustees in summer 2022…

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Harm Reduction Award Honors Efforts to Treat Addiction
By Sara Skoog

RFU’s collaboration with the GPF Foundation — a nonprofit organization dedicated to education, appropriate treatment and overall awareness of the dangers…

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CMS Recognizes Distinguished Alumni During Reunion Weekend
By Sara Skoog

Chicago Medical School (CMS) honored two of its own with Distinguished Alumni awards during CMS Reunion Weekend, Sept. 16–17. Kimberley Darey, MD ’04,…

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‘Chiropodists’ Answered the Call in World War II
By Kelly Reiss

The Chiropody Record (1917–1989) provides a window into the activities and support of podiatric practitioners in World War II. The monthly periodical was…

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Connecting with a ‘Hidden Genius’

Author Marie Benedict welcomes Lake Forest readers into Rosalind Franklin’s world. The obstacles placed in the path of Dr. Rosalind Franklin during her…

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