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Documented places and capabilities

  • Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE) · Multi-campus (DePaul LAS + Rush collaborations) · Needs an appointment or affiliation — Contact the listed person or follow the access link before visiting. · Open listing · See connections
  • VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs · Loop · Needs an appointment or affiliation — Contact the listed person or follow the access link before visiting. · Open listing · See connections
  • McGowan Focus Group & Recording Room · Lincoln Park · Needs an appointment or affiliation — Contact the listed person or follow the access link before visiting. · Open listing · See connections
  • Sinai Urban Health Institute — Sinai Chicago · Off-campus (Chicago south & southwest sides) · Needs an appointment or affiliation — Contact the listed person or follow the access link before visiting. · Open listing · See connections
  • Rush University · Off-campus (Chicago) · Needs an appointment or affiliation — Contact the listed person or follow the access link before visiting. · Open listing · See connections
  • Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) · Off-campus (North Chicago, IL) · Needs an appointment or affiliation — Contact the listed person or follow the access link before visiting. · Open listing · See connections
  • Chicago Public Schools · Off-campus (Chicago public school district) · Needs an appointment or affiliation — Contact the listed person or follow the access link before visiting. · Open listing · See connections
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago · Off-campus (Chicago — Streeterville) · Needs an appointment or affiliation — Contact the listed person or follow the access link before visiting. · Open listing · See connections No independently strong equipment match.

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Title Kind Sources Connections
Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE) Place or program Partial See connections
VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs Place or program Limited See connections
McGowan Focus Group & Recording Room Place or program Limited See connections
Sinai Urban Health Institute — Sinai Chicago Place or program Limited See connections
Rush University Place or program Limited See connections
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) Place or program Limited See connections
Chicago Public Schools Place or program Limited See connections
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Place or program Limited See connections

Documented relationships

  • PER-029 —ownership→ UNI-012 (documented): Maria Joy Ferrera, PhD, LCSW — Co-Director, Center for Community Health Equity — mferrera@depaul.edu1
  • UNI-012 —person_resource→ PER-029 (documented): Co-Director, Center for Community Health Equity — mferrera@depaul.edu2
  • UNI-012 —person_resource→ PER-157 (documented): Founding co-director of Center for Community Health Equity (faculty profile)3
  • PER-015 —ownership→ CDM-011 (documented): She is the co-director of the Medical Informatics and the Intelligent Multimedia Processing Laboratories.4
  • CDM-011 —person_resource→ PER-015 (documented): She is the co-director of the Medical Informatics and the Intelligent Multimedia Processing Laboratories.4
  • CDM-011 —person_resource→ PER-016 (documented): —5
  • CDM-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-026 (documented): Congratulations to Dr. Daniela Raicu for a $200,000 Steans Family Foundation-funded project6
  • CDM-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-028 (documented): VIDA listed in Housing Strategies collaboration on EXT-0057
  • CDM-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-029 (documented): NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities and Other Resources names the Medical Informatics (MedIX) Lab co-directed by PI Raicu; IMP/MedIX labs are particularly relevant to the proposal AI and 8
  • CDM-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-052 (documented): Featured award narrative names Medical Informatics (MedIX) REU Site program9
  • CDM-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-055 (documented): Annual report award text names MedIX/VIDA9
  • CDM-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-1220 (documented): Annual report award text names VIDA/MedIX10
  • CDM-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-407 (documented): Annual report award text names MedIX/VIDA11
  • CDM-011 —resource_equipment→ vr-ar-xr (documented): VIDA group; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities IMP/MedIX specs (May 2026)4
  • CDM-011 —resource_equipment→ workstations-creative (documented): VIDA group; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities IMP/MedIX specs (May 2026)4
  • CDM-011 —resource_equipment→ gpu-compute (documented): VIDA group; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities IMP/MedIX specs (May 2026)4
  • CDM-011 —resource_equipment→ microscopy (documented): VIDA group; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities IMP/MedIX specs (May 2026)4
  • csh —ownership→ CSH-010 (documented): Unit-level ownership (csh); former person owner PER-033 is a rotating department/school head, not a facility operator. Prior evidence: Biological Sciences department chair — McGowa12
  • CSH-010 —resource_equipment→ audio-recording (documented): NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities — McGowan science complex (May 2026)13
  • external-partners —ownership→ EXT-009 (documented): Sinai Urban Health Institute — external partner; external-partners unit filing.14
  • EXT-009 —person_resource→ PER-094 (documented): Helen Margellos — President, Sinai Urban Health Institute15
  • EXT-009 —person_resource→ PER-161 (documented): ORS FY2026 Ansari Sinai Urban Health Institute Fellowship PI (GRA-1199)16
  • EXT-009 —grant_resource→ GRA-1199 (documented): From GRA-1199 related_resources10
  • EXT-009 —grant_resource→ GRA-175 (documented): Project team includes researchers from DePaul University and Sinai Urban Health Institute.17
  • EXT-009 —publication_resource→ PUB-170 (documented): Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients.18
  • EXT-009 —publication_resource→ PUB-171 (documented): Utilizing data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI), we analysed both structured data including demographics, interaction logs.19
  • EXT-009 —publication_resource→ PUB-174 (documented): Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute.20
  • EXT-009 —publication_resource→ PUB-175 (documented): Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute.21
  • external-partners —ownership→ EXT-010 (documented): Rush University — external collaboration partner; external-partners unit filing.22
  • EXT-010 —person_resource→ PER-029 (documented): The center is led by co-directors Raj Shah, MD… and Maria Joy Ferrera, PhD, associate professor, DePaul University22
  • EXT-010 —person_resource→ PER-095 (documented): Andrew Bean, PhD, dean of the Graduate College at Rush University and interim vice provost of research at Rush University22
  • EXT-010 —publication_resource→ PUB-172 (documented): multiple clustering experiments among patients from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.23
  • external-partners —ownership→ EXT-011 (documented): RFUMS — external partner; external-partners unit filing.24
  • EXT-011 —person_resource→ PER-096 (documented): Aron Sousa, MD — President25
  • EXT-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-034 (documented): From GRA-034 related_resources26
  • EXT-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-035 (documented): From GRA-035 related_resources26
  • EXT-011 —grant_resource→ GRA-036 (documented): From GRA-036 related_resources26
  • EXT-011 —publication_resource→ PUB-176 (documented): a partnership between DePaul University and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) created the Pathways Honors program.27
  • EXT-011 —publication_resource→ PUB-183 (documented): Ethics statement: approved by Rosalind Franklin University IACUC and DePaul University IACUC; DePaul-RFUMS pilot awards.28
  • EXT-011 —publication_resource→ PUB-186 (documented): Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.).29
  • external-partners —ownership→ EXT-013 (documented): Chicago Public Schools — external partner; external-partners unit filing.30
  • external-partners —ownership→ EXT-014 (documented): Lurie Children’s Hospital — external partner; external-partners unit filing.31

