RUSH University Medical Center selects Gospel Run as its PA partner for faith-based research collaboration

March, 2015 –  RUSH University Medical Center has chosen public health organization, Gospel Run, as its physical activity (PA) partner as a part of the ALIVE! Project, a multi-year research study designed to use faith-based strategies to address health disparities on the south side of Chicago.    

The ALIVE! Research Partnership is a 3-year community-based participatory research (CBPR) collaboration between academic researchers from Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) and the Pastors of five African American churches.  The focus of their work together is to help the five congregations and their communities at large build healthier lifestyle behaviors.

The church partners are: Covenant United Church of Christ; Faith Community Church; First Baptist Church of Park Forest; Parkway Gardens Christian Church; and Third Baptist Church.