Black History Month—Dr. Pugh Makes the News ABC News recently profiled Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery and director of the Center for Advanced Surgical Education, for a segment during Black History Month. A surgeon, patent holder, and medical education researcher, Dr. Pugh is also a role model for Chicago youth. View the[…]

JAMA Study Reveals Further Refinement of Bionic Arm Dr. Todd Kuiken The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the nation’s #1 rehabilitation hospital, announces its Center for Bionic Medicine has harnessed a new pattern recognition technique that allows quicker and more refined control for myoelectric arms used in combination with the Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) procedure,[…]

Science Web Site Speaks Lay Person’s Language Science in Society provides attractive, consolidated, and searchable information about Northwestern’s research and outreach activities—written for a non-scientific audience. Sponsored by the Office for Research and conceived and developed by the Center for Genetic Medicine, the site covers a wide range of disciplines, from medicine to nanotechnology to[…]