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Researchers at RUSH are leading efforts to cure disease and promote health equity — in Chicago and around the world. Our students and faculty work together on the frontiers of clinical, basic science and community-based research, in order to improve care for patients at RUSH and beyond.

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$51 Million NIH Grant to Help RUSH and Partners Improve Health Equity

Co-led by RUSH and the University of Chicago, the Institute for Translational Medicine was launched in 2018 to drive research breakthroughs and bring those discoveries into the real world to improve health as soon as possible.

$340K Awarded to Study Emerging Health Threats

The Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases selected eight innovative projects from Chicago-area researchers and educators to receive pilot awards, in an aim to enhance infectious disease research and community preparedness. Read more

RUSH Researchers Receive Grant to Study Dementia Therapy Device

Researchers at the RUSH Alzheimer’s Disease Center have been awarded $500K from the National Institute on Aging to help study a portable device aimed at providing comfort to people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Read more

Pancreatic Cancer Researcher Earns NIH Honor

Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD, received the NIH’s prestigious Director’s Transformative Research Award for his work focused on developing new methods to discover treatments for pancreatic cancer. Read more

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