Stories - Spring 2023

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

This issue of Helix is set to publish as we prepare to celebrate Commencement and continue to reflect…

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Editor's Note
By Dan Moran

As he entered his 40s, a survivor of a childhood brain tumor shared a story: He had recently gone in…

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Bridge to Care
By Judy Masterson

The Interprofessional Community Clinic (ICC), which will celebrate its 10th anniversary this fall, was…

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Lending Their Voice
By Judy Masterson

Medical Interpretation is crucial to patient/provider interaction at the Interprofessional Community…

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A Brave New World (?)
By Judy Masterson

Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT could help unfetter the future of education…

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Respond First
By Dawn Rhodes

Emergency medical services in the United States are “under siege” says Martin Pelletier, CMS ’26. The…

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A Singular Event
By Judy Masterson

The five years that Meredith “Misty” Fils, MS ’14, PA-C, lived and worked in post-Hurricane Katrina New…

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Advocating for Inclusive Environments
By Judy Masterson

Raised a Sephardic Jew in a close and loving Spanish- and Ladino-speaking family, Misty Fils, MS ’14…

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Grainger Foundation Supports “Bold Vision” For Nursing
By Judy Masterson and Amy Knutson Strack

RFU and Lake Forest College received a $1 million gift in early 2023 from The Grainger Foundation to…

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First Steps
By Sara Skoog

Chicago Medical School’s Mini Medical School Program, now in its second year, gives fourth and fifth…

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From Snowbound Strangers to Ensuring Student Futures
By Amy Knutson Strack

Elliot Rubinstein, MD ’69, and wife P.A. Rubinstein credit Chicago Medical School — and one historic…

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Wayfaring Strangers Come Together
By Sabreen Alfadel

One of the fascinating aspects of health care is that it encompasses different health systems — many…

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Blue/Yellow USA: Non-Lethal Aid Crucial for Ukraine's Survival
By John Prunskis, MD, FIPP

Between 2014 and February 24, 2022, the war in Ukraine was localized; civilian and military assistance…

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Innovation Through Pathology
By Aubrey Penney

From studying lobsters as an undergraduate to analyzing heme analogues for treatment of neonatal jaundice…

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Roll On: NCAA Champion Bowler Utilizes DPT Expertise to Heal Fellow Athletes
By Margaret Smith

There was a time in life for Briana Zabierek when Saturday mornings meant bowling with her middle school…

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RFU/DePaul Alliance Moves Into Second Decade with AI Initiative
By Margaret Smith

The decade-long partnership between RFU and DePaul University expanded in 2022 to include a new focus…

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University News

RFU Scientist Awarded $2.36 Million for Anxiety Treatment Research Joanna Dabrowska, PhD, PharmD, an…

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Avalon Park Memories: Accepting Changes In and Out of the Classroom
By Sarah S. Garber, PhD

I was born in Chicago and raised on the South Side in a neighborhood called Marynook (83rd and Kenwood)…

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Healing and Hope Amid the Rubble
By Sara Skoog and Dan Moran

The devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 killed more than 50,000…

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