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Alumni
Rush University Medical Center has renamed its orthopedic building the Sofija and Jorge O. Galante Orthopedic Building in recognition of Dr. Jorge Galante’s leadership, his revolutionary contributions to his field and the Galante family’s lasting legacy of philanthropy.
Student Stories, Alumni, Research, Rush Medical College
Jennillee Wallace always knew she wanted to pursue science. After completing two advanced degree programs, she’s now a researcher at Rush.
Careers, College of Health Sciences
Medical laboratory scientists play a vital role in patient care while utilizing leading-edge technology. See what medical laboratory science careers await you!
Research
The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently awarded Rush a $2 million grant to establish a research center to improve the delivery of scientifically based treatments to substance misuse patients.
Patient Care, College of Nursing
Erik McIntosh, a Rush University Medical Center nurse practitioner, is working to improve health care for LGBTQ patients.
Research
Rush University Medical Center researchers have proposed a one-to-10 rating system that standardizes and combines scoring data from five leading hospital rating systems into an easy-to-understand composite score that will help guide consumer hospitals choice.
College of Health Sciences
As the field has expanded exponentially, the master’s program in the College of Health Sciences prepares today’s students for critical roles in health care.
Research
Findings published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine suggest that a type of white blood cell called tumor associated macrophages that have been deceived by pancreatic cancer cells into not attacking them can be “reprogrammed” by a specially designed molecule that activates a protein found on their surfaces.
Innovation, Patient Care
Rush University Medical Center is the first hospital in Chicago to use a new technology that enables specially trained physicians to use a single stitch to close an opening between the upper chambers of the heart.
Awards & Recognitions, Rush Medical College, Research
The National Institutes of Health recently announced that third-year Rush Medical College student Kathryn Wrobel was accepted to its Medical Research Scholars Program. Wrobel will spend one year at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland working on a translational research project on neurological disorders beginning in July 2019.
