Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is among the U.S. medical schools and universities involved in an initiative to invest $130 million over five years to transform African medical education and dramatically increase the number of health workers. Through the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), faculty at the Center for Global Health at Feinberg will…

Northwestern Medicine researchers have launched a clinical trial testing a new combination of treadmill exercise and drug regimen to see if the two together improve the walking ability of people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) more than either therapy individually. Scientists are studying if a combination of walking and the medication together increase the production…

Remembering Professor Emeritus and Alumnus Howard S. Traisman, MD Howard S. Traisman, MD, professor emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics, passed away on October 12. Traisman will be remembered as a renowned pediatrician, a trusted mentor, and an exemplary alumnus. Howard S. Traisman, MD ’47, GME ’51, BSM ’46, BS ’43, professor emeritus in the…