Month: February 2025
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Pre-Health Day Invites Undergraduates to Explore Careers in Health Professions
More than 100 Northwestern University undergraduate students gathered for a Pre-Health Day hosted by Feinberg on January 25 and designed for Northwestern undergraduates interested in pursuing careers in the health professions.
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Investigating the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Many have posited the reason for rising mental health concerns among kids and teens – social media, the COVID-19 pandemic, stigma, etc. But the reality is there is a constellation of factors that contribute to this crisis, according to experts.
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Illinois Has a New Tool to Track Violence
A new dashboard operated by Northwestern scientists will allow Illinois to better monitor violent deaths and non-fatal firearm violence at the county level to help prevent and reduce violence in the state.
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Cancer Survivorship Expert Named Chair of Pediatrics
Tara O. Henderson, MD, MPH, has been named the Founders’ Board Centennial Chair of Pediatrics, effective March 31.
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Watson Named Hastings Center Fellow
Katie Watson, JD, professor of Medical Education, Medical Social Sciences in the Division of Determinants of Health, and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been named a 2024 Hastings Center Fellow.
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Reprogramming Compromised Immune Cells to Fight Cancer
Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed a new avenue to reprogram compromised immune cells to work against tumors, according to a study published in Science Advances.
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Genomic ‘Memory’ Governs the Building Blocks of Life, Study Reveals
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating the building blocks of life, according to a new study published in Science Advances.
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Young Physician-Scientist Awards Honor Feinberg Pathologists
Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology in the Division of Molecular Pathology, and Waihay Wong, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, have been named recipients of the 2025 Young Physician-Scientist Award.
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Investigating the Impact of Vaccination on Long COVID Symptoms
Vaccination status does not impact the severity of neurological symptoms of long COVID, according to a Northwestern Medicine-led study published in Brain Communications.
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Drug Reverses Groin Hernias in Male Mice Without Surgery, Shows Promise in Humans
A new Northwestern Medicine study using a novel medication-based approach successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully restored their normal anatomy without surgery.
