May 3, 2004 $11 Million Grant Funds Lung Injury Research CHICAGO— Northwestern University has received an $11 million Program Project Grant (PPG) from the National Institutes of Health to define the mechanisms that cause changes in the alveolar epithelium during lung injury. Jacob I. Sznajder, MD, Dr. Roy Patterson Professor of Medicine and chief of[…]

Diverse Paths Highlighted for New Graduates Speaking to a crowd of more than 2,000 people at Northwestern’s 146th medical school Graduation Convocation, a newly degreed Suneel M. Udani, MD, of Naperville, Illinois, grinned broadly on the stage of Navy Pier’s Grand Ballroom, and said, “Congratulations to my fellow classmates, their families, and friends.” He paused,[…]

May 12, 2004 People More at Risk If Parents Had Heart Attack or Stroke CHICAGO— A study published in the May 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association provides the strongest evidence yet that cardiovascular disease in parents—particularly at an early age—is a major predictor of their children having a heart attack[…]