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Northwestern Chicago Out Network, Safe Space Training Supports LGBT Community at Feinberg The Northwestern Chicago Out Network exists to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community at Feinberg. members meet four times per year to socialize and discuss ways in which the medical school could grow its diversity. The Northwestern Chicago Out Network[…]

White Coat Ceremony Welcomes PA Program Class of 2013 The PA Program class of 2013 recite the Physician Assistant Oath as part of their white coat ceremony, which was held on June 10. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine recently welcomed 30 new students to its Physician Assistant[…]

Medical School Graduates Transition from Students to Physicians After four years spent training and learning all of the skills necessary to become practicing physicians, the 174 members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Class of 2011 celebrated their graduation on May 19. On May 19, after four years spent training and acquiring skills[…]

Lewis Landsberg Society Gives Voice to PA Students Physician Assistant students participate in a casting workshop as part of the Lewis Landsberg Society’s medical training activities. The Lewis Landsberg Society offers students in Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program the opportunity to work alongside their classmates to explore professional interests and[…]

Neurosurgery Interest Group Offers Students Glimpse Into Career as a Neurosurgeon At a recent Neurosurgery Interest Group event, first-year medical students Justin Vranic, Addason McCasslin, and Mitali Parmar participated in a suturing exercise. The Neurosurgery Interest Group at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine provides first- through fourth-year students numerous opportunities to learn more about[…]

Cancer Survivors Can’t Shake Pain, Fatigue, Insomnia, Foggy Brain When people finish treatment for cancer, they want to bounce back to their former vital selves as quickly as possible. But a new Northwestern Medicine study – one of the largest survivor studies ever conducted – shows many survivors still suffer moderate to severe problems with[…]

New iPhone App Tells Doctors How To Save Cancer Patients’ Fertility Cancer treatment can destroy a patient’s fertility, but not all physicians are familiar with the risks and options to preserve it. Now there’s an app for that. A new iPhone app, launched June 2, will give oncologists a quick reference guide for preserving the[…]

New Approach to Gene Therapy Could Treat Many Forms of Cancer Northwestern University chemists have synthesized a new form of DNA, one that can begin to be used to create new gene regulation therapies for the prevention or treatment of diseases such as cancer. The spherical structures, composed entirely of nucleic acids, can naturally enter[…]

HIV Prevention Efforts Should Focus on Serious Gay Relationships, Study Finds Gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up with casual partners, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. The findings provide a new direction for prevention efforts in this population, who account for[…]

Innovation Day, Chicago Innovation Spotlight Highlight Emerging Biomedical Research Innovation Day Keynote Speaker Jack Kessler, MD, Ken and Ruth Davee Professor of Stem Cell Biology and chair of the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, presented his research on the factors that influence the growth and differentiation of human embryonic stems cells. The Center[…]

New Study Defuses Controversy over Relationship between Rising PSA and Prostate Cancer A man’s rising PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level over several years – which has been seen as a possible warning sign of prostate cancer – has recently come under fire as a screening test because it sometimes prompts biopsies that turn out to be[…]

Alumni Weekend 2011 Members of the inaugural honors program in medical education class — (L-R) Drs. E. Allanah ruder, assistant professor in the division of Hematology/Oncology, wynne kearney, and Ira Weiss, associate professor in the division of cardiology — joined fellow alums to celebrate the program’s 50th anniversary at alumni weekend 2011. Members of the[…]

Illinois Women’s Health Registry Website Debuts In Spanish The Illinois Women’s Health Registry at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has launched a Spanish language version of its web site to encourage Hispanic women to participate in local medical research with the aim of better understanding their health needs and access to health care. Hispanic[…]

Feinberg Student Group Focuses on Environmental Responsibility Physicians for Society Responsibility members (L-R) Connie Choi, Lizhou Huang, Peter Orris, MD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of preventive medicine, and Alexander Sheu, joined Sarah Lovinger, MD, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Chicago Chapter, to discuss the effects of global warming on human health. Students from[…]

Nation’s Second Participant Enrolls in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) recently enrolled their first subject in a national clinical research trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy for participants with a subacute thoracic spinal cord injury.[…]

Night Owls at Risk for Weight Gain and Bad Diet Staying up late every night and sleeping in is a habit that could put you at risk for gaining weight. People who go to bed late and sleep late eat more calories in the evening, more fast food, fewer fruits and vegetables, and weigh more[…]

Public Confused About Ingredients in Pain Relievers People take billions of doses of over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol every year, but many do not pay attention to the active ingredients they contain, such as acetaminophen, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. That lack of knowledge about popular pain relievers, plus particular ignorance of acetaminophen’s[…]

AMWA, WFO Host Mentoring Tea to Advance Women in Medicine (L-R) First-year medical students Mindy Hoffman and Silvia McCandlish serve as co-presidents of Feinberg’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association. The group worked with members of the Women’s Faculty Organization to organize the mentoring tea. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine chapters of[…]

Feinberg Students Offer Services to Underserved through Alternative Spring Break During Alternative Spring Break, Feinberg students served children and young adults through the Cheyenne River Youth Project. The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, located in Eagle Butte, S.D., sits within Dewey County, the poorest county in the United States. Working with members of the Cheyenne River[…]

Feinberg Investigators Showcase Studies at Research Day 2011 Irena Garic, MPH, clinical research coordinator in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, shared her research related to neurological disorders and pregnancy at the seventh annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on April 7. The Research Office at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine hosted its[…]