Author: kwm107
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Humanism in Patient Care Celebrated at Feinberg
At a recent virtual event, students, residents and faculty were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and recognized as exemplars of compassionate patient care who serve as role models, mentors and leaders in medicine.
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New Developments in Parkinson’s Pathology
The strength of neuron-to-neuron connections does not govern the spread of Parkinson’s disease in the brain, according to a recent study.
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Northwestern Medicine Physicians Begin to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines
Northwestern Medicine physicians have begun receiving their vaccines, an experience that for many was inspiring, sobering and hopeful. Read the reactions of a few Northwestern Medicine physicians upon receiving their COVID-19 vaccines.
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Free Northwestern-Developed Tools for Network Data Collection Released
Investigators at the Northwestern University Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing have released Network Canvas, a powerful network data collection tool developed specifically to simplify network data capture.
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Global Health During a Pandemic
The Institute for Global Health hosted their second annual Global Health Day, highlighting traditional development issues as well as the impact COVID-19 has had on the field.
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Remembering William Schnaper, MD
William “Bill” Schnaper, MD, professor of Pediatrics, who passed away recently after a long illness, was remembered as a committed scientist, friend and champion of mentorship.
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New Drug Connects Dots That Cause Clots in COVID-19 Patients
A gene mutation discovered in a small Amish community in Indiana has inspired the use of a new experimental drug for COVID-19 that reduces blood clotting.
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Uncovering the Impact of Protein Mutations in Parkinson’s
Northwestern scientists have determined how two protein mutations responsible for the impaired motor function in Parkinson’s disease independently disrupt neuron activity.
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Jordan Named Director of IPHAM Center for Education in Health Sciences
Neil Jordan, PhD, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of Preventive Medicine, has been named director of the Center for Education in Health Sciences, the education and training center within the Institute for Public Health and Medicine.