Entity details (from repository index)

Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE)

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  • Summary: The Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE) strives to improve community health outcomes and contribute to the elimination of health inequities in Chicago. Co-founded by DePaul University and Rush University in 2015, CCHE integrates analysis, education, and intervention with Chicago communities, organizing research across levels of study—individuals, neighborhoods, Chicago, and cross-city comparisons—and combining public health, medical knowledge, and public policy. CCHE is administratively housed in DePaul’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences while operating as a joint DePaul–Rush partnership, connecting DePaul faculty and students across LAS, CSH, Business, CDM, and Communicatio
  • Campus/location: Multi-campus (DePaul LAS + Rush collaborations)
  • Access level: yellow
  • Access notes: CCHE is a joint DePaul–Rush center; public sites describe mission and partners but operational research access requires center or partner authorization.
  • Access URL: https://healthequitychicago.org/about-us/who-we-are/

VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs

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  • Summary: Vision, medical informatics, and multimedia analytics capabilities with visualization support. IMP and MedIX labs support biomedical and healthcare informatics research (see NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities). External biomedical partners documented under External Partners unit (EXT-009, EXT-010, EXT-011) and UNI-012 (CCHE).
  • Campus/location: Loop
  • Access level: yellow
  • Access notes: VIDA/MedIX/IMP research pages describe capabilities but not campus-wide access rules; health-data and imaging workflows require lab or project affiliation.
  • Access URL: https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/daniela-stan-raicu
  • Equipment at this resource:
  • VR, AR, and XR: VR visualization tools
  • Creative workstations: High-resolution visualization displays; IMP Lab workstations (6) — Intel, 64 GB RAM, NVIDIA GPUs; MedIX Lab workstations (8) — similar high-end spec
  • GPU compute: NVIDIA GPU workstations — IMP Lab (per NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities)
  • Microscopy: Medical imaging analysis pipelines (neuroscience, ophthalmology, radiology datasets)

