Author: kwm107
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Widespread Bias, Discrimination Directed Toward People With Disabilities Who Seek Healthcare
A new study shows physicians may be choosing to deny care to people with disabilities, and some use discretionary excuses to strategically discharge them from their practice.
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Northwestern, CERN Join NIH in Enhancing Access to Biomedical Research
A new award to Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will enhance capabilities of data management and sharing for National Institutes of Health-funded researchers through the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI), led by the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy.
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Northwestern Announces New Global Primary Care Center to Foster Health Care Equity in the Developing World
Northwestern University has announced the endowment of the Ryan Family Center for Global Primary Care, focused on improving the quality of primary care throughout the world.
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Northwestern Receives $16 Million Grant to Support Faculty Recruitment and Equity
A new grant will fund the hiring of 15 new tenure-track faculty, along with tactics to ensure the success of faculty members from underrepresented populations.
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Study Finds Biologic Drug ‘Highly Effective’ in Reducing Pediatric Eczema Symptoms
The first biologic drug to treat moderate-to-severe eczema in infants and children was highly effective in reducing symptoms, according to a recent study.
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CRISPR Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Receives Inaugural Kimberly Prize
CRISPR pioneer and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD is the recipient of the inaugural $250,000 Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
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Paller Receives 2022 Tripartite Award
Amy Paller, MD, the chair of and Walter J. Hamlin Professor of Dermatology, has been named the winner of the 2022 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
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Inside the Feinberg Curriculum: The Education-Centered Medical Home
Feinberg’s Education-Centered Medical Home program allows medical students to provide continuous, primary care to underserved and diverse patient populations, and to help them better understand chronic conditions in a variety of clinical settings.
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Northwestern Awarded First-Ever National Grant to Study Wearables, Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Northwestern University has been awarded a seven-year grant to study a “pill-in-pocket” strategy to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, the most common heart rhythm disorder in adults.
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Coming Wave of Opioid Overdoses ‘Will be Worse Than Ever Been Before’
Geography played a role in opioid-involved overdose deaths in the past, but a coming wave may discriminate between rural and urban areas, according to a recent study.
