Month: June 2019
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Millennial Lung Health Is Focus of New $24.8 Million Grant
A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study led by Northwestern Medicine will track young adults’ lung health nationwide to better understand the key risk factors and biomarkers associated with impaired lung health.
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Restrictions on Electronic Medical Records Show Little Benefit
Restricting physicians’ ability to view multiple patient records at the same time did not reduce wrong-patient orders, according to a large clinical trial published in JAMA.
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Physical Therapy Students Celebrate Transition to the Clinic
First-year Doctor of Physical Therapy students celebrated their transition from academic coursework to clinical experience at the 13th annual Clinical Practice Ceremony.
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Self-Management Intervention Improves Asthma Outcomes in Older Adults
A targeted intervention to support asthma self-management significantly improved outcomes and medication adherence among older adults with asthma, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Many Preventive Antibiotics Prescribed by Dentists Are Unnecessary
More than 80 percent of antibiotics prescribed before dental procedures to prevent infection are unnecessary, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
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Health Sciences PhD Student Awarded Presidential Fellowship
Lindsay Zimmerman, a doctoral student investigating social determinants of cardiovascular health, was recently named a Northwestern University Presidential Fellow.
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Cell Polarity Linked to Cell Adhesion
Scientists discovered a new link between cell polarity and cell adhesion, according to a study published in the Journal of Cell Biology.
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Feinberg/Nature Conference Explores Epigenetics
Feinberg partnered with Nature Genetics and Nature Medicine to host the Chicago Science 2019: Epigenetics and Genome Editing conference.
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Northwestern Opens Largest Biomedical Academic Research Building in U.S.
The Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center – the largest new building dedicated to biomedical research at a US medical school – has officially opened.
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Prindle Receives 2019 Pew Scholar Award
Arthur Prindle, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, has been named a Pew Biomedical Scholar.