McGowan Focus Group & Recording Room

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  • Summary: Custom-built soundproof focus group discussion room with recording technology in the McGowan science complex, used for qualitative and community-engaged research sessions.
  • Campus/location: Lincoln Park
  • Access level: yellow
  • Access notes: Environmental Science program facilities access through CSH enrollment and course labs.
  • Access URL: https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/biological-sciences/Pages/default.aspx
  • Contact: CSH advising (csh@depaul.edu)
  • Equipment at this resource:
  • Recording consoles and DAW systems: Custom-built soundproof focus group discussion room with recording technology

Sinai Urban Health Institute — Sinai Chicago

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  • Summary: Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI) is the research arm of Sinai Chicago, a large urban health system serving Chicago’s south and southwest sides. SUHI conducts community-driven, applied health research aligned with health-system and neighborhood priorities.
  • Campus/location: Off-campus (Chicago south & southwest sides)
  • Access level: yellow
  • Access notes: Sinai Urban Health Institute partnerships are activity-scoped; institutional coordination through research offices.
  • Access URL: https://offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
  • Contact: Office of Research Services (ors@depaul.edu)
  • DePaul faculty with documented ties (publications/projects):
  • PER-015 — Daniela Raicu
    • Via publication: Leveraging Community Health Workers for Predicting Emergency Department Readmissions
    • Supporting note: Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients.32
  • PER-052 — Jacob Furst
    • Via publication: Leveraging Community Health Workers for Predicting Emergency Department Readmissions
    • Supporting note: Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients.32

Rush University

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  • Summary: Rush University is a health-sciences university within the Rush University System for Health, with medical, nursing, and health-sciences programs and research collaborations across Chicago. Rush operates clinical and research programs including centers referenced in DePaul partnership materials (for example autism assessment and treatment services).
  • Campus/location: Off-campus (Chicago)
  • Access level: yellow
  • Access notes: Rush University collaborations require institutional agreements and unit coordination (e.g. CCHE, nursing programs).
  • Access URL: https://offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
  • Contact: Office of Research Services (ors@depaul.edu)
  • DePaul faculty with documented ties (publications/projects):
  • PER-015 — Daniela Raicu
    • Via publication: Novel Perspective on Ensemble Clustering for Persistent Cluster Patterns: A Case Study in Disease Cluster Discovery
    • Supporting note: multiple clustering experiments among patients from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.33

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS)

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  • Summary: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) is a graduate health-sciences university offering medical and biomedical graduate programs. It participates in Chicago-area health-sciences education and research networks.
  • Campus/location: Off-campus (North Chicago, IL)
  • Access level: yellow
  • Access notes: RFUMS collaborations require institutional research agreements.
  • Access URL: https://offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
  • Contact: Office of Research Services (ors@depaul.edu)
  • DePaul faculty with documented ties (publications/projects):
  • PER-045 — Dorothy Kozlowski
    • Via publication: Sustained Hippocampal Synaptic Pathophysiology Following Single and Repeated Closed-Head Concussive Impacts
    • Supporting note: Ethics statement: approved by Rosalind Franklin University IACUC and DePaul University IACUC; DePaul-RFUMS pilot awards.34
  • PER-052 — Jacob Furst
    • Via publication: Presynaptic BK channel localization is dependent on the hierarchical organization of the actin cytoskeleton
    • Supporting note: Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.).35
  • PER-015 — Daniela Raicu
    • Via publication: Presynaptic BK channel localization is dependent on the hierarchical organization of the actin cytoskeleton
    • Supporting note: Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.).35

Chicago Public Schools

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  • Summary: Chicago Public Schools is Chicago’s public K–12 district. CPS partners with DePaul on service learning, clinical placements, music instruction, health education, community research, and neighborhood engagement programs documented across the DePaul Collaboratory.
  • Campus/location: Off-campus (Chicago public school district)
  • Access level: yellow
  • Access notes: CPS partnerships are school- and program-specific; Steans Center coordinates community-school activities.
  • Access URL: https://www.cps.edu/
  • Contact: Steans Center (steans@depaul.edu)

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

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  • Summary: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is the region’s largest pediatric provider, operating advanced pediatric care, research, and community programs. The hospital partners with DePaul on student health promotion, athletics community service, and wellness programming documented in the DePaul Collaboratory. It also appears on the School of Nursing About page sample list of clinical affiliates / employers supporting Nursing clinical education (CSH-022).
  • Campus/location: Off-campus (Chicago — Streeterville)
  • Access level: yellow
  • Access notes: Lurie Children’s Hospital partnerships require institutional coordination and IRB/compliance pathways.
  • Access URL: https://offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
  • Contact: Office of Research Services (ors@depaul.edu)

