Rosalind Franklin University enters 2024 with the knowledge that the trust we build can help create positive change in the communities we serve. Health…
If you have children, you remember the questions: Boy or a girl? What names have you picked out? What’s the due date? You might also recall this one:…
Bradley Hersh, MD ’80, MPH, FACP, has spent more than 30 years traveling the globe as an epidemiologist for the CDC and then as a senior advisor for WHO/UNAIDS…
Funded by the inaugural Elizabeth Shafernich Coulson Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, the latest installment in the “Meeting the Sodos” series…
Charles Bieleu Nkamga, CMS ’27, is quick to say he knew his trajectory in medicine would take an “untraditional path.” He’s also unwavering in describing…
Editor’s Note: Dr. Julie Waites passed away unexpectedly in December 2023. The following conversation, which was planned for this edition of Helix and…
When Chicago Medical School (CMS) graduates share who made a meaningful difference in their lives, they invariably say “Dean Booden.” During his tenure…
RFU’s Interprofessional Community Clinic (ICC) is expanding the services it offers its patients to include ophthalmology, dermatology, pain care and pelvic…
“The ICC has come a long way in the last 10 years. During the pandemic, we were limited to telehealth care, and since reopening in 2022, the students and…
Before presenting a series of slides detailing maternal mortality and morbidity and their relation to systemic inequities, Cara Bergo, PhD, MPH, sought…
Second-year Chicago Medical School student Ruth Londono Alzate’s service in the Peace Corps — along with her experiences closer to home as a high school…
There are roles we step into in life that unknowingly alter our trajectory. For Shayla Giles, RN, SRNA, CON ’24, the role of caretaker is one she donned…
Cecilia Sorensen, MD, opened the 8th Annual Women in Science and Healthcare (WiSH) Symposium with a disclaimer: “I’m an ER doctor. I’m not a climate scientist…
Research is a practice that can be an embodied1 approach to make change in the world, giving attention to issues that are unnamed or unseen, and ultimately…
A cross-section of clinical, academic and community partners gathered on Sept. 14 at an open house for the College of Nursing (CON). The guests, who included…
Grace E. Stutzmann, PhD, director of RFU’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease and Therapeutics, is teaming with research scientists at New York University…
Kristin Wiisanen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, joined RFU as dean of the College of Pharmacy in October, succeeding Scott Hanes, PharmD, who served as interim…
Weihang “Valerie” Chai, PhD, joins RFU as director of the Center for Genetic Diseases in early 2024, bringing expertise in genomic stability in carcinogenesis…
The fall of 2023 saw the RFU Board of Trustees expand its roster with the additions of Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, and John A. Orsini, CPA. Dr. Klasko…
Bridging the gap between misconception and reality has become an increasingly necessary civic responsibility in recent years. But how does one remedy these…
RFU’s College of Pharmacy and Department of Healthcare Simulation provide second-year pharmacy students with a safe space to practice their clinical skills…
A seminal event in the history of the university took place 20 years ago on a frigid Tuesday morning. On Jan. 27, 2004, we became Rosalind Franklin University…
Prior to 2023, the rows of marble sculptures in The Old Library at Trinity College Dublin — a research university established by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592…