HELIXTALK - Key Persons
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- Trustee
- Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees
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- ( Retired ) Executive Vice President / Illinois Hospital Association
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- Retired ) Managing Director
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- Manager of Scheduling Resources and Projects
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- Healthcare Supervisor / Walgreens Co.
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- Managing Director / Regulatory Compliance Associates, Inc.
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- Associate Vice President for Online Learning
Dr. Sowers serves as the Associate Vice President for Online Learning and Instructional Design at Rosalind Franklin University for Medicine and Science. Bruce has been involved with the development of over 800 online courses across several disciplines and modalities within the higher education, K-12, and corporate environments. Previously, Dr. Sowers served as Assistant Director for Instructional Design and Technology for the Integrated Learning Institute at Ball State University. During his tenure there, Bruce established instructional design processes for course development, implemented standards for course quality, and was responsible for leading innovation in course design. He was also the Quality Matters (QM) Institutional Representative for Ball State University, and responsible for faculty professional development in the areas of instructional design, online teaching, and workforce development. Bruce holds a MA in Information Technology, and a PhD in Computing Technology in Education, as well an, Educational Specialist degree (EdS).
Dr. Sowers has served in several faculty roles, including teaching for the Miller College of Business at Ball State University and the School of Business and Economics at Indiana University East. He has also taught graduate courses in Strategic Planning for Information Technology for the Center of Information and Communication Sciences at Ball State University. Bruce facilitates the development of and delivery of professional development courses for instructional designers, including Learning Theories, Introduction to Instructional Design, Assessment and Measurement, Instructional Design Systems, and Online Program Administration. Bruce also hosts an annual Instructional Design Colloquium which brings together practicing instructional designers and technologists from across higher education.
Associate Vice President for Online Learning & Instructional Design and Interim Director of Faculty Development, Assistant Professor
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- Associate Vice President for Admissions and Recruitment
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- Krebs Provost and the Dean of the Faculty / Lake Forest College
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- Dean for the Division of Natural and Social Sciences / Carthage College
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- Professor and Pharmacy Technician Program Director
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- Chairman, Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Associate Professor
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- Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice
Dr. Jessica Cottreaus an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) College of Pharmacy (COP). She is primarily responsible for teaching infectious diseases pharmacotherapy and pharmacology. She teaches and serves as course director for the Applications of Drug Information course in the second year of the professional program. In addition to serving in an advisory capacity to multiple COP committees, she also serves as the COP's liaison for the Global Health program that offers international learning opportunities to students.
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- British Scientist and Researcher
- Leadership Consultant Partner
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- Retired ) State Representative
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- Graduate Admissions Counselor
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- President, Health Mart & Health Mart Atlas / McKesson
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- President Emeritus
- Trustee Emeritus
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- Interim Dean and Associate
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- Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practic
Janeen Winnike is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Since graduating from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1991, Professor Winnike has a diverse career history, ranging from community pharmacy to education, and was the Director of Field Recruiting for Osco Drug/SUPERVALU for nine years.
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- Assistant Vice President, Pharmacy Services / NorthShore University
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- Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President / Development and Regulatory Affairs / Horizon Pharma
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- Director of Student Affairs
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- Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist
- Chairman, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practic
Dr. Cottreau is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) and a Board Certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacist (BCIDP). She is actively involved with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
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- Chairman, Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Trustee
- Director of Podiatric Residencies / Advocate Christ Medical Center / Advocate Children 's Hospital / Elder Granger
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- Associate Dean for External Relations, Executive Director of Service Learning, Instructor, Pharmacy Practic
- Instructor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice
- Member of the College
Jolee A. Rosenkranz is an Instructor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Executive Director of Service Learning at the College of Pharmacy at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois. She is the Associate Dean for External Relations for the College. She obtained a Bachelor's of Science in Applied Social Science from the School of Education and Human Development at Binghamton University in 1999 and a Masters of Public Health from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in 2002.
Ms. Rosenkranz has been a member of the College's administrative leadership team since its inception. She teaches a component of the IPPE curriculum through which all third-year students are required to research, design, and implement a population-based health outreach initiative. Her research efforts focus on primary prevention interventions surrounding the opioid epidemic, and student development through co-curricular activity participation.
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- Dean
- Trustee
- Vice Chancellor
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- Vice Dean, Associate Professor
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- Administrative Coordinator
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- Director of Pharmacy / Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practic
Lauren B. Angelo, PharmD, MBA is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science College of Pharmacy. She received her PharmD and MBA degrees from Drake University and completed her community pharmacy residency training at the University of North Carolina with Kerr Drug. She has previously taught at Butler University and the University of Maryland. Dr. Angelo also spent time working for the American Pharmacists Association where she focused on the development and enhancement of live continuing pharmacy education programs. Specializing in both immunizations and MTM, she travels throughout the country as a national faculty instructor to teach both the Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery and Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services certificate training programs. Dr. Angelo spent six years as an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association and has authored several books, which include topics on immunizations, MTM, and residency program development. In 2015, she completed the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Academic Leadership Fellows Program. She serves on numerous College and University committees, as well as national advisory boards and expert review panels. Dr. Angelo is a frequent speaker at professional meetings and an active volunteer with the Interprofessional Community Clinic at RFUMS and the Medical Reserve Corps in Evanston, Illinois.
