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Kalipada Pahan, PhD
Brain Health & Conditions

Encouraging Findings for Batten Disease Drug

Medication may limit progression of devastating neurodegenerative disease

RUSH University Medical Center
Health Equity

CVS Health and RUSH Collaborate to Increase Health Care Access for Chicago-Area Medicare Patients

Agreement establishes new Accountable Care collaboration that emphasizes health equity, coordinated care and improved access

Food pantry
Community

Bethel Daily Bread Opens in Austin

Amazon-funded community health hub addresses immediate and long-term needs

Rupal Mehta, MD
Brain Health & Conditions

Research Shows How the Human Brain Drains Fluid

Research reveals new knowledge about the brain’s structures that are involved in cleansing the brain of fluids and waste with a steady fluid stream.

Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD
Children’s Health

RUSH Receives $5 Million Gift to Advance Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research

Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD, will lead RUSH F.A.S.T. Center for Translational Research

Michael Chen, MD
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions

Twenty-Five Specialists at RUSH Named ‘Top Brain Doctors’

Chicago magazine celebrates physicians as best in 'matters of the gray matter'

A scientist prepares samples for genomic sequencing
Research

Testing Wastewater to Fight Drug-Resistant Infections

RUSH, Discovery Partners Institute will develop a new process

Hands of a patient and loved one
Healthy Aging & Caregiving

RUSH Wins Grant to Spread Program for Caregivers

With funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation, Caring for Caregivers will reach other hospitals

Student working on biotech research
Research

$340K Awarded to Study Emerging Health Threats

RUSH supports eight innovative infectious disease projects

Rukiya Curvey Johnson
Community

Rukiya Curvey Johnson Named VP of Community Health Equity and Engagement

Leading efforts to dismantle barriers to longer, healthier lives in communities RUSH serves