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Research
Patients with COVID-19 experience elevated levels of soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR), an immune-derived pathogenic protein that is strongly predictive of kidney injury, according to Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, chairperson of Rush’s Department of Internal Medicine.
Awards & Recognitions, College of Nursing
Three nurses at Rush University Medical Center have been chosen to be fellows of the Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program.
Community
With the new school year started and autumn approaching, Rush pediatric infectious disease specialist Colleen Nash, MD, MPH, answers questions parents may have about keeping children safe from COVID, social distancing in the classroom and celebrating Halloween while COVID-19 is still a threat.
Alumni, Rush Medical College
Walter Whisler, MD, PhD, who helped pioneer a surgical technique used worldwide to treat epilepsy and was the founding chairman of Rush’s Department of Neurosurgery, died Sept. 6.
Rush Medical College, Research
Rush Medical College will be leading one of 21 teams receiving significant funding in hopes of making major advances in the fight against Parkinson’s disease.
Research
Rush University Medical Center is recruiting participants for a nationwide trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford in England and AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical company.
Alumni, College of Health Sciences
Kathryn Dietmann Bernotavicius, MHA, RVT, has built a career on her training in vascular ultrasound technology - and now helps other Rush graduates follow in her footsteps.
Community
If you’re a 501(c)3 nonprofit that serves Black and Latinx Chicago neighborhoods and had access to between $10,000 and $100,000 to conduct a COVID-19 project that supports your community, what would you do with the money?
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.
