VIDEO: Spotlight on Research at Feinberg

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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/2025/07/15/improving-methods-for-diagnosing-esophageal-disorders/" target="_self" ><img width="788" height="443" src="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-674684524.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Improving Methods for Diagnosing Esophageal Disorders" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-674684524.jpg 788w, 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has-text-color"><time datetime="2025-07-15T09:16:19-05:00">Jul 15, 2025</time></div></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-169941 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-scientific-advances tag-pharmacology tag-research byline-melissa-rohman"> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 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/2025/07/14/novel-molecular-mechanisms-inform-targeted-therapies-for-chronic-kidney-disease/" target="_self" ><img loading="lazy" width="1000" height="667" src="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Human-kidneys-anatomy-structure-kidney-disease.-3d-illustration-stock-photo.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Novel Molecular Mechanisms Inform Targeted Therapies for Chronic Kidney Disease" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" srcset="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Human-kidneys-anatomy-structure-kidney-disease.-3d-illustration-stock-photo.jpg 1000w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Human-kidneys-anatomy-structure-kidney-disease.-3d-illustration-stock-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Human-kidneys-anatomy-structure-kidney-disease.-3d-illustration-stock-photo-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow 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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/2025/07/09/first-study-to-use-consumer-wearables-to-predict-pediatric-surgery-complications/" target="_self" ><img width="2560" height="1349" src="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/May-Breakthroughs-2017-Photo-2-Jayaraman-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="First Study to Use Consumer Wearables to Predict Pediatric Surgery Complications" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/May-Breakthroughs-2017-Photo-2-Jayaraman-scaled.jpg 2560w, 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450w, https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/May-Breakthroughs-2017-Photo-2-Jayaraman-1200x632.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-12 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:65%"><h3 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/07/09/first-study-to-use-consumer-wearables-to-predict-pediatric-surgery-complications/" target="_self" >First Study to Use Consumer Wearables to Predict Pediatric Surgery Complications</a></h3> <div style="color:#6b6b6b;" class="has-link-color wp-elements-fe00fc85e16d1ce955329a468fe2d185 wp-block-post-date has-text-color"><time datetime="2025-07-09T14:06:43-05:00">Jul 9, 2025</time></div></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-169911 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-campus-news 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