Dr. Mirkin Receives Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention Dr. Chad Mirkin Northwestern University researcher and Feinberg School professor of medicine Chad Mirkin, PhD, one of the world’s leaders in nanotechnology research and its application, has been awarded the prestigious 2009 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. For Dr. Mirkin, good things come in small packages — specifically one billionth[…]

Unfit Young Adults on Road to Diabetes in Middle Age ►Commentary on fitness and diabetes Most healthy 25 year olds don’t stay up at night worrying whether they are going to develop diabetes in middle age. The disease is not on their radar, and middle age is a lifetime away. As it turns out, many[…]

Dean Jameson Honored for Endocrinology Contributions (R) Dr. J. Larry Jameson J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean of the Feinberg School, has received the Fred Conrad Koch Award, the highest honor bestowed by The Endocrine Society in recognition of exceptional contributions to endocrinology. In bestowing the honor,[…]