Staff Council Representatives

Leadership

Co-Chair

Jake Boudreaux, BS, has been with Rush University for 4 years working in the Research Compliance Conflict of Interest Office. As a Compliance COI Specialist, he helps manage and regulate financial relationships in research to prevent bias and ensure research is in the publics best interest. Jake is passionate about advocating for staff needs and getting to know his co-workers across RUMC.

Co-Chair

Theresa Mathes, MPH-MSMOB, has worked in the RUSH Alzheimer’s Center for over 18 years. She is currently a Senior level research coordinator who oversees the operations of one the center’s diverse cohort studies. She also leads one of the center’s community engagement teams that specialize in retention among communities of color. In her role, Theresa strives to be an agent for change and make a greater impact in under-represented populations to shift the paradigm of health and care. As a member of the staff council, she hopes to support new ideas that will help improve employee satisfaction and subsequently improve the patient experience.

Vice-Chair

Fabiola Loera-Garcia, MS, has worked at Rush's Office of Institutional Effectiveness since 2019, but has served in various roles throughout RUSH since 2005. In her current role as Senior Research Data Analyst, she helps write, distribute, and analyze several student, alumni, and institutional surveys. Fabiola loves working with data and generating tables and charts to present survey summarized results. Fabiola had the honor of serving on the USC task force that established the USC and is now happy to return and continue to advocate for her fellow staff members.

Corresponding Secretary

Pranav Mishra, MD, has been at Rush University for 2.5 years as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. As a researcher with the Departments of Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Pranav works with patients at Rush and donors from the greater Chicago area. His translational research projects include the Bone-Fat-Glucose Interface with bariatric surgery patients, investigating novel interleukin receptor therapeutics for OA-PTOA, and next-generation transcriptomics experiments in the lab. Pranav joined the USC this year to better understand the challenges faced by staff and to help enhance the professional development opportunities provided by Rush.

Representatives

Jake Boudreaux, Research Compliance

Andrew Caldemeyer, Research

Alysse Coleman, College of Nursing

Porcha Davis, Research

Callie Degnan, Student Affairs

Bill Fleming, Rush Medical College

Fabiola Loera-Garcia, Academic Affairs

Theresa Mathes, Research

Machelle McInerney, College of Nursing

Pranav Mishra, Research

Donyea Moore, Research

David Nelson, Rush University

LaTasha Pryor, Academic Affairs

Dwayne Small, Rush Medical College

Kenya Varnado-England, Rush Medical College

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