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  1. Maria Joy Ferrera, PhD, LCSW — Co-Director, Center for Community Health Equity — mferrera@depaul.edu. healthequitychicago.org ↩

  2. Co-Director, Center for Community Health Equity — mferrera@depaul.edu. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  3. Founding co-director of Center for Community Health Equity (faculty profile). Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  4. She is the co-director of the Medical Informatics and the Intelligent Multimedia Processing Laboratories. DePaul University ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  5. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  6. Congratulations to Dr. Daniela Raicu for a $200,000 Steans Family Foundation-funded project. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers ↩

  7. VIDA listed in Housing Strategies collaboration on EXT-005. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers ↩

  8. NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities and Other Resources names the Medical Informatics (MedIX) Lab co-directed by PI Raicu; IMP/MedIX labs are particularly relevant to the proposal AI and biomedical/healthcare informatics purpose. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers ↩

  9. Featured award narrative names Medical Informatics (MedIX) REU Site program. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers ↩↩

  10. Annual report award text names VIDA/MedIX. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers ↩↩

  11. Annual report award text names MedIX/VIDA. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers ↩

  12. Unit-level ownership (csh); former person owner PER-033 is a rotating department/school head, not a facility operator. Prior evidence: Biological Sciences department chair — McGowan focus group room context. DePaul University ↩

  13. NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities — McGowan science complex (May 2026). DePaul University ↩

  14. Sinai Urban Health Institute — external partner; external-partners unit filing. sinaichicago.org ↩

  15. Helen Margellos — President, Sinai Urban Health Institute. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  16. ORS FY2026 Ansari Sinai Urban Health Institute Fellowship PI (GRA-1199). Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  17. Project team includes researchers from DePaul University and Sinai Urban Health Institute. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers ↩

  18. Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  19. Utilizing data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI), we analysed both structured data including demographics, interaction logs. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  20. Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  21. Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  22. Rush University — external collaboration partner; external-partners unit filing. rush.edu ↩↩↩

  23. multiple clustering experiments among patients from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  24. RFUMS — external partner; external-partners unit filing. rosalindfranklin.edu ↩

  25. Aron Sousa, MD — President. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  26. From GRA-034 related_resources. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers ↩↩↩

  27. a partnership between DePaul University and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) created the Pathways Honors program. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  28. Ethics statement: approved by Rosalind Franklin University IACUC and DePaul University IACUC; DePaul-RFUMS pilot awards. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  29. Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.). Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source ↩

  30. Chicago Public Schools — external partner; external-partners unit filing. cps.edu ↩

  31. Lurie Children’s Hospital — external partner; external-partners unit filing. luriechildrens.org ↩

  32. Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients. ↩↩

  33. multiple clustering experiments among patients from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. ↩

  34. Ethics statement: approved by Rosalind Franklin University IACUC and DePaul University IACUC; DePaul-RFUMS pilot awards. ↩

  35. Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.). ↩↩

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## Query report: CCHE

_Repository commit: `b68a3f35ea94b2474d396c8332f4a74d6a66b33e`_

_Search combines keywords with meaning-based matching._

## Top matches

| Title | Kind | Sources | Connections |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE)](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/UNI/UNI-012/) | Place or program | Partial | [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=UNI-012&depth=1) |
| [VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/CDM/CDM-011/) | Place or program | Limited | [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=CDM-011&depth=1) |
| [McGowan Focus Group & Recording Room](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/CSH/CSH-010/) | Place or program | Limited | [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=CSH-010&depth=1) |
| [Sinai Urban Health Institute — Sinai Chicago](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/EXT/EXT-009/) | Place or program | Limited | [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-009&depth=1) |
| [Rush University](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/EXT/EXT-010/) | Place or program | Limited | [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-010&depth=1) |
| [Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS)](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/EXT/EXT-011/) | Place or program | Limited | [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-011&depth=1) |
| [Chicago Public Schools](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/EXT/EXT-013/) | Place or program | Limited | [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-013&depth=1) |
| [Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/EXT/EXT-014/) | Place or program | Limited | [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-014&depth=1) |

