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 Research Portal

Research Profiles

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Institute for Translational Medicine

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.

Departmental Research

Every day Rush University researchers are working to fight disease and improve health outcomes.

Research Collaborations

We embrace collaboration among our departments, as well as with other institutions and organizations.

Core Facilities

Our robust core facilities are available to faculty and offer opportunities for researchers outside Rush.

Research Affairs

We support faculty to propose studies, seek funding, negotiate contracts, secure patents and licensing, and much more.

Services for Investigators and Sponsors

We provide a wide range of services to researchers and research sponsors.

Innovation and Technology Transfer

Rush University helps connect faculty inventors to those interested in using their technologies.

Regulatory Compliance

We promote a culture of high-quality research, compliance and research integrity.

Vice Provost for Research

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.

College of Health Sciences researcher Sandra Gomez-Perez, PhD, RD, LDN

Ignore the Role of Fat in Health? VAT Chance

Clinical nutrition researcher Sandra Gomez-Perez, PhD, RD, LDN, seeks to understand how abdominal fat contributes to disease.

Making Research a Part of Spiritual Care

Over the course of his career, George Fitchett, DMin, PhD, has become a national leader in raising the importance of research in the work of health care chaplains.

STEPS for Those With Intellectual Disability

Sarah H. Ailey, PhD, APHN, is studying ways to improve social skills of people with intellectual disabilities in order to help them avoid harmful situations.

Research News

Infection Control Technique May Reduce Dangerous Infections in Patients With Catheters, Drains

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.

Decolonization Protocol Can Prevent Dangerous MRSA Infections Among Discharged Hospital Patients

Hospital patients who have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can prevent future infections by following a standard bathing protocol after discharge, according to research results published in the Feb. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Education May Not Protect Against Dementia as Previously Thought

A study led by researchers from Rush University Medical Center has found that education does not play a role in when the dementia starts or how fast it progresses.

Dr. Sherine E. Gabriel Selected as Next President of Rush University

Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, MSc, has been named as the new president of Rush University. She will be its fourth president and the first solely focused on the University.

Rush Receives $5 Million Gift for Cancer Immunotherapy Research

Rush University Medical Center has received a $5 million donation from Chicago philanthropists Robert and Emily King that will accelerate blood cancer immunotherapy research and the development of new treatment options.

Andrew Bean, PhD, Takes the Helm at the Graduate College

The college’s new dean is a noted neuroscience and cancer researcher, educator, and a leader in the recruitment and retention of under-represented populations in science