In December, Roseland Hospital celebrated the addition of a 3D mammography van to their oncology services. This mobile mammography unit, generously funded by Washington Square Health Foundation, allows for mammograms to be conducted outside of traditional hospital...
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Program Coordinator for IBCCP receives prestigious community leadership award
Michael Reese Research and Education Foundation is pleased to share that our Program Coordinator/Nurse Clinical Patient Navigator for Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP), Hong Deng, RN, MBA, CN-BN, received the prestigious 2023 Outstanding Community...
Michael Reese Care Program A Top Fundraiser for AIDS Run Walk Chicago 2023
The fundraising totals from the AIDS Run Walk Chicago 2023 are in, and Michael Reese Care Program raised $15,264, making our team one of the event’s Top 4 fundraisers! Thank you to all of those who contributed their time and resources to this worthy cause. We are...
Rosalind Franklin University Announces Founding Director of Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research
Rosalind Franklin University is proud to announce Founding Director, Dr. Amanda Simanek, Social Epidemiologist at the Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research. The center focuses on community engagement, investigator training, and data management,...
After decades in prison, Renaldo Hudson uses art to advocate for change
Renaldo Hudson was nineteen years old when he was sentenced to death for killing an elderly man, L.K Peterson, in an attempted robbery. Renaldo now feels blessed and free to be home after being released from prison after thirty-seven years. Renaldo’s life had been...
Medicine Is Sick: Burnout in healthcare
The United States Surgeon General has issued an advisory about healthcare burnout, and evidence is shown through these three frontline workers and their firsthand accounts on the impacts of burnout. Ed Smalivitz has been in the medical field for 42 years and walked...