## Documented relationships

- **PER-029** —ownership→ **UNI-012** (*documented*): Maria Joy Ferrera, PhD, LCSW — Co-Director, Center for Community Health Equity — mferrera@depaul.edu[^1]
- **UNI-012** —person_resource→ **PER-029** (*documented*): Co-Director, Center for Community Health Equity — mferrera@depaul.edu[^2]
- **UNI-012** —person_resource→ **PER-157** (*documented*): Founding co-director of Center for Community Health Equity (faculty profile)[^3]
- **PER-015** —ownership→ **CDM-011** (*documented*): She is the co-director of the Medical Informatics and the Intelligent Multimedia Processing Laboratories.[^4]
- **CDM-011** —person_resource→ **PER-015** (*documented*): She is the co-director of the Medical Informatics and the Intelligent Multimedia Processing Laboratories.[^4]
- **CDM-011** —person_resource→ **PER-016** (*documented*): —[^5]
- **CDM-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-026** (*documented*): Congratulations to Dr. Daniela Raicu for a $200,000 Steans Family Foundation-funded project[^6]
- **CDM-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-028** (*documented*): VIDA listed in Housing Strategies collaboration on EXT-005[^7]
- **CDM-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-029** (*documented*): NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities and Other Resources names the Medical Informatics (MedIX) Lab co-directed by PI Raicu; IMP/MedIX labs are particularly relevant to the proposal AI and [^8]
- **CDM-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-052** (*documented*): Featured award narrative names Medical Informatics (MedIX) REU Site program[^9]
- **CDM-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-055** (*documented*): Annual report award text names MedIX/VIDA[^9]
- **CDM-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-1220** (*documented*): Annual report award text names VIDA/MedIX[^10]
- **CDM-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-407** (*documented*): Annual report award text names MedIX/VIDA[^11]
- **CDM-011** —resource_equipment→ **vr-ar-xr** (*documented*): VIDA group; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities IMP/MedIX specs (May 2026)[^4]
- **CDM-011** —resource_equipment→ **workstations-creative** (*documented*): VIDA group; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities IMP/MedIX specs (May 2026)[^4]
- **CDM-011** —resource_equipment→ **gpu-compute** (*documented*): VIDA group; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities IMP/MedIX specs (May 2026)[^4]
- **CDM-011** —resource_equipment→ **microscopy** (*documented*): VIDA group; NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities IMP/MedIX specs (May 2026)[^4]
- **csh** —ownership→ **CSH-010** (*documented*): Unit-level ownership (csh); former person owner PER-033 is a rotating department/school head, not a facility operator. Prior evidence: Biological Sciences department chair — McGowa[^12]
- **CSH-010** —resource_equipment→ **audio-recording** (*documented*): NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities — McGowan science complex (May 2026)[^13]
- **external-partners** —ownership→ **EXT-009** (*documented*): Sinai Urban Health Institute — external partner; external-partners unit filing.[^14]
- **EXT-009** —person_resource→ **PER-094** (*documented*): Helen Margellos — President, Sinai Urban Health Institute[^15]
- **EXT-009** —person_resource→ **PER-161** (*documented*): ORS FY2026 Ansari Sinai Urban Health Institute Fellowship PI (GRA-1199)[^16]
- **EXT-009** —grant_resource→ **GRA-1199** (*documented*): From GRA-1199 related_resources[^10]
- **EXT-009** —grant_resource→ **GRA-175** (*documented*): Project team includes researchers from DePaul University and Sinai Urban Health Institute.[^17]
- **EXT-009** —publication_resource→ **PUB-170** (*documented*): Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients.[^18]
- **EXT-009** —publication_resource→ **PUB-171** (*documented*): Utilizing data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI), we analysed both structured data including demographics, interaction logs.[^19]
- **EXT-009** —publication_resource→ **PUB-174** (*documented*): Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute.[^20]
- **EXT-009** —publication_resource→ **PUB-175** (*documented*): Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute.[^21]
- **external-partners** —ownership→ **EXT-010** (*documented*): Rush University — external collaboration partner; external-partners unit filing.[^22]
- **EXT-010** —person_resource→ **PER-029** (*documented*): The center is led by co-directors Raj Shah, MD… and Maria Joy Ferrera, PhD, associate professor, DePaul University[^22]
- **EXT-010** —person_resource→ **PER-095** (*documented*): Andrew Bean, PhD, dean of the Graduate College at Rush University and interim vice provost of research at Rush University[^22]
- **EXT-010** —publication_resource→ **PUB-172** (*documented*): multiple clustering experiments among patients from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.[^23]
- **external-partners** —ownership→ **EXT-011** (*documented*): RFUMS — external partner; external-partners unit filing.[^24]
- **EXT-011** —person_resource→ **PER-096** (*documented*): Aron Sousa, MD — President[^25]
- **EXT-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-034** (*documented*): From GRA-034 related_resources[^26]
- **EXT-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-035** (*documented*): From GRA-035 related_resources[^26]
- **EXT-011** —grant_resource→ **GRA-036** (*documented*): From GRA-036 related_resources[^26]
- **EXT-011** —publication_resource→ **PUB-176** (*documented*): a partnership between DePaul University and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) created the Pathways Honors program.[^27]
- **EXT-011** —publication_resource→ **PUB-183** (*documented*): Ethics statement: approved by Rosalind Franklin University IACUC and DePaul University IACUC; DePaul-RFUMS pilot awards.[^28]
- **EXT-011** —publication_resource→ **PUB-186** (*documented*): Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.).[^29]
- **external-partners** —ownership→ **EXT-013** (*documented*): Chicago Public Schools — external partner; external-partners unit filing.[^30]
- **external-partners** —ownership→ **EXT-014** (*documented*): Lurie Children's Hospital — external partner; external-partners unit filing.[^31]

