The mission of the Office for Faculty Affairs is to create a supportive, respectful and inclusive environment for the diverse faculty of RUSH University. Our focus is on institutional integration, specifically but not limited to faculty satisfaction and engagement, implementation of the strategic plan, pursuit of diversity goals, support for accreditations and faculty management including onboarding, appointments and promotions.

As part of faculty development, we provide resources to ensure faculty academic success through education, mentoring, professional and leadership development, advocacy, communication and recognition. The Office of Faculty Affairs oversees the Office of Mentoring Programs, the Office of Global Health and the Center for Innovative and Lifelong Learning.

Latest News & Upcoming Events

 

 

Date Event

March 14

Noon - 1:00 p.m.

ZOOM

Meet the Mentor:

Upregulation of the Long Noncoding RNA XIST and Sex Bias in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

 

Sanda Predescu, PhD, FAHA

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Rush Medical College

March 20

Noon - 1:00 p.m.

RSVP Live Event

RSVP Virtual

 

CE Credit is available for the symposium

 

Global Health Symposium:

Historically Contextualizing the Global State of Reproductive Health

Sarah B. Rodriguez, PhD

 

Associate Professor of Instruction, Global Health Studies, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences Lecturer, Medical Education, Feinberg School of Medicine

Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program

Northwestern University

March 21
Noon - 1:00 p.m.

RSVP Live Event

RSVP Virtual

CE Credit is available for the symposium

Global Health Symposium:

Abortion and Reproductive Politics in China

 

Sarah Mellors Rodriguez, PhD

Assistant Professor of History, Missouri State University

March 22
Noon - 1:00 p.m.

RSVP Live Event

RSVP Virtual

 

CE Credit is available for the symposium

Global Health Symposium:

Global Burden of Unsafe Abortion and Strategies for Expanding Quality Abortion Care

 

Laura Laursen MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of OBGYN, Division of Family Planning, RUSH Medical College

March 23
Noon - 1:00 p.m.

RSVP Live Event

RSVP Virtual

 

CE Credit is available for the symposium

Global Health Symposium:

Structural Racism’s impact on Bodily Autonomy: Reframining Abortion Access as a Racial Justice Issue

 

Asha Hassan, MPH
 Graduate Researcher, Center for Anti Racism research for Health Equity (CARHE)

March 24

Noon - 1:00 p.m.

ZOOM

Postdoctoral Seminar:

Responding to Reviewer Comments

 

Klodian Dhana, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

RUSH Medical College

Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award
Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award
The Offices of Faculty Affairs and Mentoring Programs have been honored with the Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award for an organization. The national award recognizes organizations for their successful commitment to advancing women faculty in academic medicine and science.

Contact Us

The Office of Faculty Affairs is located in the Armour Academic Center, 600 S. Paulina Street, in Suite 1044.

Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs
Klaus Kuettner Professor of Osteoarthritis Research

Department of Pediatrics
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Orthopaedic Surgery & Medicine (Section of Rheumatology)

(312) 942-6306
Susanna_Chubinskaya@rush.edu

Melita Isic, MBA, MHA

Director, University Affairs
(312) 563-1506
Melita_M_Isic@rush.edu

Dina Rubakha, MEd

Academic Program Manager
(312) 942-8873
Dina_Rubakha@rush.edu

Imani Lindsey-Graham

Administrative Assistant II
(312) 947-4298

Imani_Lindsey-Graham@rush.edu

Lonhak Orch, BS

Faculty Management System Manager
(312) 563-3125
Lonhak_orch@rush.edu