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Awards & Recognitions, College of Nursing
The Illinois Nurses Foundation recently chose eight nurses and nursing faculty members at Rush University Medical Center among its 2020 40 Under 40 Emerging Nurse Leader Award winners.
College of Nursing, Awards & Recognitions
Rush University has named Christine M. Kennedy, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean for academic programs at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, the fifth John L. and Helen Kellogg Dean of the Rush University College of Nursing.
Patient Care
Rush University Medical Center, supported by the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation, has produced a series of educational materials to train health care professionals in mothers’ own milk feeding practices in neonatal intensive care units worldwide.
Patient Care, Rush Medical College
Fewer people would die of colorectal cancer if health care providers adopted a new model of screening that combines better risk assessment, more options for noninvasive testing and more targeted referrals for colonoscopy.
Research
To help increase breastfeeding among premature infants, researchers at Rush University Medical Center will test the effects of an intervention that addresses barriers to breastfeeding.
Research
Five junior faculty members at Rush University will receive grant support for their research.
Research
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center now have found that malignant hyperthermia susceptibility also causes problems with glucose metabolism within muscle, leading to elevated blood sugar.
Community, College of Nursing, Rush Medical College, Awards & Recognitions
Four students will direct innovative, community-based projects addressing the health needs of underserved Chicagoans through a yearlong learning program.
Research
In a recent study, researchers at Rush found that ventilator allocations guidelines widely vary and only half of state have guidelines in the event of a ventilator shortage.
Innovation, Patient Care
Dr. Frank Phillips, a surgeon at Rush, was the first to use augmented reality imaging during a minimally invasive spine surgery.
