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Seifert, Davis Named Medical Faculty Council Mentors of the Year (L-R) The Medical Faculty Council 2011 Mentor of the Year awards honored A. Todd Davis, MD, professor emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics, and Hank Seifert, PhD. professor in the Department of Microbiology-Immunology. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Medical Faculty Council (MFC) –[…]

Poster Session Highlights Global Health Experiences of Northwestern Students At the Global Health Poster Session, M2 Shauna Gunaratne won first place for her poster, “Postpartum Family Planning: Programmatic Gaps and Issues,” which detailed her experience in Geneva, Switzerland, at the World Health Organization. The Center for Global Heath at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine[…]

New ‘Bouncer’ Molecule Halts Rheumatoid Arthritis Protective protein prevents immune system from ravaging joints and bones Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have discovered why the immune cells of people with rheumatoid arthritis become hyperactive and attack the joints and bones. The immune cells have lost their bouncer, the burly protein that keeps[…]

New Hope for HIV Vaccine Gates Foundation grant supports scientist’s quest to develop new vaccine concept The road to finding a vaccine for HIV has been long and frustrating — marked by false starts and grave disappointments. Several vaccine candidates have been tested, including two that made it to Phase III clinical trials, but, in[…]

Founders’ Day Celebrates Opening of 2011-12 Academic Year, Welcomes ‘Doctors of Tomorrow’ The 2011 Founders’ Day Convocation on August 26 kicked off Feinberg’s 153rd academic year and officially welcomed the Class of 2015. After a week of introductions and team-building activities, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2011 Founders’ Day Convocation on August 26[…]

Major ALS Breakthrough The underlying disease process of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims, has long eluded scientists and prevented development of effective therapies. Scientists weren’t even sure all its forms actually converged into a common disease process. But a new Northwestern Medicine study for[…]

Student Group Action for Young Athletes in Chicago Offers Sports Medicine Care to North Side Teens Second-year feinberg student Anita Goyal, past president of the student-led Action for Young Athletes in Chicago, performs a sports medicine physical exam on an Uplift Community High School student. Members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine student[…]

Eric G. Neilson, MD, to lead Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Eric G. Neilson, MD, has been appointed dean of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs, effective September 1. Eric G. Neilson, MD, the Thomas Fearn Frist Senior Professor of Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine,[…]

How Healthy is Your Chicago Neighborhood? The south and southwest sides of Chicago suffer the most in terms of residents’ health and access to basic health resources, according to a new study of 77 Chicago neighborhoods. The study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in collaboration with the Chicago Department of Public Health is[…]

2011-2012 Student Senate Executive Board Meet the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students who comprise the 2011-12 Student Senate Executive Board and committee chairs, including Paul Bottone, president; Chris Childers, vice president; Alex Sidlak, treasurer; Matt Hire, secretary; Bruce Henschen, Academic Affairs Committee chair; Michael Luo, Student Organizations Committee chair; and Kate Peng, Campus[…]

Three Feinberg Students Earn Prestigious Howard Hughes Research Fellowships Three Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students were recently named fellows of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Alexander Sheu, Adrienne Smith, and Lauren Smith – all members of the Honors Program in Medical Education – were selected along with 111 peers from across[…]

Feinberg Co-hosts ‘Playing It Safe’ Concussion Safety Symposium Hunt Batjer, MD, chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery and co-chair of the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Medical Committee, discusses concussion safety with high school athletic directors, coaches, and administrators. Sports medicine experts from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH)[…]

Feinberg Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling Preparing students for research and clinical careers Feinberg’s Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling serves as the only program of its kind in Illinois and the only program in the country to offer the option to earn a dual degree in medical humanities and bioethics. The Graduate Program in Genetic[…]

Dr. Michael Abecassis to Lead New Transplant Center Dr. Michael Abecassis (right) The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is pleased to announce the creation of its Comprehensive Transplant Center. The center will build on and extend Northwestern’s considerable strengths in transplantation to further the role of our academic medical center as a national leader[…]

When Injured Muscles Mistakenly Grow Bones For hundreds of thousands of people, injuring a muscle through an accident like falling off a bike or having surgery can result in a strange and serious complication. Their muscles start growing bones. No one understood what caused the abnormal bone growth, so there was no treatment. But now,[…]

Drinking Until You Forget Leads to Injuries for College Kids “I don’t remember how I got home from the party.” This could be a text from last night to one hard-partying college student to another. New research from Northwestern Medicine shows that 50 percent of college drinkers report at least one alcohol-induced memory blackout –[…]

Third-year Medical Students Earn New White Coats, Transition to Clerkships At the Introduction to Clinical Clerkship White Coat Ceremony held July 1, third-year feinberg student Anthony Esparaz emphasized the excitement surrounding the progression from classroom- to hospital-based education. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine held an Introduction to Clinical Clerkship White Coat Ceremony on July[…]

Doctor of Medicine/Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program Combining the study of medicine and social science Many Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students choose to enhance their MD education by simultaneously working toward a master’s degree that concentrates on the legal, historical, philosophical, and cultural contexts of medicine. The combined Doctor[…]

‘Copilots’ for Doctors in Intensive Care Unit Reduces Deaths Caring for patients in a medical intensive care unit in a hospital and flying a 747 are complicated tasks that require tracking thousands of important details, some of which could get overlooked. That’s why the pilot has a checklist and a copilot to make sure nothing[…]