Rush University

Thriving Together: Trauma-informed Approaches to Promoting Family Resilience in Early Intervention

Date presented: April 24, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Kia Ashley Burks, kia_a_burks@rush.edu

Timing Matters: Preoperative Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection and Long-Term Outcomes Following Single-Level Posterior Lumbar Fusion

Study Design Retrospective Cohort Analysis. Objective CESIs are a mainstay of nonoperative treatment for degenerative lumbar spine disease. As increasing numbers of patients undergo sPLF after receiving CESIs, understanding their impact on surgical outcomes is essential. The obje...

Still building the foundation: Why reliability and validity studies in AI remain essential for anatomical sciences education

Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from speculative novelty to an everyday presence among both learners and educators in medical education, with applications spanning tutoring, assessment, feedback, and support for clinical reasoning.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Within the anatomica...

Candidozyma auris in the United States: insights from the National Association of Long-Term Hospitals Network

Abstract Objective: Understand current prevention practices used for Candidozyma auris and identify target areas for improvement. Design: Electronic survey. Setting: Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs). Participants: National Association of Long-Term Hospitals (NALTH) network...

Prevalence of chronic pain among U.S. children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Introduction: Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) affect up to 15% of children in the United States and are associated with co-occurring health challenges such as chronic pain, which can negatively affect development and quality of life. Increased risk of chronic pain in children...

Mediating effect of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the association between depression, anxiety, and cardiometabolic disorders in a multiethnic US population

Abstract Neuroinflammation is associated with depression and anxiety risk, both of which demonstrate a bilateral relationship with cardiometabolic disorders. Systemic inflammation was also commonly described in patients with cardiometabolic disorders. It is, thus, unclear whether...

Viable microbial ecology and functional potential of the Integrated Lunar-Mars Analog Habitat revealed by multi-omics analyses

Long-duration human missions to the Moon and Mars will rely on closed, self-sustaining habitats where microorganisms inevitably interact with crew, materials, and life-support systems. While routine cleaning and environmental control can limit microbial growth, viable populations...

Multicenter dataset describing emotional intelligence and counseling self-efficacy among clinical pastoral education students in healthcare settings

Emotional intelligence (EI) and counseling self-efficacy (CSE) are widely regarded as core professional competencies for healthcare chaplains. However, evidence on whether Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) effectively develops these capacities remains limited. The parent study ge...

Bone Marrow Aspirate Augmentation Reduces Reoperation Rates After Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation of the Knee: A Systematic Review

PURPOSE: To systematically review the clinical, radiographic, and patient-reported outcomes of osteochondral allograft (OCA) transplantation with versus without bone marrow aspirate (BMA) augmentation for the treatment of knee cartilage defects. METHODS: A comprehensive search wa...

Clinically integrated breastfeeding peer counseling to promote breastfeeding equity: Research protocol for patient-centered costs of infant feeding and lactation care

Despite national and international recommendations for exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months of age, 44% of infants receive no breastmilk at this important milestone, imposing a significant cost on the US economy vis a vis elevated cardiovascular, infectious, and metabolic disease...

Distilling Open Reasoning Corpora into a 3B-Active MoE on Commodity GPUs: What Transfers, What Doesn't, and a Decontamination Check

We present an honest, reproducible study of budget-constrained knowledge distillation for reasoning, carried out on commodity hardware (a single node of 4x NVIDIA L40S, no NVLink) for $2,723 in GPU compute ($3,091 all-in with tax) against a $3,000 budget. We LoRA-fine-tune (QLoRA...

Distilling Open Reasoning Corpora into a 3B-Active MoE on Commodity GPUs: What Transfers, What Doesn't, and a Decontamination Check

We present an honest, reproducible study of budget-constrained knowledge distillation for reasoning, carried out on commodity hardware (a single node of 4x NVIDIA L40S, no NVLink) for $2,723 in GPU compute ($3,091 all-in with tax) against a $3,000 budget. We LoRA-fine-tune (QLoRA...

Longitudinal Iron Changes in the Substantia Nigra of Early‐Stage Parkinson's Disease

BACKGROUND: Progression of substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) iron content in early-stage Parkinson's patients (PD) is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To determine if nigral iron measured by quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) with zero-referencing can track disease progres...

Rhinosinusitis in Adults Receiving Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibitors and Anti‐CD20 Therapy: A Scoping Review

ABSTRACT Introduction Immunomodulatory therapies, including tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF‐α) inhibitors and anti‐CD20 agents, are often used for autoimmune, inflammatory, and neoplastic disorders. While infection risk is well recognized, their association with rhinosinusitis r...

Medial Meniscus Posterior Root Repair Is Associated With Better Function But Persistent Knee Varus Thrust and Reduced Knee Internal Rotation During Gait

Purpose To define gait kinematics and kinetics in patients with medial meniscus posterior root (MMPR) tear and repair, compared with healthy, age‐matched controls. Methods This was a cross‐sectional, observational study conducted between October 4, 2022, and March 3, 2025, and in...

Feasibility and acceptability of adding peer support to a school-based nurse-led smoking cessation intervention among male adolescents in Pakistan: a pilot cluster-randomized trial

Reducing adolescent smoking is a global health priority. School-based, nurse-led interventions show promise, yet most studies have been conducted in Western and other high-income countries. This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a school-based, nurse-led smoking...

Leadership for climate-resilient healthcare: insights from an ATACH technical meeting

Introduction Climate change is increasingly recognised as both a public health emergency and a systemic stressor on healthcare systems. While many healthcare organisations have articulated ambitious climate and sustainability commitments, progress is frequently constrained by gap...

How Healthy Are Community Health Workers: Findings from a Chicago-Area Survey

Community health workers (CHWs) are a growing and essential component of the U.S. healthcare workforce, yet little is known about their own health and well-being. The CHWs Our Work + Our Health Pilot Study administered a cross-sectional survey to a convenience sample of CHWs livi...

Predictive pre-resection robotic ligament balancing in total knee arthroplasty is accurate across surgeons and patient factors

New robotic total knee arthroplasty (TKA) technology enables force-controlled pre-resection joint gap assessment. Its accuracy across surgeons and patient factors remains unknown. This study evaluated how accurately this technology achieved planned joint gaps and whether accuracy...