Author: Olivia Dimmer
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Medical Student Variety Show Supports Chicago Street Medicine
Medical students shared laughs and poked fun at the medical school experience during the annual performance of In Vivo, Feinberg’s sketch comedy and variety show, held on December 8.
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Krainc, Kelley Elected to National Academy of Inventors
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, the Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor and chair of the Davee Department of Neurology and director of the Simpson Querrey Center for Neurogenetics, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors.
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Global Health Day Highlights Pandemic, HIV Research
Northwestern investigators, faculty, students and community partners came together to share and celebrate global health research, education and outreach as part of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health’s 12th annual Global Health Day.
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Family Language Tied to Hospitalization Rates in Feverish Babies
Babies of parents who speak a language other than English may be more likely to be unnecessarily hospitalized when visiting the emergency department for high fevers, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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New Therapeutic Strategies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Modulating the activity of a kinase in motor neurons may help mitigate mitochondrial defects and other symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy, offering a new therapeutic avenue for the devastating disease, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Investigating Drug Combinations for Heart Failure
A common diabetes medication may help some patients with treatment-resistant hypertension slightly lower their high blood pressure and lessen their risk of heart failure events such as stroke, according to an analysis of a clinical trial published in Circulation.
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Understanding Healthcare Worker Collaboration and Patient Outcomes
Some interventions designed to improve healthcare worker collaboration may not improve patient outcomes, according to a recent trial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Novel Approaches for Correcting Gene Expression Insufficiency
A new molecular technology capable of binding to mRNA and regulating gene expression may offer a new avenue for treating diseases caused by insufficient protein levels, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
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Student Investigates AI Solutions to Medical ‘Loose Ends’
Roger Smith, an eighth-year student in Feinberg’s Medical Scientist Training Program, is developing an artificial intelligence tool to tie up medical loose ends identified in electronic health records.
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Pioneering Automated Proteoform Imaging
Investigators led by Neil Kelleher, PhD, have developed an automated technique for imaging proteoforms in ovarian cancer, according to results published in Nature Communications.