## Entity details (from repository index)

### Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE)
- [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=UNI-012&depth=1)
- [View connection map](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=UNI-012&depth=1)
- **Summary:** The Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE) strives to improve community health outcomes and contribute to the elimination of health inequities in Chicago. Co-founded by DePaul University and Rush University in 2015, CCHE integrates analysis, education, and intervention with Chicago communities, organizing research across levels of study—individuals, neighborhoods, Chicago, and cross-city comparisons—and combining public health, medical knowledge, and public policy. CCHE is administratively housed in DePaul's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences while operating as a joint DePaul–Rush partnership, connecting DePaul faculty and students across LAS, CSH, Business, CDM, and Communicatio
- **Campus/location:** Multi-campus (DePaul LAS + Rush collaborations)
- **Access level:** yellow
- **Access notes:** CCHE is a joint DePaul–Rush center; public sites describe mission and partners but operational research access requires center or partner authorization.
- **Access URL:** https://healthequitychicago.org/about-us/who-we-are/

### VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs
- [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=CDM-011&depth=1)
- [View connection map](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=CDM-011&depth=1)
- **Summary:** Vision, medical informatics, and multimedia analytics capabilities with visualization support. IMP and MedIX labs support biomedical and healthcare informatics research (see NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities). External biomedical partners documented under External Partners unit (EXT-009, EXT-010, EXT-011) and UNI-012 (CCHE).
- **Campus/location:** Loop
- **Access level:** yellow
- **Access notes:** VIDA/MedIX/IMP research pages describe capabilities but not campus-wide access rules; health-data and imaging workflows require lab or project affiliation.
- **Access URL:** https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/daniela-stan-raicu
- **Equipment at this resource:**
  - VR, AR, and XR: VR visualization tools
  - Creative workstations: High-resolution visualization displays; IMP Lab workstations (6) — Intel, 64 GB RAM, NVIDIA GPUs; MedIX Lab workstations (8) — similar high-end spec
  - GPU compute: NVIDIA GPU workstations — IMP Lab (per NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities)
  - Microscopy: Medical imaging analysis pipelines (neuroscience, ophthalmology, radiology datasets)

### McGowan Focus Group & Recording Room
- [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=CSH-010&depth=1)
- [View connection map](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=CSH-010&depth=1)
- **Summary:** Custom-built soundproof focus group discussion room with recording technology in the McGowan science complex, used for qualitative and community-engaged research sessions.
- **Campus/location:** Lincoln Park
- **Access level:** yellow
- **Access notes:** Environmental Science program facilities access through CSH enrollment and course labs.
- **Access URL:** https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/biological-sciences/Pages/default.aspx
- **Contact:** CSH advising (csh@depaul.edu)
- **Equipment at this resource:**
  - Recording consoles and DAW systems: Custom-built soundproof focus group discussion room with recording technology

