VIDEO: Spotlight on Research at Feinberg

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style="border-top-color:#e8e8e8;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:35%"><figure style="aspect-ratio:16/9;" class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><a href="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/01/10/research-to-prevent-blindness-grant-supports-department-of-ophthalmology/" target="_self" ><img width="2209" height="1357" src="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Research to Prevent Blindness Grant Supports Department of Ophthalmology" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo.jpg 2209w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo-300x184.jpg 300w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo-768x472.jpg 768w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo-1536x944.jpg 1536w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo-2048x1258.jpg 2048w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo-150x92.jpg 150w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo-450x276.jpg 450w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eye-stock-photo-1200x737.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 2209px) 100vw, 2209px" /></a></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-8 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:65%"><h3 class="wp-block-post-title"><a 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style="aspect-ratio:16/9;" class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><a href="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/01/09/delays-in-hospital-transfers-put-lives-at-risk/" target="_self" ><img loading="lazy" width="970" height="650" src="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/emergency-room.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Delays in Hospital Transfers Put Lives at Risk" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" srcset="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/emergency-room.jpg 970w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/emergency-room-300x201.jpg 300w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/emergency-room-768x515.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-10 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wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="border-top-color:#e8e8e8;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:35%"><figure style="aspect-ratio:16/9;" class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><a href="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/01/07/exploring-genetic-sex-differences-in-alzheimers/" target="_self" ><img width="2560" height="1707" src="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Genetics_Genes_Chromosomes-scaled-1.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Exploring Genetic Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Genetics_Genes_Chromosomes-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, 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