Research at Rush University
Research is thriving at Rush University. We’re invested in clinical, basic science and community-based research to advance our understanding of how diseases work and how best to treat them, which can improve care for patients at Rush and around the globe.
Here you can learn more about research efforts across Rush: our laboratories and collaborations, facilities and services, and technologies for licensing.
Rush partners with the University of Chicago and other local hospital systems to help drive research breakthroughs and bring those discoveries into the real world to improve health.
Every day Rush University researchers are working to fight disease and improve health outcomes.
We embrace collaboration among our departments, as well as with other institutions and organizations.
Our robust core facilities are available to faculty and offer opportunities for researchers outside Rush.
We support faculty to propose studies, seek funding, negotiate contracts, secure patents and licensing, and much more.
We provide a wide range of services to researchers and research sponsors.
Rush University helps connect faculty inventors to those interested in using their technologies.
We promote a culture of high-quality research, compliance and research integrity.
Under the leadership of Joshua J. Jacobs, MD, vice provost for research, Rush University is embarking on an exciting new phase of our research enterprise.
