Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has strengthened its position among the top research-oriented institutions, maintaining its spot at No. 18 on the 2014 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
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The presence of autoantibodies in the blood may be connected to a higher risk of the development of cardiovascular disease, not just in individuals with diagnosed autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, but in the general population, according to new research findings.
New Northwestern Medicine® research shows that breast cancer patients who undergo a mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction using a transplanted flap of their own tissue have a low rate of early post-operative complications. However, risk varies by the type of procedure they undergo.
Deborah Clements, MD, nationally recognized for her contributions to education policy, will join Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on May 1 as professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, an internationally-renowned neurosurgeon specializing in complex tumors of the brain and spine, will join the medical school on July 1 as the Michael J. Marchese Professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery. His wife, Charlotte Shum, MD, a hand and upper extremity specialist, has been named associate professor of orthopaedic surgery. She will join the medical school in the fall.
Arun K. Sharma, PhD, research assistant professor in urology, has published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences regarding a unique approach to bladder regeneration that capitalizes on the potential of two distinct cell populations harvested from a patient’s healthy bone marrow.
For the past five years, Rick McGee, PhD, associate dean for faculty recruitment and professional development, has facilitated a novel grant-writing program that helps guide junior faculty through the process of writing National Institutes of Health K and R award applications.
Growing 3D human skin models, researchers are discovering what messaging occurs in healthy skin to try to understand what goes wrong in disease states.
Published in Nature Medicine, investigators have combined two hormones that hold the potential for a new treatment option.
Tiny regulators produced by one of seven human cancer viruses may be the key to understanding the most common AIDS-associated malignancy.