Charles L. Sawyers, MD, chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will keynote the 13th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on April 6.
Author: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, Dean of Duke University School of Medicine, will deliver the keynote address at Feinberg’s 158th commencement on Monday, May 22.
On Match Day, Feinberg’s fourth-year medical students gathered at Chicago’s Gino’s East to celebrate and learn where they will spend the next three to seven years training as residents.
Feinberg has maintained its standing among the best research-oriented medical schools in the country, placing 17th in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
A recent study assessed the barriers preventing individuals from participating in biobanking research projects, including concerns about informed consent and data sharing.
Chicago industrialist John Potocsnak has made a $15 million gift to Feinberg in support of the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center.
In research published in Nature Medicine, Northwestern Medicine scientists have found a molecule that stops the growth of an aggressive pediatric brain tumor for which there is no current treatment.
Nearly 300 principal investigators gathered for a day of discussion and brainstorming to generate transformative ideas that will help guide the Feinberg research enterprise for the next five years.
Melissa Simon, MD, the George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which makes evidence-based recommendations for preventive screenings, counseling services and medications.
A novel national trial for people with no established alternative to treat their rare cancers is being co-led by Northwestern Medicine investigators, who helped conceive of and develop the project.