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Health Equity

Putting Faith in Action to Support Healthy Communities

Partnership between Rush and Abbott helps to support Alive Faith Network in finding innovative ways to address health gaps and change lives

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Alzheimer’s Disease

Minority Aging Study Celebrates 20th Anniversary

One of the longest-running community-based studies advances the understanding of dementia and aging

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Research

Supporting Orthopedic Research Through Sport

At the Chicago Sports Summit, attendees get a behind-the-scenes look at sports in the city while contributing to groundbreaking research at Rush

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Research

Jump-Starting Research: Rush University Names Winners for Inaugural RUSH to Progress Awards

University’s newest award aims to provide pilot funding for innovative, investigator-initiated research

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Awards, Rankings and Recognitions

Rush University Professor Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP, will aim to bring aging training program to Australia

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COVID-19

Detecting Germs in the Air, Room by Room

Rush is testing a novel way to look for new and emerging viruses

PrEP for HIV
Women’s Health

Raising Awareness of HIV Prevention Among Black Women

RUSH, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, others partner on study to increase understanding of HIV risk and preventive medications

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Research

Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS) Study

RUSH is participating in a novel, $50 million groundbreaking NIH study to identify the origins of chronic pain through biomarkers

Kalipada Pahan, PhD
Cancer

New Potential Immunotherapies for Pancreatic Cancer

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University

A Powerful Voice for People With Disabilities

Nurse researcher-activist is leading the way in improving health outcomes for people with disabilities