### Sinai Urban Health Institute — Sinai Chicago
- [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-009&depth=1)
- [View connection map](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-009&depth=1)
- **Summary:** Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI) is the research arm of Sinai Chicago, a large urban health system serving Chicago’s south and southwest sides. SUHI conducts community-driven, applied health research aligned with health-system and neighborhood priorities.
- **Campus/location:** Off-campus (Chicago south & southwest sides)
- **Access level:** yellow
- **Access notes:** Sinai Urban Health Institute partnerships are activity-scoped; institutional coordination through research offices.
- **Access URL:** https://offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
- **Contact:** Office of Research Services (ors@depaul.edu)
- **DePaul faculty with documented ties (publications/projects):**
  - **[PER-015](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/PER/PER-015/)** — Daniela Raicu
    - _Via publication:_ Leveraging Community Health Workers for Predicting Emergency Department Readmissions
    - _Supporting note:_ Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients.[^32]
  - **[PER-052](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/PER/PER-052/)** — Jacob Furst
    - _Via publication:_ Leveraging Community Health Workers for Predicting Emergency Department Readmissions
    - _Supporting note:_ Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients.[^32]

### Rush University
- [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-010&depth=1)
- [View connection map](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-010&depth=1)
- **Summary:** Rush University is a health-sciences university within the Rush University System for Health, with medical, nursing, and health-sciences programs and research collaborations across Chicago. Rush operates clinical and research programs including centers referenced in DePaul partnership materials (for example autism assessment and treatment services).
- **Campus/location:** Off-campus (Chicago)
- **Access level:** yellow
- **Access notes:** Rush University collaborations require institutional agreements and unit coordination (e.g. CCHE, nursing programs).
- **Access URL:** https://offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
- **Contact:** Office of Research Services (ors@depaul.edu)
- **DePaul faculty with documented ties (publications/projects):**
  - **[PER-015](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/PER/PER-015/)** — Daniela Raicu
    - _Via publication:_ Novel Perspective on Ensemble Clustering for Persistent Cluster Patterns: A Case Study in Disease Cluster Discovery
    - _Supporting note:_ multiple clustering experiments among patients from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.[^33]

### Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS)
- [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-011&depth=1)
- [View connection map](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-011&depth=1)
- **Summary:** Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) is a graduate health-sciences university offering medical and biomedical graduate programs. It participates in Chicago-area health-sciences education and research networks.
- **Campus/location:** Off-campus (North Chicago, IL)
- **Access level:** yellow
- **Access notes:** RFUMS collaborations require institutional research agreements.
- **Access URL:** https://offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
- **Contact:** Office of Research Services (ors@depaul.edu)
- **DePaul faculty with documented ties (publications/projects):**
  - **[PER-045](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/PER/PER-045/)** — Dorothy Kozlowski
    - _Via publication:_ Sustained Hippocampal Synaptic Pathophysiology Following Single and Repeated Closed-Head Concussive Impacts
    - _Supporting note:_ Ethics statement: approved by Rosalind Franklin University IACUC and DePaul University IACUC; DePaul-RFUMS pilot awards.[^34]
  - **[PER-052](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/PER/PER-052/)** — Jacob Furst
    - _Via publication:_ Presynaptic BK channel localization is dependent on the hierarchical organization of the actin cytoskeleton
    - _Supporting note:_ Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.).[^35]
  - **[PER-015](https://depaul-resource-map.org/resources/PER/PER-015/)** — Daniela Raicu
    - _Via publication:_ Presynaptic BK channel localization is dependent on the hierarchical organization of the actin cytoskeleton
    - _Supporting note:_ Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.).[^35]

### Chicago Public Schools
- [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-013&depth=1)
- [View connection map](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-013&depth=1)
- **Summary:** Chicago Public Schools is Chicago’s public K–12 district. CPS partners with DePaul on service learning, clinical placements, music instruction, health education, community research, and neighborhood engagement programs documented across the DePaul Collaboratory.
- **Campus/location:** Off-campus (Chicago public school district)
- **Access level:** yellow
- **Access notes:** CPS partnerships are school- and program-specific; Steans Center coordinates community-school activities.
- **Access URL:** https://www.cps.edu/
- **Contact:** Steans Center (steans@depaul.edu)

### Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- [See connections](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-014&depth=1)
- [View connection map](https://depaul-resource-map.org/explore/map?entity=EXT-014&depth=1)
- **Summary:** Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is the region's largest pediatric provider, operating advanced pediatric care, research, and community programs. The hospital partners with DePaul on student health promotion, athletics community service, and wellness programming documented in the DePaul Collaboratory. It also appears on the School of Nursing About page sample list of clinical affiliates / employers supporting Nursing clinical education (CSH-022).
- **Campus/location:** Off-campus (Chicago — Streeterville)
- **Access level:** yellow
- **Access notes:** Lurie Children's Hospital partnerships require institutional coordination and IRB/compliance pathways.
- **Access URL:** https://offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
- **Contact:** Office of Research Services (ors@depaul.edu)

