Author: kwm107
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Distinguished Implementation Scientist to Lead Medical Social Sciences
Rinad S. Beidas, PhD, professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, has been named chair of Medical Social Sciences.
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Exploring Ketamine’s Antidepressant Mechanisms
A new Northwestern Medicine study has identified how ketamine works so quickly, and how it might be adapted without side effects.
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Remembering John Csernansky, MD
John Csernansky, MD, former chair and Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, whose career at Northwestern spanned nearly 15 years, passed away recently at age 68.
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Honoring the PA Class of 2022
Members of Feinberg’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program were honored during their commencement ceremony on May 6, receiving their Master of Medical Science degrees. The 36 graduates of the Class of 2022 gathered on campus in person to celebrate their achievements.
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Smart, Dissolving Pacemaker Communicates With Body-Area Sensor and Control Network
A new, smart pacemaker is integrated into a coordinated network of four soft, flexible, wireless, wearable sensors and control units placed around the upper body.
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Most COVID-19 ‘Long Haulers’ Continue to Experience Symptoms 15 Months After Initial Infection
Most non-hospitalized COVID-19 “long-haulers” at the Northwestern Medicine Neuro COVID-19 Clinic continued to experience symptoms including brain fog, dizziness and fatigue 15 months after disease onset, according to a new study.
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Gradishar Receives 2022 Rodger Winn Award
William Gradishar, MD, chief of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine and deputy director of the clinical network of the Lurie Cancer Center, has received the 2022 Rodger Winn Award from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
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Recurring Brain Tumor Growth is Halted with New Drug
A new study has identified a drug that inhibits growth of aggressive meningiomas and how to most accurately identify which tumors will respond to the drug.
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First-Ever Millennial Lung Health Study Launches in Chicago Amid COVID-19
Northwestern and the American Lung Association have begun a first-of-its-kind longitudinal study to track and analyze the lungs of millennials at the peak of their lung health.
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General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Becomes Two Divisions
The Department of Medicine’s Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics officially become two divisions: the Division of Geriatrics and the Division of General Internal Medicine.
