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Awards & Recognitions
Rush University Medical Center was ranked as one of the top 50 hospitals in the United States and one of the world’s best hospitals by Newsweek magazine. Rush was ranked 29 out of 250 U.S. hospitals and among the top 1,000 hospitals in the world.
Student Stories, College of Health Sciences
From Chicago to farm life and back, Olivia Velasquez is no stranger to twisting paths and long journeys. That includes the extended road trips she would often make with her family just to receive basic health care.
Careers, College of Health Sciences
Listen up! Audiology is a hot profession that’s worth your attention if you’re considering a field in health care. Learn about audiologists and how to become one.
Research
Researchers have found a strategy that greatly reduced both overall infection and infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a group of these patients. The results of their study were published today in the online issue of The Lancet.
About Rush U
Dr. Larry Goodman, CEO of the Rush University System for Health and Rush University Medical Center, will retire in the next several months, the RUSH Board has announced. Dr. Ranga Krishnan has been appointed CEO of the System, and Dr. Omar Lateef will become CEO of the Medical Center.
Awards & Recognitions
Though Rush hospitals are rated highly, experts at Rush have taken a leading role nationally in identifying flaws in a federal hospital rating system.
Awards & Recognitions, College of Nursing
In the 2020 U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” rankings, Rush University has eight programs in the top five nationally, with two College of Nursing programs ranked first.
Events
Rush University Medical Center physicians will headline the March 13 State of the Science Summit on Breast Cancer meeting in Chicago
Research, College of Health Sciences
Clinical nutrition researcher Sandra Gomez-Perez, PhD, RD, LDN, seeks to understand how abdominal fat contributes to disease.
Student Stories, Rush Medical College
PhD student Matt Russo is researching how transmitting pathways in the brain might play a role in Alzheimer’s disease.
