Mary Ellen Lennon

In her oral history, Sr. Diane Jamison describes how her mother and seventh grade teacher shaped her character and guided her decision to become a Sister of Saint Francis. A math and religious teacher, a director of religious...

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Clegg, Patrick, Gerow, Daniel, and Wilson, Thad

Cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) is a phenomenon involving a counterintuitive increase in skin blood flow during cold exposure. Although CIVD was first described in 1930, CIVD mechanisms remain unknown. CIVD research has...

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Darras, Basil, Miller, Patricia, Snyder, Brian, and Troy, Michael

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) consists of a group of neuromuscular disorders characterized by degeneration of alpha motor neurons, leading to a lower motor neuron-type syndrome. Children afflicted with SMA 1 and 2 are prone to...

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Mary Ellen Lennon

In this oral history, Sr. Norma reflects on her sixty-four years (as of 2015) of being a Franciscan Sister. She discusses her upbringing in St. Louis, Missouri, during the Depression era, and how that led to her vocation of...

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Browning, Taylor

Background: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing and remitting inflammatory disease that affects the GI tract. IBD has two major types: Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. IBD occurs when the immune...

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Mary Ellen Lennon

In her oral history, Sr. Marilynn Hofer reflects on the importance of her Franciscan heritage and praying the Prayer of Saint Francis in her call to join the Sisters of Saint Francis, Oldenburg. An educator by trade, Sr. Hofer...

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Mary Ellen Lennon

In her oral history, Sr. Ann Vonder Meulen discusses how her love for those who are underrepresented in society began as a young child with her family’s inclusion of Japanese American neighbors into their home. She describes...

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Lien, Savahanna, Abt, Peter, Fayek, Sameh, Marsh, Christopher, and Dunn, Ty

While utilization of Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) continues to increase, the potential is not fully realized. We surveyed kidney transplant (KTX) professionals to evaluate perceptions of barriers and solutions to increasing KPD...

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McDowell, Jasmine, Krause, B., Wilson, Thad, and Addington, Gretchen

INTRODUCTION: Cold limb immersion, a form of cryotherapy, can cause cardiovascu-lar changes due to cold-pain induced autonomic reflex. OBJECTIVE: This cryotherapy treatment side-effect has received less attention, and could...

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Tobin, Kirby, Hum, Julia, Oberhelman, Forrest, LaFave, Nicole, Young, Collin, and Waite, Timothy

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 1 in 10 Americans. Diabetic nephropathy is also associated with the development of chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD). CKD-MBD disrupts the normal...

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