## References

[^1]: Maria Joy Ferrera, PhD, LCSW — Co-Director, Center for Community Health Equity — mferrera@depaul.edu. [healthequitychicago.org](https://healthequitychicago.org/about-us/who-we-are/)
[^2]: Co-Director, Center for Community Health Equity — mferrera@depaul.edu. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://healthequitychicago.org/about-us/who-we-are/217-2/)
[^3]: Founding co-director of Center for Community Health Equity (faculty profile). Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/fernando-de-maio)
[^4]: She is the co-director of the Medical Informatics and the Intelligent Multimedia Processing Laboratories. [DePaul University](https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/daniela-stan-raicu)
[^5]: Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://facweb.cdm.depaul.edu/research/vc/)
[^6]: Congratulations to Dr. Daniela Raicu for a $200,000 Steans Family Foundation-funded project. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers
[^7]: VIDA listed in Housing Strategies collaboration on EXT-005. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers
[^8]: NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities and Other Resources names the Medical Informatics (MedIX) Lab co-directed by PI Raicu; IMP/MedIX labs are particularly relevant to the proposal AI and biomedical/healthcare informatics purpose. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers
[^9]: Featured award narrative names Medical Informatics (MedIX) REU Site program. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers
[^10]: Annual report award text names VIDA/MedIX. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers
[^11]: Annual report award text names MedIX/VIDA. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers
[^12]: Unit-level ownership (csh); former person owner PER-033 is a rotating department/school head, not a facility operator. Prior evidence: Biological Sciences department chair — McGowan focus group room context. [DePaul University](https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/departments-schools/biological-sciences/about)
[^13]: NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities — McGowan science complex (May 2026). [DePaul University](https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/biological-sciences/Pages/default.aspx)
[^14]: Sinai Urban Health Institute — external partner; external-partners unit filing. [sinaichicago.org](https://www.sinaichicago.org/en/sinai-urban-health-institute/)
[^15]: Helen Margellos — President, Sinai Urban Health Institute. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://www.sinaichicago.org/en/about-us/our-leadership/)
[^16]: ORS FY2026 Ansari Sinai Urban Health Institute Fellowship PI (GRA-1199). Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/sina-ansari)
[^17]: Project team includes researchers from DePaul University and Sinai Urban Health Institute. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers
[^18]: Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793351x24420030)
[^19]: Utilizing data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI), we analysed both structured data including demographics, interaction logs. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://doi.org/10.1109/escience65000.2025.00040)
[^20]: Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://doi.org/10.1109/transai60598.2023.00014)
[^21]: Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2024.284)
[^22]: Rush University — external collaboration partner; external-partners unit filing. [rush.edu](https://www.rush.edu/news/rush-depaul-expand-collaboration)
[^23]: multiple clustering experiments among patients from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://doi.org/10.1109/escience65000.2025.00041)
[^24]: RFUMS — external partner; external-partners unit filing. [rosalindfranklin.edu](https://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/)
[^25]: Aron Sousa, MD — President. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/about/president-leadership/office-of-the-president/)
[^26]: From GRA-034 related_resources. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers
[^27]: a partnership between DePaul University and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) created the Pathways Honors program. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://doi.org/10.1097/jpa.0000000000000218)
[^28]: Ethics statement: approved by Rosalind Franklin University IACUC and DePaul University IACUC; DePaul-RFUMS pilot awards. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2021.652721)
[^29]: Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.). Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. [View current source](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-015-0166-2)
[^30]: Chicago Public Schools — external partner; external-partners unit filing. [cps.edu](https://www.cps.edu/)
[^31]: Lurie Children's Hospital — external partner; external-partners unit filing. [luriechildrens.org](https://www.luriechildrens.org/)
[^32]: Using data from the Sinai Urban Health Institute, we compare predicting the readmissions of patients.
[^33]: multiple clustering experiments among patients from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
[^34]: Ethics statement: approved by Rosalind Franklin University IACUC and DePaul University IACUC; DePaul-RFUMS pilot awards.
[^35]: Acknowledgments: DePaul-RUFMS Pilot Project Grant (H.K. and D.R.).

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