In the 2012 ranking of the nation’s “Best Hospitals” published by U.S. News & World Report, both Northwestern Memorial and Northwestern Lake Forest hospitals earned recognition in Illinois and the Chicago metro area, with Northwestern Memorial ranked No. 1 in both areas and named to the prestigious honor roll of the nation’s top hospitals.
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To encourage interest in the study of physical therapy, The Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences created the Northwestern University Pre-Physical Therapy Scholars Program, an early Doctor of Physical Therapy acceptance program for high-achieving Northwestern students with a demonstrated commitment to a career in the field.
Researcher Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD, professor in microbiology-immunology, aims to test the ability of lipid vaccines to offer resistance to mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
A weekly stress management program for patients with multiple sclerosis prevented the development of new brain lesions, a marker of the disease’s activity in the brain, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
A troubling new national study finds many agencies recruit random strangers off Craigslist and place them in the homes of vulnerable elderly people with dementia, don’t do national criminal background checks or drug testing, lie about testing the qualifications of caregivers, and don’t require any experience or provide real training.
A team led by a physician-scientist and a chemist – from the fields of dermatology and nanotechnology – is the first to demonstrate the use of commercial moisturizers to deliver gene regulation technology that has great potential for life-saving therapies for skin diseases.
Founded in 2005 by Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center graduates David Krupa, CP, and Eric Neufeld, CPO, the Range of Motion Project has provided prostheses and orthoses to thousands of Guatemalans.
The medical device start-up company, BriteSeed developed by a team of four Northwestern University graduate students, won first place at the second annual 2012 TechWeek LAUNCH competition, earning the company more than $100,000 in cash and prizes.
Third-year medical students received their white coats on July 3 to symbolize their transition from the classroom to the clinic.
Theresa Sukal Moulton, DPT/PhD ’12, is the first graduate of the new Doctor in Physical Therapy and PhD in Engineering Program at Northwestern University. The dual degree, the only of its kind in the country, offers individuals interested in movement and rehabilitation sciences the training to help them become the next generation of leaders in engineering, rehabilitation sciences, physical therapy, and device development.