Students from each of Rush University’s four colleges will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday by performing health screenings and vaccinations, providing meals and education and collecting toiletries for military veterans.

Rush Medical College student Emma Richardson brings a sociology background to her health education work at Cook County Jail — and a future career in family medicine.

After first connecting with special needs students through a program in high school, Allison Wainer has pursued a career as a clinical scientist specializing in autism spectrum disorder. 

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.

Burnout is a concern for nurses nationwide, and a recent Rush effort has had success in combating it.