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- ( Retired ) Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer / Advocate Health Care
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- Associate Dean of Clerkship and Residency Placement, Associate Professor
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- Graduate Admissions Recruiter
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- Trustee
- Senior Vice President, International Wealth Advisor
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Development Committee
- Trustee
- Healthcare Executive / Member, Board of Directors and Development Committee
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- Trustee
- Principal / Balasa
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- Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs
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- Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
- Provost
Appointed provost in August 2019, Nancy L. Parsley, DPM, MHPE, oversees a broad range of areas across the university that pertain to academic offerings, quality and instruction. These include: academic and faculty affairs, institutional research, accreditation and assessment, academic planning and regulatory oversight, faculty development, and online learning and instructional design (OLID). Additionally, the areas of university partnerships, interprofessional education and simulation, diversity and inclusion, as well as university student affairs and enrollment management also report to the provost through the leadership of those specific areas. Dr. Parsley also oversees new academic program development and growth of existing programs across the university. Dr. Parsley previously served as vice president for academic affairs, a role she held until strategically combining academic and faculty affairs for more efficient integration of those areas under new leadership reporting directly to her.
As the former associate provost of interprofessional (IP) strategy, Dr. Parsley directed RFU's DeWitt C. Baldwin Institute for Interprofessional Education and led a focus on educating future clinicians for coordinated, collaborative patient care. She continues to anticipate the needs of the evolving healthcare environment, including the need for interprofessional, team-based and patient-centered clinical rotations.
A tireless advocate for IP education and collaborative practice and a dedicated leader in the podiatric medical profession, Dr. Parsley has extensive experience in both policy development and higher education administration. She is the former director of health policy and practice for the American Podiatric Medical Association, where she previously served as policy and practice officer. She worked in private practice in Washington, D.C., and first gained policy and legislative experience as a congressional fellow working for the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health.
Dr. Parsley joined her alma mater in 2007 as associate dean of academic affairs. Named dean in 2011, she is also an associate professor in the Department of Podiatric Surgery and Applied Biomechanics. She has held leadership roles in the profession, serving as chair of the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine from 2015 to 2017 and vice chair for two years prior. She is a member of the American Podiatric Medical Association and Illinois Podiatric Medical Association.
She has served on numerous professional committees and is the recipient of many honors and awards, including Scholl College Alumnus of the Year and Presidential Honor in 2003; multiple inclusions on the Top 100 Most Influential Podiatrists list; and honorable mention for the annual Podiatry Management Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dr. Parsley completed the Northern Virginia Podiatric Residency Program, which included post-graduate training in lower extremity limb salvage and reconstructive plastic surgery at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She earned a master's degree in health professions education from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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- Chairman, Department of Podiatric Medicine
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- Assistant Dean of Research for SCPM, Associate Professor
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- Chairman and President / Dr. Scholl Foundation
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- Coordinator of Admissions Operations
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- Associate Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Associate Dean of Research Education Programs & Associate Professor
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- Online Graduate Admissions Recruiter
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- Retired ) President and CEO
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- Interim Dean and Associate
- Interim Dean, Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practic
Scott Hanes, PharmD, Interim Dean and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, joined the College of Pharmacy at Rosalind Franklin University in 2010. Dr. Hanes has over 25 years of experience in academic pharmacy, having served on the Pharmacy faculties of the Universities of Tennessee and Illinois. Dr. Hanes received his PharmD from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 1994 and completed a PGY-1 residency at UIC followed by a 2-year Critical Care Research Fellowship at the University of Tennessee (1995-1997). While practicing in various critical care settings, Dr. Hanes was active in research and scholarship in the area critical care pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetics. More recently, he has focused is interests in scholarship of teaching and learning.
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- Associate Professor
- Assistant Dean for Assessment and Associate
- Assistant Dean for Assessment, Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practic
Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, joined the university in August 2012. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Butler University in 2010. In 2011, he completed a PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency, and in 2012 he received board certification in pharmacotherapy and completed a PGY-2 critical care residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Currently, Dr. Kane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois with a clinical practice site at Advocate Condell Medical Center's intensive care unit in Libertyville, Illinois. Dr. Kane is the creator and co-host of "HelixTalk", Rosalind Franklin University's College of Pharmacy Podcast.
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- Board of Directors
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- Global Vice President of Finance
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- Associate Dean of Educational Affairs, Associate Professor
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- ( Retired ) President / Hospira USA
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- President and CEO / Rosalind Franklin University
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- Assistant Director of Admissions and Enrollment