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Research
Rush University Medical Center is part of a new clinical trial testing whether an experimental vaccine can help patients’ immune systems stop the spread of glioblastoma — an aggressive form of brain cancer with very f… Related News View All News…
Research
An international team led by Rush researcher Jeffrey Kordower, PhD, has moved a step closer to developing a treatment to clear brain cells of a protein that is an integral cause of Parkinson's disease. The team publis…
Patient Care
CHICAGO — The Rush System is expanding its network of outpatient care centers with a new location in Chicago’s South Loop. Located at 1411 S. Michigan Ave., the newly constructed, 40,000-square-foot center occup… Related News View All News…
RUSH Medical College
Medical students across the country have to navigate the ups, downs and long hours of the rewarding but high-demand nature of training to become a physician. In some cases, a rigorous school schedule and other demands… Related News View All News…
Awards & Recognitions
Rush University Medical Center ranked second among 99 leading academic medical centers in the United States, up from fourth last year, in a study conducted by the health care services…
Awards & Recognitions
For the second consecutive year, Rush University has received the 2019 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. INSIGHT Into Diversi… Related News View All News…
Awards & Recognitions, RUSH Medical College
Mia Levy, MD, PhD, a practicing oncologist and nationally recognized leader in biomedical informatics, has been appointed director of the Rush University Cancer Center. A breast cancer specialist who received her medi…
Research, Awards & Recognitions, RUSH Medical College
RUSH University Medical Center has received a $5 million donation from Chicago philanthropists Robert and Emily King that will accelerate blood cancer immunotherapy research and the development of new treatment option…
College of Nursing
Having a newborn in a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, can be extremely isolating for parents, who often must wait weeks or months to cuddle their baby at home. To ease this separation, nurses in the…
Awards & Recognitions
Rush System hospitals again were rated highly for patient safety in the latest round of grades given out by the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit patient safety watchdog organization. Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak…