Category: Campus News
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Leading Inflammatory Skin Disease Expert Named Chair of Dermatology
Leading inflammatory skin disease expert Wilson Liao, MD, professor and associate vice chair of research in the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been named chair and Walter J. Hamlin Professor of Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, effective May 1, 2027.
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Alpern Named Chair of Pediatrics
Elizabeth “Libby” Alpern, MD, MSCE, has been named the Founders’ Board Centennial Chair of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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Feinberg Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Northwestern Medicine physician-scientists whose discoveries have advanced the understanding and treatment of cancer have been inducted into the National Academy of Medicine, one of the nation’s highest honors in health and medicine.
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Feinberg Research Funding Tops $750 Million
Feinberg principal investigators secured $758 million dollars in research funding and awards during the 2025-26 fiscal year, accounting for more than 74 percent of Northwestern University’s more than $1 billion in research funding.
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Healthcare Innovation Drives Recipients of 2026 Research Project Awards
Two projects funded by the 2026 Translational Science Research Project Awards from the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute aim to connect patients with faster access to lifesaving healthcare innovations.
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Pioneering Physician-Scientist Delivers 2026 Nemmers Prize Lecture
Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD, the recipient of the 2026 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science, visited campus to deliver the Nemmers prize lecture on September 30.
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Research Day 2026 Recognizes Scientific Excellence and Collaboration
Feinberg students, staff, trainees and faculty celebrated scientific discoveries and collaboration and presented their research posters and abstracts at the 20th annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on Thursday, Sept. 10.
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Surgeon-Scientist Honored with 2026 Tripartite Prize
Daniela Ladner, MD, MPH, the John Benjamin Murphy Professor of Surgery and vice chair of research and innovation in the Department of Surgery, has been named the winner of the 2026 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
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Pioneering Brain Injury Expert and Leading Voice in Rehabilitation Medicine Named New Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Nationally recognized brain injury expert and distinguished physiatrist Flora Hammond, MD, chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Indiana University School of Medicine and chief of medical affairs at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, has been named the Paul B. Magnuson Professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Founders’ Day Welcomes Feinberg Incoming Class of 2026
The incoming class of 2026 was officially welcomed to Feinberg during Founders’ Day on August 7 at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.
