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Fusion 2012 Performances Showcase Diversity at Feinberg
Members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Class of 2015, presented Fusion 2012, a multicultural show of dance, song, fashion, and more.
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New Screening Method Directs Stem Cell Differentiation
Northwestern University scientists have developed a powerful analytical method that directs stem cell differentiation. Researchers can use the method, called nanocombinatorics, to build enormous libraries of physical structures varying in size. Details of the method and proof of concept is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Start at Feinberg, with Bulls Propels Alum to Long Sports Medicine Career
Harlan Selesnick, MD, GME ’80, has been the team physician for the Miami Heat since the franchise began playing basketball in 1988. He’s also become an accomplished orthopaedic surgeon in that time.
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New Transplant Method May Allow Kidney Recipients to Live Free of Anti-Rejection Medication
New ongoing research suggests organ transplant recipients may not require anti-rejection medication in the future thanks to the power of stem cells, which may prove to be able to be manipulated in mismatched kidney donor and recipient pairs to allow for successful transplantation without immunosuppressive drugs.
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Brain Fair Gives Students Opportunity to Share Excitement over Neuroscience
Shoai Hattori and Jessica Wilson,both PhD candidates, created the Brain Fair at Nettelhorst Elementary School in an effort to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists.
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Remembering James C. Russ, CO
James C. Russ, CO, professor emeritus of orthotics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, died on Feb. 25 at the age of 77 of a heart attack in his home in Glenview, Illinois.
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Medical Students Take the Plunge to Raise Money for Special Olympics
Feinberg’s Icebergs, part of the student group Nclude, participated in Chicago’s 12th Annual Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics.
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Heart Healthy Choices Early on Pay Off Later
A new study finds maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age.
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Doctor of Medicine Degree
Every fall, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine welcomes approximately 170 students to its Doctor of Medicine program. The MD curriculum centers on competency-based education and progressive skill development.
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Department of Ophthalmology Receives Research Grant
Research to Prevent Blindness awarded a grant to the Department of Ophthalmology to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.
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Weissbluth Named One of 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans
Marc Weissbluth, MD, professor of clinical pediatrics, made the list of 100 most powerful Chicagoans, as picked by Chicago magazine.
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Thaxton to Speak at Town Hall Meeting on Nanoparticles
C. Shad Thaxton will be the featured speaker at a nanotechnology town hall meeting on Wednesday, February 29, on the University’s Evanston campus.
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Students Organize Week-long Health Disparities Lecture Series
In recognition of Health Disparities Week, the student-led Health Disparities Task Force ran a program for medical students and faculty offering a week of lunchtime speakers focused on health equity issues.
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Researchers Show How the Immune System Detects Bacteria
Christian Stehlik, PhD, professor of Rheumatology at Feinberg, discovered a protein in macrophage cells that identifies bacterial cell wall components in harmful bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes.
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Bringing Hope, Blankets to Afghan Babies at Risk
Thanks to the quick thinking of a Northwestern Medicine pediatrician, 14,000 silver mylar blankets are headed to Afghanistan to help children in danger of freezing to death.
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Mentor Program Launches Girls into College for Science and Medical Careers
The mentoring program, Saturday Oncofertility Academy, offers primarily African American and Latina girls from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to research and conduct experiments in fertility and cancer research with scientists and doctors at state-of-the-art Northwestern facilities.
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Alzheimer’s Drug Could Cause Adverse Side Effects
Alzheimer’s drug may act like bad electrician, messing up wiring in brain and nervous system.
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Khare Returns to Haiti to Teach Emergency Medicine
Two years ago, Rahul Khare, MD, joined more than 100 Northwestern Medicine volunteers in offering emergency medical care to victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. This month, he returned to offer his expertise and knowledge to doctors in Cap Haitien.
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When Body Piercings Go Wrong
Northwestern Medicine looks at the complications and medical consequences of body piercings. The paper also offers suggestions to minimize complications.
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Running the Great Wall of China for the CNADC
One man will embark on a mission equivalent to climbing Willis Tower, jogging to the Hancock Building, walking to the top, and then running the 24 miles roundtrip to Northwestern’s Evanston campus … all to support research for primary progressive aphasia, a form of dementia that has stricken his grandfather.
