Research Projects are Personal for Grant Awardees
July 11, 2025
For two CHS faculty recipients of the 2024 Rush to Progress grants, the pursuit of the facts has a personal connection
Esprit de Corps: Former French Language Student, Now a Speech Therapist, Explores Ways to Support Underserved Communities
July 11, 2022
Speech-language pathologist and researcher Anne Hoffmann, PhD, takes a creative approach to reaching children in marginalized communities who need communication and literacy support
Pioneering Respiratory Therapist Tirelessly Propels COVID-19 Research
March 25, 2022
One of China’s first respiratory therapists, Jie Li, PhD, RRT has been a leading contributor to the scientific research on safe, effective respiratory care during the pandemic
From Coal Mines to COVID: Rush Researcher Leans on Past Experience to Become a Leader During Pandemic
December 01, 2021
Brady Scott, PhD, RRT, received the Charles H. Hudson Award from the American Respiratory Care Foundation for his leadership in RUMC’s response to the most lethal COVID-19 symptom
A Mindful Approach to MIND Diet Research
October 21, 2020
Puja Agarwal, PhD, uses population studies to explore how specific foods may play a role in preventing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Researcher Has Mind Set on Advancing Education
April 21, 2020
Amanda Persons, PhD, applies research insights to teaching students to treat substance abuse.
A Breath of Fresh Air in Lung Cancer Research
October 21, 2019
Chien-Ching Li, PhD, MPH, studies how minorities in the U.S. understand their health, health challenges and the health care system, with a special interest in lung cancer prevention.
Meeting Autism in the Middle
June 10, 2019
Lauren Little, PhD, develops occupational therapy programs to help autistic children while considering the circumstances of their families.
Ignore the Role of Fat in Health? VAT Chance
March 01, 2019
Clinical nutrition researcher Sandra Gomez-Perez, PhD, RD, LDN, seeks to understand how abdominal fat contributes to disease.
Making Research a Part of Spiritual Care
November 20, 2018
Over the course of his career, George Fitchett, DMin, PhD, has become a national leader in making research a part of health care chaplains’s work.