HIV Research and Services at the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
Audrey French, MD
Rush University Medical College
Ronald Lubeichek, MD
Rush University Medical College
October 20, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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ABSTRACT:
Audrey French, MD is Director of Research at the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, a professor in the department of internal medicine at Rush University Medical College, and Director of HIV Inpatient Services at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Her research focuses on HIV in Women, HIV Prevention, HIV and Viral Hepatitis, and HIV-related medical comorbidities. Dr. French is currently the PI of the WIHS-nested R01- Contribution of Sleep and Circadian Disruption to Kynurenine Pathway Activation and Cardiometabolic Risk in Women with HIV and Keeping it LITE: Exploring HIV Risk in Vulnerable Youth with Limited Interaction, a virtual cohort of young and very young sexual minorities in Chicago, and Co-PI of the Chicago Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), a 20+ year longitudinal, observation study of HIV-infected and demographically similar uninfected women.
Ronald Lubelchek, MD is Medical Director of the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, an assistant professor in the department of internal medicine at Rush University Medical Center, and physician in the division of Infectious Diseases at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. His research and professional aim is to improve the access and quality of care for people living with HIV (PLWH), particularly PLWH in the Chicago area. Dr. Lubelchek currently focuses on implementing a pilot project to establish a region-wide real-time alert system to identify and re-engage out-of-care PLWH who present to local emergency departments for acute care. He is also an EHE Planning Project Awardee.
