Doctors Miss Major Cause of Infertility and Obesity Gail Donnelly’s classmates nicknamed her “Knobby” because she was so skinny all her bones seemed to poke out from under her skin. But when Donnelly turned 27, that once knobby frame disappeared under mysteriously ballooning weight. Her diet hadn’t changed, she was still walking several miles a…

Update: Emergency Relief Effort for Haiti Earthquake Survivors A deadly, magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti on January 12. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital sent physicians and health care workers on Monday, January 25 to provide medical relief to the earthquake victims in Haiti. The group includes doctors who speak French…

IGP Offers Students Flexible Path for Pursuing Scientific Interests While Earning PhD The Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (IGP) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has been training graduate students in both basic science and clinical research for twenty years. The IGP offers students an integrated, interdepartmental PhD education in nine distinct…