Author: kwm107
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Robert Lamb, Renowned Expert on Influenza Virus, Dies at 72
Robert A. Lamb, PhD, professor emeritus of Microbiology-Immunology and of Molecular Biosciences and an internationally recognized authority on influenza, died September 2. He was 72.
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Feinberg Receives Record-Breaking Research Funding in 2023
Feinberg principal investigators secured $706 million in research funding and awards during the 2022-23 fiscal year, which is a nearly nine percent increase over the previous year, and the largest amount in the school’s history.
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Newly Discovered Trigger of Parkinson’s Upends Common Beliefs
A new study suggests that a dysfunction in neurons’ synapses leads to deficits in dopamine and precedes the neurodegeneration previously thought to cause Parkinson’s disease.
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Your Body’s Own Cannabinoid Molecules Calm You During Stress
A new Northwestern Medicine study has discovered that a key emotional brain center, the amygdala, releases endogenous cannabinoid molecules under stress, and these molecules dampen the incoming stress alarm from the hippocampus, a memory and emotion center in the brain.
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First Device to Monitor Transplanted Organs, Detect Early Signs of Rejection
Northwestern University investigators have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time.
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Cella Named 2023 Tripartite Prize Recipient
David Cella, PhD, professor of Medical Social Sciences, has been named the winner of the 2023 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
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Duquette Named Director of Graduate Program in Genetic Medicine
Debra Duquette, ’92 MS, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, has been named the new director of Feinberg’s Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling (GPGC), effective August 1.
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Make-A-Wish Participant and Kidney Transplant Recipient Experiences a Day as a Doctor
A twelve-year-old kidney transplant patient experienced a day as a doctor thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Northwestern, and Lurie Children’s Hospital.
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Shields Receives NCI Cancer Moonshot Scholars Award
Mario Shields, PhD, research assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and a member of the Lurie Cancer Center, has received the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award.
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Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards
A new Northwestern University-led study published in Nature Neuroscience has discovered that dopamine neurons are more diverse than previously thought, opening new research directions for further understanding and potentially even treating Parkinson’s disease.
