Author: kwm107
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Blood Pressure Medication Can’t Undo All Damage
Many patients on antihypertensive medications are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, despite controlled numbers, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Bulun Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Serdar Bulun, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will be a national resource and advisor on women’s health issues as a newly-elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, formerly the Institute of Medicine.
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Lurie Cancer Center Members Elected to Leadership of the American Society of Hematology
Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH and Jane Winter, MD, have been elected to the executive committee of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).
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Scientists Find Mechanism That Controls Sleep-Wake Cycle
A recent study sheds new light on how an animal’s biological clock wakes it up in the morning and puts it to sleep at night.
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Cubs Physician Shares in Team’s Success
Stephen Gryzlo, MD, associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Feinberg and team orthopaedist for the Chicago Cubs, discusses sports medicine and the team’s focus on health.
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Bonow Named Founding Editor of JAMA Cardiology
Robert Bonow, MD, the Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, has been named editor-in-chief of JAMA Cardiology, a new journal in the JAMA Network that will debut in 2016.
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New Therapy Reduces Symptoms of Inherited Enzyme Deficiency
In a phase three clinical trial, a new enzyme replacement therapy resulted in a reduction in multiple disease-related symptoms in children and adults with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency.
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Poster Session Highlights Student Research
Medical students gathered to share their Area of Scholarly Concentration research projects with faculty and peers at a recent poster session.
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New Faculty Members Join Department of Medicine
New faculty members, Guillermo Oliver, PhD, and Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, PhD, joined the Department of Medicine and the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute.
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Faculty Receive Funding for Research with Commercialization Potential
The NUCATS Institute and the Innovation and New Ventures Office recently announced the recipients of funding to assist promising biomedical research and moving it into a self-supporting commercial pathway.
