Troubled Youths Struggle After Detention Center Stay Dr. Karen Abram The kids who pass through juvenile detention facilities are among the most troubled youths in the community. How do they fare a few years after this significant brush with the legal system? Researchers from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine interviewed youths ages 13 to[…]

Medical Student Joins Surgical Relief Team Medical student Michael Granieri (left) and patient. Michael Granieri, a second-year medical student from Chicago, got a head start on his surgical rotation recently when he accompanied Christopher Gonzalez, MD, MBA, associate professor of urology, and medical residents Neema Navai, and Oni Okotie to the tiny village of San[…]

STAR Lights the Way for Childhood Cancer Survivors Dr. Aarati Didwania The STAR (Survivors Taking Action & Responsibility) program at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University is one of only a handful of programs in the country that focus on comprehensive health care of adults who are survivors of childhood cancer.[…]