Background
Rush, David was born on May 3, 1934 in New York City. Son of Samuel Hersh and Fannie (Dubin) Rush.
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David Rush
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David Rush, American medical investigator, epidemiologist. Recipient career investigator award New York City Health Research Council, 1977; senior international fellow Fogarty Center, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, U. Bristol, England, 1977-1978, U. Paris, 1984-1985; research grantee National Institute Child and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 1979-1986.
Education
Diplomate American Board Pediatrics. Resident in medicine University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, 1959-1961. Resident in pediatrics Children"s Hospital, Boston, 1963-1965.
Registrar in pediatrics Saint Mary"s Hospital Medical School, London, 1964-1965.
Research fellow, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1965-1966. Assistant professor preventive medicine and pediatrics, U. Rochester (New York), 1967-1969.
Assistant professor public health (epidemiology) and pediatrics Columbia University, New York City, also director prenatal project, 1969-1976, associate professor, 1976-1982. Professor pediatrics, social medicine and obstetrics-gynecology Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1983-1988.
Director epidemiology program United States Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, 1988-1996, professor nutrition, community health, pediatrics Tufts University, Boston, 1988.
Member human development and aging study section National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, 1982-1986. Principal investigator national evaluation of special supplemental food program for women, infants and children United States Department of Agriculture, 1981-1986.
Career
Assistant professor preventive medicine and pediatrics, U. Rochester (New York), 1967-1969. Assistant professor public health (epidemiology) and pediatrics Columbia University, New York City, also director Director epidemiology program United States Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Research Center.
Editor Medicine and Global Survival.
Achievements
Membership
Served as surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1961-1963. Fellow American Public Health Association (governing council 1976-1979). Member Society for Epidemiologic Research (president 1980-1981), Society for Pediatric Research, International Epidemiologic.
Association, American Epidemiological Society, American Pediatric Society, Perinatal Research Society, American Institute of Nutrition, American Society Clinical Nutrition, American College of Epidemiology.
Connections
Married Catharine Ireland Dawson, June 24,1957. Children: Naomi Rush Olson, Hannah M., Leah Doctorate. Bachelor cum laude, Harvard University, 1955, Doctor of Medicine, 1959.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient career investigator award New York City Health Research Council, 1977. Senior international fellow Fogarty Center, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, U. Bristol, England, 1977-1978, U. Paris, 1984-1985. Research grantee National Institute Child and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 1979-1986.Recipient career investigator award New York City Health Research Council, 1977. Senior international fellow Fogarty Center, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, U. Bristol, England, 1977-1978, U. Paris, 1984-1985. Research grantee National Institute Child and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 1979-1986.