In addition to providing our students with an unparalleled education, at Rush University our faculty and staff conduct, collaborate with, and teach students to communicate complex scientific information while honing their critical thinking and analysis skills through clinical and basic science research. Research also helps students build connections in areas of interest with the potential to better understand - and add to - the knowledge of the field.
Research is thriving at Rush University. It is a vital component of our Nursing and Health Sciences programs for advancing understanding of how diseases work and how best to treat them, which can improve care for patients at Rush and around the globe. The type of hands-on experience that research provides not only enhances what our students learn in the classroom, but it allows them to start contributing to the world of medicine at an early stage in their career.
Building on a Legacy
More than 1,600 basic science, clinical and population studies are currently underway at Rush, elucidating the underlying mechanisms of disease and developing innovative, minimally invasive treatments. In recent years, the quality of our research has secured increasing levels of support from the National Institutes of Health. Rush’s NIH funding rank has increased even while NIH funding has remained flat.
Applying Discovery to Patient Care
Ultimately the quality of clinical care at Rush depends in large part on the steady pursuit of knowledge by our scientific community and the rapid application of new discoveries to our patient care and education mission. We’re looking forward to what lies ahead.
The Office of the Associate Provost for Research, working with the Office of Research Affairs, supports our faculty and staff with the following:
Departmental Research:Rush University researchers are working to fight disease and improve health outcomes.
Research Collaborations: Collaboration among our departments, as well as with other institutions and organizations, increases research momentum.
Research Affairs: Support for faculty proposing studies, seeking funding, negotiating contracts, securing patents and licensing, and much more.
Innovation and Technology Transfer: Helping to connect faculty inventors to those interested in using their technologies.
Regulatory Compliance: Promoting a culture of high-quality research, compliance and research integrity.
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